Job Description

Position Title :: Senior Enterprise Architect
Work Location :: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)
Position Type :: Contract
Duration :: 12+ Month::
Key Responsibilities:
1. Technology Review Board (TRB) Leadership

• Lead TRB committee with other TRB members to ensure alignment of projects with the agency's strategic goals and objectives.
• Provide project approvals and collaborate with project team and sponsors on required governance/architecture.
• Author architectural documentation to help project teams assess architecture and improve and develop their processes.
• Inform various stakeholders about any issues and recommendations with the current technical solutions being implemented.
• Expert understanding of Cloud, PaaS and SaaS based architecture with ability to adopt and relate new technologies to the set of problems.
• Assure quality security and compliance requirements are met.
• Ensure project blueprints as well as high level and detailed technical design align with the business strategy and objectives.

2. Architectural Leadership

• Own the overall technology and architecture blueprint of the Client from solutioning to the delivery phases.
• Work with Enterprise IT, Digital and Data teams in developing the technology strategies and roadmaps.
• Analyze highly complex business requirements; generate technical specifications or redesign complex components and applications.
• Architecture, design and develops due diligence to confirm the developed solution complies aligns with architectural design.
• Leverage industry best practices to design, test, implement and support a solution.
• Create designs and reference architectures.
• Play an architect's role from defining the overall solution and technical architecture to working closely with project teams to deliver solutions successfully.
• Provide architecture leadership and technical domain expertise to project teams.
• Work with the vendors to assess vendor products, understand vendor's delivery models.

3. IT Governance Support

• Refine IT Governance Framework and Processes
• Create Architecture Templates including EA SOW, EA Decision Matrix, Enterprise Architecture Documentation
• Track and develop performance metrics to support continuous improvement of the architecture governance framework.
• Reduce technical debt and continuously seek opportunities to optimize as best practices and standards are established.
• Contribute to the development of architecture governance structures, methodologies and compliance activities.
• Identify, define and implement reusable assets and standards.
• Ensure relevant technical strategies, policies, standards, and practices are applied correctly across Technology programs/projects and products.
• Guide others in resolving significant issues in architecture and solves complex, escalated aspects of a project.

4. Stakeholder Management and Communication

• Stakeholder management with strong communication skills (both written and oral) with abilities to present to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Present to IT Governance Committee, Project Steering and work with IT leadership on priority initiatives for executive leadership.
• Act as a bridge between technical and business audiences during solution planning, development and deployment.
• Represent the technical team in senior leadership meetings and effectively convey technical terms and strategy to business and IT executives.
• Collaborate and consult with the architecture team on project architectures being developed /adopted by Client.
• Provides coaching, mentoring and support to project teams during the delivery phase across the eco-system, frameworks and platforms.
• Socialize with larger audiences using reporting, real-time dashboards, and hosting education sessions.
• Be flexible and thrive in an evolving environment.
• Maintains ongoing dialogue and builds trusted relationships with stakeholders to educate them on the purpose and benefits of the right architecture for the solution.
• Understanding of business and organizational strategy.

General Skills

• Project Management Expertise: Proven experience in managing complex IT projects
• Strategic Planning and Execution: Ability to develop and execute strategic plans effectively, aligning IT initiatives with business objectives.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Skilled in engaging and communicating with various stakeholders, including technical teams, business units, and senior management.
• Change Management: Proficiency in managing change within an organization, ensuring smooth transitions and adoption of new technologies and processes.
• Data Management: Understanding of data management principles, especially in the context of unstructured data and compliance requirements.

Ideally, you\'ll also have:

• Previous experience leading technical architecture workstreams; being the bridge between the business and technical teams.
• Advanced understanding and practical experience of enterprise architecture role with proven track record of playing its responsibilities successfully.
• Proven ability to work with business as well as perform hands-on technology delivery work in architect's capacity.
• Deep understanding and experience of one or more specialization of technical architecture role e.g. application, infrastructure/cloud, integration and security architecture and successful delivery of functional as well as non-functional aspects of a product/platform like performance, scalability, reliability, availability, other "capabilities of a system.
• Good working knowledge and understanding of the latest cloud computing and data technologies, business drivers, emerging computing trends, and deployment options.
• Excellent project management, collaboration, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Solid business understanding, management and marketing communication skills.
• Significant experience in presenting ideas, products, concept papers to varied audiences.
• Experience coaching and mentoring others.

Technical Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, Mathematics, Economics.
• 10+ years overall IT industry experience, with 5+ years in a technical architect role using service and hosting solutions such as private/public cloud IaaS, PaaS and SaaS platforms.
• Experience with managing SaaS Vendors in ensuring compliance to EA technology and security standards.
• Experience with integration practices and methods including integration brokers, APIs, webservices, JSON, XML
• Experience with commercial software applications such as CRM and ERP systems
• Experience in architecting and designing technical solutions for Microsoft-centric solutions based on industry standards using (Azure) IaaS, PaaS and SaaS capabilities.
• Achieved one or more of the typical solution and technical architecture certifications e.g. Microsoft, MS Azure Certification, TOGAF, AWS Cloud Certified, Pivotal, CISSIP, Zachman, ITIL, Cisco, (ISC)2, CEH, SAFe, PMI, and SAP etc.
• Claims-based authentication (SAML/OAuth/OIDC), MFA, JIT, and/or RBAC / Ping etc.
• Architecting Mission critical technology components with DR capabilities.
• One or more programming and scripting languages such as JavaScript, PowerShell, Bash, SQL, .NET, Java, Python, PHP, Ruby, PERL, C++, etc. .NET and related Microsoft technology skills are preferred.

Must Haves:

• Experience setting up and continuing to progress IT governance
• Ability to design and develop framework of architect for SaaS solutions
• Previous government experience
• Experience and integration with PaaS and SaaS
• Experience working on larger initiatives
• Experience with Azure
• 10+ years IT industry experience, 5+ years technical architect role

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