Business Architect - Senior

Senior Business Architect

On behalf of our client in the Government Services Sector, PROCOM is looking for a Senior Business Architect.

Senior Business Architect – Job Description

Analyzes government information pertinent to business architecture, consults with appropriate government contacts on specific business architecture elements and conducts focus group workshops

Develops and maintains business capabilities of the enterprise in line with the corporate strategy as well as contributing to the business strategy and plans

Develops / revises business architecture artefacts, models business at enterprise and / or core business levels

Design of capability models and related architectural solutions of business tasks, mapping capability functionality to the internal and external resources

Developing business transformation plans jointly with senior business management

Handling business solutions to the delivery and operational business functions of the company

Developing and maintaining architectural governance and controls over implementation

For each step of the business transformation plan, business architects contribute to the development of a blueprint of the enterprise in order to promote a common understanding of the organization and alignment of strategic objectives with tactical demands

Updating Business architecture artefacts, ensuring that Business architecture baseline is up to date

Support with mandatory Cluster and Corporate Architecture governance submissions

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Senior Business Architect – Mandatory Skills

Architecture Expertise & Experience - 70%

10+ years of experience with different Enterprise architecture frameworks, preferably Zachman with larger scale complex architecture systems

Extensive experience in Business, Information Architecture

Experience in implementing multiple large-scale and complex projects, Business capabilities mapping, updating Business services, business processes, Business network model, Business Functional model, process flows, scenarios and workflows

Successfully completed business architectures in government settings or similar complex, multi-project / multi-client organizations

Good understanding of diverse business environments, especially government environments, and a good understanding of the business drivers in these environments

Proven Experience in producing strategic Enterprise business blueprints and Enterprise architecture roadmaps

Complex data modelling expertise. Experience producing Conceptual, Logical and Physical Data models using the Power Designer compliant with the Information Modelling Handbook (IMH), industry standards

Architecture Skills & Capabilities- 30%

Proven experience in conducting Business architecture assessments. Ensuring full compliance with standards and guidelines

Knowledge and expertise with various architecture frameworks such as Zachman, principles, guidelines and standards Extensive experience in systems analysis, integration and implementation in large systems environments

Awareness of emerging technologies, trends and directions

Excellent management of assigned responsibilities, analytical, problem-solving and decision- making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills

Demonstrated commitment and proven ability with effective stakeholder management

Senior Business Architect - Nice to Have Skills

Public Sector Experience

Senior Business Architect - Assignment Start Date

ASAP – 6 months to start

Senior Business Architect - Assignment Location

Toronto, ON – Work Onsite