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# Solution Architect, AI at Long View Systems

- **Company:** Long View Systems
- **Location:** Calgary, Canada
- **Compensation:** $122k–$161k
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-15
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/lvs1/b439899e-91ed-4a7b-889d-fcbbfc60fc34

## Job description

Long View. A career that helps you get more out of life.

A Long View career helps you get more out of life. We don’t just say it, we prove it. Every day. We’re proud of our reputation as one of North America’s most dynamic IT providers — and we’re even prouder of our culture that allows our people to live life to its fullest. At Long View, we create an environment of collaboration and support, of innovation and enthusiasm, of inclusion and belonging. As a member of the Long View team, you’ll see how our company’s core pillars — Integrity, Competence, Value, and Fun — resonate through the workplace. And in a recent survey, 89% of Long View team members rated Long View as a good or great place to work!

A Day in the Life:

- Facilitate discovery workshops and customer discussions to identify AI opportunities, business priorities, pain points, readiness, desired outcomes, business objectives, use cases, success criteria, expected value, and decision criteria

- Lead AI strategy, prioritization, roadmap, governance, operating model, and value-realization discussions with business and technology leaders, serving as a trusted advisor who communicates complex technical concepts clearly to executive, business, and technical audiences

- Design AI, automation, agent-based, knowledge management, and digital transformation solution approaches aligned to customer objectives, developing architecture concepts, transformation roadmaps, implementation strategies, governance approaches, and operating models

- Evaluate solution options across Microsoft and adjacent enterprise AI platforms, recommending native capabilities, partner solutions, packaged services, or custom approaches based on fit

- Identify key assumptions, dependencies, risks, customer responsibilities, and success factors, collaborating with delivery teams to validate solution feasibility

- Support qualification and progression of AI opportunities in partnership with account teams, branches, Microsoft, and strategic partners; lead technical workshops, solution presentations, demonstrations, and proposal reviews for customer pursuits

- Develop engagement overviews, solution narratives, customer participation models, work plans, timelines, risks, assumptions, and next steps to support successful opportunity progression

- Define scope, deliverables, milestones, acceptance criteria, exclusions, assumptions, dependencies, resourcing, and engagement models; estimate effort and support pricing, contingency, and commercial alignment with sales, delivery, and practice stakeholders

- Support pipeline growth, account expansion, solution pricing, commercial positioning, and a clear transition from pursuit to delivery

- Apply reusable templates, methods, and AI-assisted tools to improve pre-sales speed and consistency while maintaining professional review, quality, and client confidentiality

- Develop and maintain service offerings, methodologies, playbooks, accelerators, templates, and reusable intellectual property; contribute to branch and seller enablement, thought leadership, mentoring, and go-to-market initiatives

- Monitor developments in enterprise AI, agentic systems, governance, platform ecosystems, and market opportunities; share lessons learned and help standardize how AI opportunities are discovered, scoped, positioned, and transitioned into delivery

What You Bring:

- 8+ years of experience in consulting, solution architecture, AI, automation, digital workplace, cloud, data, or digital transformation

- Demonstrated experience leading customer-facing pre-sales engagements, discovery workshops, and strategic advisory discussions

- Experience translating business requirements into solution strategies, architecture concepts, roadmaps, estimates, proposals, and Statements of Work

- Strong understanding of opportunity qualification, the sales lifecycle, commercial positioning, and sales-to-delivery transition

- Ability to connect business outcomes with multi-technology solutions and collaborate across sales, architecture, engineering, security, data, adoption, and delivery teams

- Strong communication, presentation, facilitation, consulting, and relationship-building skills

- Experience in a consulting, professional services, managed services, or client-facing technology organization

What Makes You Extra Awesome:

- Familiarity with the broader enterprise AI ecosystem, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, AWS, and emerging AI platforms

- Experience with agent platforms, orchestration approaches, knowledge-grounded solutions, evaluation, lifecycle management, or production-readiness considerations

- Knowledge of AI governance, enterprise agent governance, AI Centers of Excellence, and multi-platform AI operating models

- Relevant Microsoft AI, Copilot, Azure, Power Platform, Data, Security, or architect-level certifications

Why Work at Long View?

- Great people and culture

- Fun is one of our cores values

- Interesting work – Be part of exciting projects while accessing all the latest technologies

- Flexible environment – A workplace that values the importance of flexibility for personal/professional growth, happiness, and wellness

Want to learn more about our culture and life at Long View? Check us out on LinkedIn and Instagram!

Long View’s mission of building the best and most sustainable team-driven organization requires dedicated and ambitious people. Through employee resource groups, impactful and effective conversations, townhalls and various company-wide training, including how to reduce unconscious bias, we are fostering an inclusive environment. We are committed to taking consistent, positive and lifelong action to be a diverse and equitable workplace because we know that the most effective companies are made up of people with varied identities, experiences and backgrounds.

Long View is an equal opportunity employer. If you have any accommodation requests for your interview or the role, please let your friendly Recruiter know

## About Long View Systems

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Long View Systems is a North American privately-owned IT services and solutions company helping enterprises modernize, secure, and transform through cloud, cybersecurity, AI, managed services, data, networking, and workplace solutions.
- **Entity Type**: Private (privately held; no public funding rounds disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- **Founded**: 1999
- **Founders**: Don Bialik, along with early team members Patty Bourgeois and Robin Bell

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: IT Services and IT Consulting; Managed Cloud; Cybersecurity; Enterprise Technology Solutions
- **Target customers**: B2B / Enterprise organizations across North America (mid-market to large corporate and public-sector clients)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "We want as many great people as possible to have happy, healthy lives and great careers by being a leading, lasting IT organization that provides exceptional value to our clients." The company frames technology as "the means" and an "empowered workforce" as the end goal — using technology to help the world work.

## Products & Services
- **Hybrid IT Methodology**: A core framework combining on-premise, cloud, and managed services to define and customize the "future of IT" for clients — positioned as innovative, flexible, cost-effective, and business-focused.
- **Managed Cloud Services**: Cloud modernization, migration, and ongoing managed operations.
- **Cybersecurity Services**: Security Operations Center (SOC), security consulting, and solutions architecture (e.g., Security Operations Center Analyst, Security Solutions Architect roles).
- **Data, AI & Business Transformation**: Business transformation, data modernization strategies, and assessments.
- **Enterprise Applications & ERP**: Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O consulting and presales, ERP program management.
- **Networking & Infrastructure**: Senior network consulting and core modernization practices.
- **Modern Workplace Solutions**: End-user computing, global service desk, deskside support, and workplace productivity tools.
- **Managed Services & Client Success**: Ongoing support, client success management, organizational change management, and procurement services.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding — not publicly available; no institutional funding rounds identified, implying a bootstrapped/private ownership model. Headcount is approximately 882 employees, +3.8% year-over-year.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Deep partnerships with Microsoft and Cisco.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount grew by ~48 people year-over-year (+3.8%) with monthly growth of ~1.9%.
  - 31 active job postings across North America at the time of research (including roles in consulting, security, ERP, and client success).
  - LinkedIn audience growing: 35,520 followers (+10.1% yearly, +1.5% monthly).
  - Geographic footprint expanding across Canada and the United States, with a distributed presence spanning 10 countries.
  - One of the largest privately-owned IT services and solutions companies in North America, with a stated vision of "Journey to 100 Years."

## Competitive Advantages
- **People-first culture as a differentiator**: Leadership explicitly ties business success to employee wellbeing; 89% of employees rate Long View as a good or great place to work.
- **Deep enterprise vendor relationships**: Long-standing partnerships with Microsoft and Cisco give it credibility and access to leading-edge technology stacks.
- **25+ years of stability**: Founded in 1999 and still privately held, providing an established client base and long-tenured leadership.
- **Platinum Member of Canada's Best Managed Companies for 10 consecutive years** — a recognized mark of operational and cultural excellence.
- **Breadth of services**: Full-stack IT services from strategy and transformation through managed operations, cybersecurity, ERP, and end-user support.

## Strategic Focus
- **"Journey to 100 Years"**: A long-term vision focused on building a lasting organization through employee retention and client value.
- **Modernization & transformation**: Strategic emphasis on cloud, cybersecurity, AI, data modernization, and workplace transformation.
- **Workforce enablement**: Investing in training, certification, leadership development, and internal mobility (including a proprietary Leadership Development Program).
- **North American expansion**: Continued presence growth across Canadian and US offices, with hiring signals concentrated in technical consulting, security, and client success.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & recognition**: 89% of employees rate Long View as a good or great place to work; Platinum Member of Canada's Best Managed Companies for 10 consecutive years.
- **Career development**: Quarterly Career Life Planning (CLP) sessions with your leader; dedicated Learning and Development Group; certification opportunities; live, remote, on-demand, webinar, and conference training; proprietary Leadership Development Program (LDP).
- **Benefits & wellbeing**: Extensive benefits, annual retirement planning, and an emphasis on healthy lifestyles and happiness at work.
- **Inclusion**: Six Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), including the Anti-Racism Council, Women's Alliance, Disability & Ability, Indigenous Peoples Alliance, Welcome to Canada, and Gender and Sexuality Alliance.
- **Flexibility**: Training is available via live and remote classrooms; service desk and consulting roles span North American clients with distributed teams.
- **Job seeker caution**: Long View's careers page warns about fraudulent job postings using fake domains and impersonating its People Services team. Candidates should verify roles on the official careers page (longviewsystems.com/careers) and contact info@lvs1.com if in doubt.

## Sources
1. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/lvs1)
2. [longviewsystems.com](https://www.longviewsystems.com/about-us/journey-to-100-years/)
3. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/longviewsystems)
4. [longviewsystems.com](https://www.longviewsystems.com/careers/)
5. [indeed.com](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Long-View-Systems)

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