Business Architect

Founded in 1967, ADGA is a privately owned and operated Canadian company. We employ over 700 highly skilled team members who apply their knowledge and expertise in service delivery of advanced technology solutions for clients in the Defence, Security and Enterprise Computing markets across Canada. Celebrating over 50 years in business, we are proud to be one of Canada’s most trusted professional engineering and consultancy firms. Our clients continue to rely on ADGA to provide subject matter expertise, and quality talent to fulfill their business objectives. We have done so successfully by anticipating and responding to the constant changes in technology, and evolving with agility. Our culture of commitment, trust, and accountability guides our business, fosters our growth, and is at the core of our relationships with clients, employees and consultants. Whether your projects are complex, large-scale requirements, or dependable, professional resources to execute on time, and on budget, you can count on ADGA to deliver. We are dedicated to your success.

Description de l'entreprise
ADGA fournit une vision stratégique, une technologie de classe mondiale et un service d'excellence dans le domaine de la défense, de la sécurité et de l'informatique d'entreprise à des clients du gouvernement fédéral, d'autres niveaux de gouvernement et du secteur privé. Dans un monde dominé par la convergence, ADGA fournit l'expertise et l'innovation dont les organisations ont besoin pour rester sûres, efficaces et productives. Cela repose sur un bilan exceptionnel construit depuis 1967, en protégeant certains des actifs les plus critiques du Canada. Basée à Ottawa, avec des bureaux dans tout le Canada, ADGA est une société privée canadienne qui emploie plus de 800 employés, consultants techniques et experts en la matière.

ADGA requires the services of a Senior Business Architect who already has or is eligible for a Secret (level II) clearance to provide professional services in support of our defence client's Information Capabilities Strategic Assessments. You will primarily work remotely but you will need to work on-site and at a location within the nation's capital region when required by the client

Adga requires a Senior Business Architect to support a mission to mature the rigour of Force Development in the Information Capabilities portfolio. The main objective will be to build a roadmap of all Information Capabilities over a multi-year horizon by adopting the “Conceive, Design, Build and Manage” methodology. Our client is mandated to conduct an analysis and build an Information Capabilities (IC) roadmap of all identified Information Capabilities over a multi-year horizon.

The services of a Senior Business Architect are required, specializing in capability gap analysis and elicitation of capability development needs, in order to inform the assessment and strategic planning of future information capabilities, including IC force development areas.

The Senior Business architect will perform tasks as designed by our client on an “as and when requested” basis. Tasks include but are not limited to the following:

• Develop and evolve the Information Capability (IC) demand management framework;
• Collect, analyze, and track all the Information Capability needs across multiple horizons;
• Conduct and document gap analysis of the Information Capability development across multiple horizons utilizing Capability Maturity Models (e.g. OSIMM, MMEI, etc);
• Engage multiple stakeholders for elicitation of capability needs/requirements. The resource must be able to execute and lead working sessions for brainstorming, develop and conduct surveys, conduct interviews, and perform document and data analysis;
• Document the results of the capability assessment in reports and presentations for different Information Capabilities utilizing the MS Office 2013 Suite in the format directed by their DND supervisor; and
• Monthly Progress/Status Report
• Monthly progress reports of the work performed must be completed by the contractor in a format acceptable to the TA / DND rep. At a minimum, each monthly progress report must document, but is not limited to, the following information:
  • All significant activities performed by the contractor during the period covered by the monthly invoice;
  • Status of all action/decision items as well as a list of outstanding activities;
  • A description of any problems encountered which are likely to require attention by DND;
  • Any recommendations relating to the conduct of the work;
  • Total number of days charged for the contractor;
  • Total number of out-of-core hours used by the contractor, if applicable; and
  • A cumulative number of hours charged to the contractor.

We are looking for a Senior Business Architect who meets the following criteria:

• A College Diploma or University Degree from a recognized institution in the sciences, engineering or in information management.
• A minimum of seven years’ experience, within the last ten years, working on the identification of various business architecture components and business strategies.
• A minimum of five years combined experience, within the last fifteen years, in each of the following: identifying, analyzing and validating services and service processes to facilitate business transformation initiatives. Experience must include the following:
  • Developing models;
  • Facilitating meetings or workshops to gather, analyze, and validate findings; and
  • Communicating findings to stakeholders and project management.
• A minimum of five years of experience, within the last ten years, supporting business improvements or information technology initiatives. Experience must include the following:
  • Reviewing and analyzing the development and integration of business process and information models; and
  • Providing assistance and guidance in the development of business process improvement to eliminate information and process redundancies.
• A minimum of three years of experience, within the last five years, developing business strategies on how organizational components fit together in support of the organization and business mandates.
• A minimum of five years of experience identifying, analyzing and validating services and service processes to facilitate business transformation initiatives. Experience must include:
  • Developing models;
  • Facilitating meetings or workshops to gather, analyze, and validate findings; and
  • Communicating findings to stakeholders and project management.
• A minimum of five years of experience in providing advice to support business improvements or information technology initiatives. Experience must include:
  • Reviewing and analyzing the development and integration of business process and information models; and
  • Providing assistance and guidance in the development of business process improvement to eliminate information and process redundancies.
• A minimum of three years of experience within the last ten years, using proven business architecture methodologies such as Rational Unified Process (RUP) or The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF).

ADGA commits to putting diversity into action to build a stronger, more representative team and help our customers and communities thrive. We are a proudly Canadian company, striving to further diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and provide every individual with the opportunities and resources to help them reach their full potential.

ADGA s'engage à mettre la diversité en action pour bâtir une équipe plus forte et plus représentative et aider nos clients et nos communautés à prospérer. Nous sommes une entreprise fièrement canadienne. Nous nous engageons pour promouvoir la diversité, l'équité et l'inclusion dans le milieu de travail et d'offrir à chaque personne les possibilités et les ressources qui lui permettront de réaliser son plein potentiel.