Job Description

Worker Type: Employee
Job Post End Date: 10/29/2025
About this opportunity:



The Senior Portfolio Architect is a senior technology leader responsible for designing, managing, and optim izing a comprehensive cloud portfolio for the organization. This role collaborates with multi-functional teams to align cloud solutions with business strategy, ensure scalability, and drive innovation. The portfolio archi tect pro vides expert guidance on cloud adoption, migration, and governance, ensuring standard processes are followed throughout the cloud lifecycle . By demonstr ating deep techn ical expe rtise and strategic vision, this leader ensures the cloud portfolio delivers maximum business va lue, main tains operational excellence, and supports long-term growth.



What you'll do :


Develop and maintain the organization's cloud strategy, including public, private, and hybrid cloud environments. Architect cloud solutions that support business goals, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security. Lead cloud portfolio management efforts, evaluating and selecting cloud services and platforms to optimize cost and performance. Collaborate with the Architecture team as well as partners to assess business requirements and translate them into cloud architecture and technology roadmaps while monitoring industry trends and emerging technologies to recommend innovative cloud solutions. Oversee cloud migration projects, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations and alignment to compliance standards and enforce cloud governance policies, including security, data management, and cost controls. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to cloud engineering and operations teams and develop documentation, guidelines, and standards for cloud architecture and operations. Work closely with vendors and partners to evaluate new offerings and negotiate service agreements. Who you are :


Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:


Legally authorized to work in Canada . Minimum 8 years' experience in cloud architecture, portfolio management, and enterprise IT environments. Proven track record designing and implementing cloud solutions across multiple platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud). Strong understanding of cloud security, compliance, and governance frameworks. Relevant cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Open Certified Architect) are highly desirable. Familiarity with architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman), ArchiMate modeling language, and diagramming tools like Microsoft Visio. Demonstrated leadership and mentoring capability. We acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT

October

28

,

2025

.

Cenovus was ranked one of Canada's Best Employers in 2025. We're committed to being an employer of choice in our industry by offering a competitive total rewards package and employee programs and rewarding career development opportunities. Learn more.

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Who we are:

Ranked as one of Canada's Best Employers in 2025, Cenovus is an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary. We're committed to maximizing value by developing our assets in a safe, responsible and cost-efficient manner. We operate in Canada, the United States and the Asia Pacific region. Our operations include oil sands projects in northern Alberta, thermal and conventional crude oil and natural gas projects across Western Canada, crude oil production offshore Newfoundland and Labrador and natural gas and liquids production offshore China and Indonesia. Cenovus's downstream operations include upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States.


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The Cenovus experience

Total rewards

We're committed to being an employer of choice through competitive compensation and our comprehensive total rewards package, including:


Paid vacation (including a flex day program for eligible staff) Health & dental benefits Substantial mental health coverage Life insurance Disability benefits Employee family assistance Virtual healthcare coverage

Our development philosophy

We foster a culture of continuous learning and development to support employees as they build meaningful careers. We offer a variety of employee development initiatives, including:


Internal course offerings Education assistance for additional development Opportunities to work on special projects Leadership development programs for emerging and established leaders
We actively promote internal job movement, recognizing the value of gaining new perspectives, building connections across teams, and applying expertise in new ways. As a fully integrated energy company, we believe that sharing knowledge across our business and operations creates stronger outcomes--for employees and for the company as a whole.

Our culture

Our purpose: We energize the world to make people's lives better. Our values:


+ Protect what matters
+ Do it right
+ Make it better
+ Do it together
Cenovus Cares: We believe in the power of purpose-driven work. Our Employee Giving and Volunteering Program, Cenovus Cares, connects our people to our purpose, inspiring action and elevating impact year-round.


+ Support causes you care about with volunteer opportunities in and outside of work.
+ Earn donation grants while volunteering (up to $1,000 per event).
+ Receive donation matching up to $25,000 annually.
Staff resource groups: We have various staff resource groups to help ensure our people feel a sense of belonging and can grow and do their best work. These voluntary groups are employee-led and all groups are open to all staff in all locations.

Equal opportunity employer

We believe a workplace where everyone has merit-based opportunities to grow, achieve career aspirations and feel a sense of belonging benefits our people, our company and the regions where we live and work. We embrace and encourage different perspectives and approaches, which help us make better business decisions. We believe that through this approach, we can solve challenges, seize opportunities and unlock innovative solutions.


To achieve an unbiased and respectful workplace, individuals are evaluated based on qualifications, merit and abilities, and we encourage applications from all qualified candidates. We also acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.


For more information about working at Cenovus, visit cenovus.com .


The requirements of this posting may be modified to support business needs. Title and compensation administration will be based on the skills and capabilities of the successful incumbent.


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If you are a CURRENT EMPLOYEE , please apply by going to our Internal Career Site .