Technology Architect

Job Title: Technology Architect

Client: Infrastructure Technology Services

Location: Toronto, Hamilton, Oshawa, Guelph

Work Model: Onsite

Duration: 11 months

Must Haves

• Technical Architect with Business background or senior IT Business Analyst focusing on Cloud services and Enterprise Platforms.
• Demonstrated experience in platform product management for complex cloud services, data and analytics platforms
• Strong and experience with demonstrated how business requirements were elicited, analyzed, documented, validated, and managed while collaborating with business stakeholders, architects, technical teams, and project resources to deliver technology solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Prior experience working with IaaS, PaaS along with Azure and AWS.

Description / Responsibilities / Skills

Description

• DCO is advancing a product-based operating model to strengthen planning, delivery, and governance of enterprise cloud services and on-premises hosting services.
• This project supports establishment, sustainment, and maturation of the Product Management practice within Data Centre Operations (DCO).
• Work provides direct support to priority Operational Planning initiatives related to enterprise cloud services, data and analytics platforms, and on-premises hosting services.

Key Responsibilities

• Sustain and manage existing cloud and on-premises hosting service products to ensure continuity, quality, and alignment with branch priorities.
• Mature and operationalize product management practices, artefacts, and governance across DCO.
• Support planning, execution, and reporting for Operational Planning initiatives spanning cloud services, data platforms, and hosting services.
• Translate strategic objectives into actionable product roadmaps and service evolution plans.
• Track progress, risks, dependencies, and provide clear, decision-ready updates for senior leadership.

Approach, Communication, and Stakeholder Engagement

• Clear, practical approach to delivering the work, including how the resource will engage stakeholders and manage competing priorities.
• Ability to operate effectively in a matrixed environment.

Platform Product Operationalization

• Experience planning and coordinating service design, operational readiness, governance, and cross-functional activities required to introduce new services into production.

Large Organizations Experience

• Demonstrated experience delivering product management or advisory services within large enterprise or public-sector environments.
• Experience navigating complex governance structures and collaborating across multiple stakeholder groups.

Deliverables

• Support establishment, sustainment, and continued maturation of the Product Management practice within DCO.
• Maintain current cloud services and on-premises hosting product deliverables while advancing product capabilities, governance, and delivery maturity.
• Provide product management support to priority Operations Plan initiatives including roadmap development, service evolution, and investment planning.

Experience & Skill Set Requirements

3. Approach, Communication, and Stakeholder Engagement - 10%

• Clear, practical approach to delivering the work, including how the resource will engage stakeholders, manage competing priorities
• translate complex technical concepts into clear, decision-ready materials
• Emphasis on communication quality, structure, and the ability to operate effectively in a matrixed environment

4. Platform Product Operationalization - 10%

• Demonstrated experience operationalizing enterprise platform products or services
• experience planning and coordinating service design, operational readiness, governance, and cross-functional activities
• required to introduce new cloud services, data and analytics platforms, on-premises hosting services, or comparable enterprise technologies into production

5. Large Organizations Experience - 10%

• Demonstrated experience delivering product management, business analysis, or related advisory services within large enterprise or public-sector environments
• experience navigating complex governance structures, collaborating across multiple stakeholder groups, and supporting enterprise technology initiatives
• Experience within the Ontario Public Service or broader public sector will be considered an asset