Technical Manager TIS EA Architect
Houston, MS - USA
Job Summary
Posting End Date:
April 28 2026Employee Type:
Regular-Full timeUnion/Non:
This is a non-union positionWe are looking for a Technical Manager TIS EA Architect who will be responsible for shaping enterprisescale architecture decisions that balance platform integrity human behavior and realtime operational insight. This role operates at the intersection of enterprise architecture solution design data and observability ensuring technology decisions are informed by system performance usage patterns and organizational behavior.
We offer opportunities for growth increasing your knowledge and skills and an exciting career filled with competitive benefits and pension package including generous time off.
Wed love to hear from you! Apply today for this extraordinary opportunity with Enbridge!
What You Will Do:
Act as a principal level technical leader for architecture domain providing direction guidance and recommendations on complex architectural and design decisions.
Drive enterprise adoption of Enbridges architecture reference LeanIX roadmaps and integrations while guiding GenAI and DevOps strategies.
Make informed design and standard practice deviations where required based on depth and breadth of expertise recognizing the limited ability to test recommendations prior to implementation.
Review validate and provide oversight on the work of other senior specialists and architects ensuring quality consistency and technical integrity.
Identify and champion opportunities for automation DevOps and modernization in partnership with platform and delivery teams.
Define and champion observabilityled architecture ensuring solutions are instrumented by design to provide realtime visibility into reliability performance cost and user behavior.
Leverage telemetry logs metrics and traces to evaluate architectural effectiveness and guide modernization resilience and automation strategies.
Define enterprise integration patterns API governance standards and event-driven architecture strategies that enable interoperability across business domains and partner ecosystems.
Define architectural guardrails for GenAI and AI/ML adoption including model governance data privacy responsible AI principles and regulatory compliance in energy sector contexts.
Architect for resilience designing disaster recovery business continuity and failover strategies that meet critical infrastructure uptime requirements.
Provide coaching mentoring and technical development to other team members and emerging leaders within the area creating long term value for Enbridge.
BehaviourInformed & DataDriven Architecture
Apply principles of behavioural science and organizational dynamics to architecture decisions ensuring solutions are designed for adoption usability and sustainable operational behaviors.
Use data engineering advanced analytics and system telemetry to inform architectural tradeoffs validate assumptions and continuously improve platform and solution effectiveness.
Partner with product delivery and operations teams to translate user behavior system usage patterns and operational signals into actionable architecture insights.
Strategic Impact & Business Alignment:
Shape and influence targetstate technology direction and roadmaps while leading designs identifying gaps risks and opportunities with clear actionable recommendations.
Provide recommendations that directly influence financial investments operational efficiency risk posture and longterm sustainability of technology platforms.
Identify opportunities to optimize cost reduce technical debt and improve reliability scalability and security of enterprise solutions.
Influence architecture patterns that support advanced analytics machine learning and AIenabled operations including scalability data latency and realtime decision needs.
Assess architectural tradeoffs using both quantitative signals (data metrics) and qualitative insights (behavioral impacts operating models).
Communication & Stakeholder Engagement:
Represent architecture in governance forums such as the Architecture Review Board and Technology Working Groups influencing enterprise-wide outcomes.
Communicate complex and highly technical concepts clearly and credibly to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders enabling informed decisionmaking and operational execution.
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders providing clear options tradeoffs and recommendations on highconsequence decisions.
Who You Are:
Post secondary eduction (diploma degree) in a related field e.g. Computer Engineering with Eight or more years of directly related experience.
Demonstrated experience leading architecture for complex enterprise-scale initiatives.
Demonstrated experience using data metrics and operational signals to inform architecture decisions and evaluate solution effectiveness.
Working knowledge of data engineering concepts analytics platforms and telemetry pipelines sufficient to influence architecture and design decisions.
Understanding of humancentered design principles and behavioral drivers as they relate to technology adoption operations and change.
Experience designing or governing architectures that support realtime monitoring observability and operational intelligence.
Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive consensus on technical direction.
Strong capability in evaluating architectural trade-offs across cost risk security and scalability.
Experience contributing to or defining enterprise architecture standards and reference architectures.
Experience designing and implmenenting modernized solutions with a proven track record of design excellence.
Strong knowledge of relevant domains (corporate solutions network and core infrastructure digital workplace etc.).
Ability to work closely with other architecture disciplines across integration data security application and reporting.
Advanced communication skills demonstrated through previous experience in the following contexts: multi-disciplinary project meetings technical reviews with architects developers and SMEs.
Highly developed organizational skills to prioritize tasks and complete work within defined timeframes in a fast paced program environment.
Preferred:
15 years experience as a Technical or Solutions Architect equivalent senior technical role is preferred.
Relevant architecture certifications (TOGAF AWS/Azure Solutions Architect etc.)
Experience with architecture-as-code infrastructure-as-code (Terraform Bicep) or platform engineering practices.
Experience in energy utilities or critical infrastructure sectors.
Familiarity with FinOps practices and cloud cost governance.
Exposure to behavioral economics humancentered design or change management frameworks applied in technology environments.
Experience partnering with data analytics SRE or operations teams to close gaps between design intent and operational outcomes.
Working Conditions:
Office environment
Stress levels can be above normal as the work is highly visible and decisions affect all integrated processes associated with new or changed business or operations.
Travel e.g. 3-5 times per year between Enbridge regions/office locations as required where virtual cannot be accommodated.
Physical Requirements:
Include but are not limited to: Grasping kneeling light moderate lifting (objects up to 20 pounds) reaching above shoulder repetitive motion sitting standing visual requirement (able to see screens detect color coding read fine print) hearing requirement.
Mental Requirements:
Include but are not limited to: Ability to: understand remember and apply oral and/or written instructions or other information understand complex problems and collaborate/explore alternative solutions organize thoughts and ideas into understandable terminology organize and prioritize work schedule on a short-term basis make decisions which have moderate impact on the immediate work unit and monitor impact outside this area understand and follow basic instructions and guidelines complete routine forms compose letters outlines memoranda and basic reports and communicate with individuals via telephone.
Benefits:
A flexible benefits program that allows each employee to select the level of coverage needed for their family in the areas of health dental insurance and disability.
A paid maternity and parental leave benefit that offers up to 20 weeks of paid leave for birth-giving parents and up to 12 weeks for other eligible parents providing flexibility and support during this important life event.
Valuable retirement savings plans including a savings plan with company stock as an investment option.
Paid time off/vacation/sick plus paid personal days off (depending on location) and paid holidays.
An Employee and Family Assistance Program.
A Wellness Program which focuses on supporting healthier employees by providing tools resources and opportunities to improve physical mental social and financial well-being.
Enbridges FlexWork (hybrid work model) offers eligible employees (Manager and below) the option to work from home on Wednesdays and Fridays opt for a compressed work week schedule or have flexible start and end times. Role requirements determine your eligibility for each option.
At Enbridge we are dedicated to our core value of are proud to bean Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to age race color national or ethnic origin religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital status family status veteran status Indigenous status disability or any other reason protected by federal state or local with disabilities can request accessible formats communication supports or other accessibility assistance by contacting .
Information For Applicants:
Applications can be submitted via our online recruiting system only.
We appreciate your interest in working with us; however only those applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.
Final candidates for this position may be required to undergo a security screening including a criminal records check.
Required Experience:
Manager