RQ09611 Business Architect Senior

Description :

To respond to the priorities of the Government of Ontario through the passage of the Bill 5 Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act 2025 the resource may be partially assigned to Bill 5 related projects or initiatives on an as needed basis.

A 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.
• You would be joining augmented project teams which includes a Senior Business / Information Architect a Senior Solution Architect multiple Senior Solution Designers Senior Project Managers Senior Service Designers Senior Business Analysts Vendor Subject Matter Experts diverse technical teams (developers testers specialists Database experts) and client business / technical leads.
• 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 clients operational mandate.
• Led by you and another Solution Architect the project team will work through the AGP 0 1 2 and 3 engagements with the LRC Enterprise Architecture team Cluster and Corporate Enterprise Architecture Review Board.

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Experience and Skill Set Requirements : 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 Skill Set Requirements : Information Architecture Technical Skills : 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 : 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 : 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.

Key Skills

Atl,Coaching,Autocad,Financial Planning,Architecture

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1