Find Your Spot at Humber
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We take finding and growing the right talent very seriously. We strive to find and nurture extraordinary employees who bring their best each day.
If you are interested in working in higher education and are looking to contribute to the largest Polytechnic in Ontario, as we shape the future of our students and communities, here is your opportunity to join our team.
Job Details
Position Title: Application Architect – ERP and Integration Platforms
Status: Full-Time Administration
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Faculty/Department: Information Technology Services
Campus/Location: North Campus – must be comfortable working hybrid, a minimum of four (4) days on-site.
Starting Salary Range: $ 95,579 - $106,262 ; starting salaries are determined based on qualifications and years of related experience. *
About The Information Technology Services At Humber
Humber Digital Innovation, Information Technology Services provides leadership for the continuous development of digital experiences delivered on a secure, flexible, and dependable IT environment built on a foundation of transparency, collaboration, client focus, and respect. Together we transform client ideas into results, leverage technology to enable student engagement and success, support students and employees in the journey of discovery, deliver integrated digital solutions to improve collaboration and communication across the Humber community, and improve business processes to enable better decision-making. Digital Innovation, Information Technology Services is always striving to enhance the digital experience for students, staff, and visitors.
About the Application Architect - ERP and Integration Platforms Role:
Under the direction of the Enterprise Architect, the Application Architect - ERP and Integration Platforms is responsible for leading the architectural direction, solution design, and implementation oversight of enterprise solutions built on Salesforce and MuleSoft. You will work closely with Product Owners, technical teams, and institutional stakeholders to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with Humber’s enterprise architecture standards. Acting as a bridge between business needs and technical execution, you will translate complex requirements into cohesive architectural designs that support long term sustainability and integration across the digital ecosystem. As a member of Humber’s Enterprise Architecture function, you will ensure platform-level decisions align with institutional strategy, architectural standards, and long-term technology direction. Ultimately, you are accountable for ensuring ERP-based solutions are well-architected, future-ready, and capable of supporting Humber’s evolving digital and operational needs.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture and solution design of Salesforce and MuleSoft implementations, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture principles and institutional standards.
- Act as the primary architecture lead for Salesforce, guiding design decisions across platform capabilities, integrations, and data models.
- Provide architectural direction and decision making on Salesforce, ERPs and integration solutions, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and long-term platform strategy.
- Define and enforce architectural patterns, standards, and best practices for Salesforce, ERPs, and integration solutions.
- Lead the design and implementation of integration patterns using MuleSoft and APIs, establishing scalable and reusable integration frameworks across the enterprise.
- Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture direction and the broader application and technology landscape.
- Provide architectural oversight throughout implementation, ensuring quality, consistency, and adherence to design standards.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate architectural and digital risks within the Salesforce platform and integration landscape, ensuring risks are proactively managed and clearly communicated.
- Bring visibility to emerging risks related to integration, data, security, and platform scalability, enabling informed decision making across delivery teams and leadership.
- Ensure platform level decisions align with institutional strategy, governance, and standards.
- Present architectural concepts, trade-offs, and recommendations to senior leadership, translating technical complexity into clear business outcomes.
- Support vendor evaluation and solution alignment to ensure third party products and services meet architectural and integration standards.
- Drive continuous improvement by evaluating platform capabilities, emerging technologies, and integration approaches to strengthen the enterprise ecosystem.
- Drive alignment across product teams by ensuring consistent implementation of architectural standards and patterns within the Salesforce and integration platform.
- Ensure data architecture considerations, including data integrity, governance, and flow across systems, are incorporated into all solution designs.
- Work within a product management model, supporting Product Owners by ensuring backlog items are technically sound, well-defined, and aligned with architectural standards.
Position Type
FT Administration
Deadline to Apply
October 30th, 2026
Job Posting
10/16/26
About You
You are passionate about working at Ontario's largest Polytechnic; you thrive on improving productivity and quality that contribute to team success! If this sounds like you, keep reading:
Education
Bachelor’s degree (required) or college diploma plus equivalent industry experience; Master’s (is considered an asset)
Experience/Skills
- Minimum seven years of experience in enterprise application architecture, including design, integration, and implementation of complex systems
- Proven experience designing and implementing solutions on the Salesforce platform, with strong knowledge of platform architecture and best practices
- Experience with integration platforms such as MuleSoft, including API design and system integration strategies
- Experience working within complex, multi system environments, with an understanding of enterprise application ecosystems (SIS, CRM, identity, data platforms)
- Experience aligning solution architecture with enterprise architecture frameworks and governance models
- Experience working with senior stakeholders and presenting architectural recommendations to executive audiences
- Experience in post-secondary education or the broader public sector is considered an asset
- Deep expertise in Salesforce architecture, including platform capabilities, data models, security, and extensibility
- Strong understanding of integration architecture, including API design, event driven patterns, and MuleSoft or similar iPaaS platforms
- Proven ability to design scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions within complex enterprise environments
- Strong systems thinking, with the ability to design across interconnected platforms and services within a broader digital ecosystem
- Ability to align solution architecture with enterprise architecture standards and long-term institutional strategy
- Strong understanding of digital and architectural risk, including the ability to identify vulnerabilities, assess impact, and implement mitigation strategies
- Ability to communicate risk effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, enabling informed decision making
- Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence decisions across technical teams, product leadership, and executive audiences
- Ability to establish, influence, and enforce architectural standards and governance across multiple teams and products
- Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to translate complex architectural concepts into clear, outcome focused messaging
- Experience collaborating with Product Owners, architects, and delivery teams to guide solution design and implementation
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess trade-offs and recommend optimal solutions
If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you! At Humber Polytechnic we don't just accept difference we celebrate it! Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and a progressive mindset goes a long way at Humber. If your experience is close to what we're looking for, consider applying and tell us why you are a great candidate for this job. Find your Spot at Humber!
What's in it for you? - An opportunity to be a part of building Humber's future.
- Be part of a diverse, hard-working, and supportive team.
- Tools and technology that will allow you to succeed at your job.
- Amazing perks!
We thank you for your interest in working with Humber Polytechnic. Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Humber Polytechnic is committed to a workforce that reflects the diversity of our students and our city. We actively seek Indigenous Peoples and individuals from equity-deserving groups with demonstrated skills and knowledge to deal with all aspects of equity, diversity and inclusion in a post-secondary environment.
Humber supports employment equity. Racialized workers, women, Indigenous workers, LGBTQ2S+ workers and workers with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For the purpose of statistical data collection, applicants are strongly encouraged to voluntarily self-identify. Humber’s diverse workplace also supports Francophone workers and young workers.
Accommodation
Humber Polytechnic is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Our Talent Acquisition team will work with applicants requesting accommodations at any stage of the hiring process. This document is available in alternate formats upon request.
Anti-Discrimination Statement
At Humber Polytechnic, all forms of discrimination and harassment are prohibited. All employees and applicants have the right to work in an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment. If you need assistance with concerns related to discrimination and harassment, please contact the Office of Human Rights and Harassment (humanrights@humber.ca).
