Senior IT Enterprise Architect/Strategist

• The Senior IT Enterprise Architect/Strategist will be responsible for aligning business needs with technology solutions, ensuring compliance with standards, and contributing to enterprise architecture deliverables.
• The role involves creating technical specifications, collaborating with project teams, supporting testing, and producing architecture artifacts that align with government processes and standards.

• 10+ years leadership experience in developing and implementing technical architectures.
• 10+ years experience with at least three platforms, operating systems, environments, database technologies, and communications protocols.
• 10+ years experience translating business requirements into reporting needs.
• 10+ years experience developing, recommending, implementing, and managing technical architecture.
• 10+ years knowledge of Information Candidateagement principles, policies, practices, and Architecture Review Board processes.

• Extensive experience with middleware and gateways.
• Experience in structured methodologies for design, development, and implementation of applications.
• Strong background in performance considerations across different environments.
• Experience designing processes around ITIL and guiding others in this methodology.
• Proven ability to prepare conceptual, logical, and physical process/data models.
• Hands-on use of CASE tools, project management tools, and related technologies.
• Experience in developing enterprise architecture deliverables (e.g. models).
• Public sector or public safety (policing) experience is an asset.

• Create technical specifications for system development.
• XXgn and implement solutions while ensuring alignment with client standards.
• Deliver business architecture and ensure traceability to solution logical and physical architectures.
• Prepare and support PIA, TRA, and PEN TEST documentation.
• Create, review, and provide input on enterprise architecture artifacts for all checkpoints.
• XXgn and modify system and user interfaces (data and screens).
• Review test scenarios, establish traceability matrices, and ensure requirements are met.
• Ensure compliance with Ministry of Government Services processes and standards.
• Support testing teams during system and UAT testing.
• Undertake sub-projects and special assignments as required.
• Create and validate business scenarios and use cases.
• Produce visual depictions of use cases and process flows.
• Participate in knowledge transfer activities.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team and meet deadlines.

• Awareness of emerging technologies, trends, and directions.
• Enterprise architecture experience based on Ontario Government EA processes.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Content Candidateagement (OpenText ECM).
• Experience with enterprise cloud architecture, particularly Microsoft Azure (5+ years).
• Modeling and process design expertise.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Advanced certifications in Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF or equivalent) preferred.

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