Job Description

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Description
Senior Business Architect is needed to support Enterprise Architecture artifact creation for five projects within the Geospatial Ontario IT Program. * GIS Delivery Platform Planned Maintenance FY24-25 (13% allocation or 11 days of effort)

• This is an annually reoccurring maintenance project for the GIS Delivery Platform (GDP). Work this fiscal will focus on software patching, Portal for ArcGIS implementation, Geocortex to VertiGIS migration, Cyber Security analysis/mitigations, and platform architecture review/documentation.
• GIS Delivery Platform Planned Maintenance FY25-27 (18% allocation or 16 days of effort)
• This is an annually reoccurring maintenance project for the GIS Delivery Platform (GDP). Work this fiscal will focus on software patching, ArcGIS Server, Windows, FME, VertiGIS and Oracle upgrades.
• GIS Delivery Platform Modernization FY24-25 (12.8% allocation or 11 days of effort)
• This is a GIS infrastructure modernization project focused on implementing modern platform monitoring, analytics, and reporting middleware.
• GEO Data Maintenance Modernization (28% allocation or 25 days of effort)
• This project aims to modernize the legacy LIO Editor GIS data maintenance solution. This is an implementation project for procuring new GIS infrastructure, configuring middleware, building editing tools, procedures, and following Ontario Government IT governance standards.
• ArcGIS Portal (28% allocation or 25 days of effort)
• This is a new high-priority project for multiple ministries. This project focuses on provisioning required ArcGIS Enterprise infrastructure and middleware resources, configuring, then deploying a Federated Portal for multi-ministry shared usage.

• The successful candidate will be asked to complete professional Business and Information Architectures at the enterprise and/or core business levels for governments or large organizations.
• Business/Information Architecture documentation would be developed in support of Enterprise Architecture Gating for 5 Geospatial Ontario IT Program projects. These project focus on the GIS Delivery Platform and the Geospatial Ontario client's operational mandate.

Core Skills Required:

• Total IT experience of at least 10 years, out of which 5 years doing Business Architecture on large complex projects.
• Excellent communication, concept visualization, facilitation, stakeholder management, negotiation, consensus building, and problem- solving skills.
• Experience collaborating with executives and senior management.
• Successfully completed Business and Information Architectures at the enterprise and/or core business levels for governments or large organizations.
• Contributed to the successful transformation of government or large organization program delivery by applying Business Architecture practices.
• Ability to work across Projects in a Portfolio.
• Experience creating Conceptual and Logical Data models mapped against process requirements.
• Proven ability in designing optimized future versions of business areas.
• Proven ability in horizontal business integration (i.e., identifying common elements, delineation points)
• Knowledge of or experience in Government of Ontario Information Technology Standards (GO-ITS) for Architecture.
• Data Modeling and development of solution and Program Area(s) Data Architecture.
• Development of solution and Program Area(s) Information Architecture and corresponding Information Architecture Documentation (IAD) according to OPS standards and industry best practices.
• Knowledge of or experience with Information Management, including Data Governance, Data Quality, Master Data Management, Records Management.
• Knowledge of or experience with Ideation, including Information/Data Requirements Analysis and corresponding Test Strategy planning.
• Experience in developing business architectures using Ontario Government Enterprise Architecture methodologies and GO-ITS.
• Development of Program Area(s) Business Architecture and corresponding Business Architecture Documentation (BAD) according to OPS standards and industry best practices.
• Creation of alignment of Business Architecture Document to the Solution Requirements Document (SRD) and the Information Architecture Document (IAD), as per OPS standards and industry best practices, ensuring vertical integration.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with Services modeling, Business Function Modeling, Business Process Modeling, proficient use of BPMN, Value Chain Analysis, Business Outcomes, Performance Measures and KPIs definition, Strategic, Legislative and Technology alignment.
• Ability to create Business Architectures that directly informs and supports the elicitation of business and system requirements.
• Ability to develop and maintain architectural governance and controls over Business and Information Architecture.
• Ability to leverage reference artefacts to enable shared use and to develop Business Architecture artefacts that align with acquired solutions/services and existing strategic IT Products.
• Ability to integrate stand-alone Business and Information Architectures.
• Ability to align Business Architecture processes and artifacts with Service Design practices.
• Ability to model Business Functional and Contractual Accountabilities.

Desirable Skills Requested:

• Knowledge of Zachman Framework
• Experience in other architectural domains such as Information Architecture and Application Architecture.
• Experience with the OPS Enterprise Architecture governance process, in general, and with Governance Point 0 and 1 (AGP1) in particular.
• Familiarity with Privacy and Records Keeping principles and concepts as they pertain to Business Architecture.
• Familiarity with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards as they pertain to Business Architecture.
• Ability to design/propose Business Architectures that leverage latest cutting-edge technologies.
• Experience with SAFe Methodology.
• Familiarity with Ontario Digital Service's Service Design principles and practices.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture modeling tools e.g., PowerDesigner, Sparx Enterprise Architect, Orbus etc.
• Ability to provide advice and support to teams acquiring services or solutions via procurement (e.g., advise on documentation to include, how to evaluate, etc.)

Skills
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
Information Architecture Technical Skills (45%)

• You have a good understanding business process modelling alignment with data modeling and information resource management.
• You have extensive experience with OPS Enterprise Architecture Gating processes, with an emphasis on Architectural Gate Point 1 and 2 and the creation, review, and engagement process.
• You have expertise in I&IT architecture (experience in one or more architecture domains, Business, and or data/information architecture expertise), IT strategies (business and technology solutions roadmap development), policies, standards, plans, current and emerging enterprise architecture principles, methodologies and frameworks (such as Zachman or TOGAF).
• You are a technology generalist and have breadth of knowledge across all architecture pillars (business, data, integration, infrastructure, application, and security), current and emerging technologies and are able to provide advice on the full life cycle of solution design and delivery to project solution architects and stakeholders.
• You can apply leading industry good practices and OPS standards in architecture design, software and systems engineering.

Research and Analytical Skills (20%)

• You have analytical skills to develop architectural solutions to meet complex, multi-year plans, spanning multiple internal/external stakeholders and broadly defined business objectives.
• You are able to research and recommend the innovative architecture deliverables that meet the business needs
• You are able to identify opportunities to leverage and introduce new and emerging technologies.
• You have problem solving skills to resolve significant integration, business and technical issues to address multiple systems/applications interfaces and interdependencies where requirements are not initially clear.

Leadership, Consultation, Collaboration, Facilitation, and Communication Skills (35%):

• You can establish effective working relationships; obtain support for I&IT strategies, portfolio solution decisions that align with ministry and OPS.
• You can lead/facilitate meetings to discuss/determine strategy and roadmap for architecture priorities and change management directions.
• You have strong negotiation and influencing skills to influence key decision-makers.
• You have effective consulting skills to engage multiple stakeholders and clients and identify top business needs.
• You can work with peer architects, GIS and Information Management Specialists or analysts as a team under the leadership of the lead architects and project managers.
• You can develop options and make recommendations to stakeholders, management, and staff regarding information/data models and solutions that designed to align with ministry and OPS strategies.
• You have consultation and collaboration skills to consult with multiple stakeholders and clients to provide insights into the technology options and provide advice and recommendations to management staff regarding architecture strategy options.
• You have facilitation skills to lead discussions among stakeholders with different interests to land on portfolio decisions that align with ministry and OPS strategies.
• You have negotiation skills to establish effective working relationships with stakeholders and move the Portfolio IT Roadmaps forward.
• You can present the strategies and solutions to senior management and client ministry information and business SMEs.
• You can provide advice regarding approaches to contentious architecture design.
• You can lead planning sessions with ministry client, corporate IT groups, and development vendor.

Must haves: * You have a good understanding business process modelling alignment with data modeling and information resource management.

• You have extensive experience with OPS Enterprise Architecture Gating processes, with an emphasis on Architectural Gate Point 1 and 2 and the creation, review, and engagement process

Skills Required