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Maarut; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Maarut is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to lead and align solution architecture across government-focused projects. You will define and maintain enterprise models and artifacts, ensuring alignment with TOGAF/Zachman and industry best practices, while collaborating with SMEs and cross-functional teams.

You will validate architectures, review Azure DevOps artefacts, manage risks, and facilitate governance sessions, contributing to reusable reference architectures for future OPS engagements.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in enterprise architecture across business, information, application, technology, and security.
• TOGAF or Zachman frameworks proficiency.
• Experience documenting and evolving cloud architectures (Microsoft Azure) and architectures with data models.
• Experience in government/regulatory environments.
• Strong communication, facilitation and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and guidance to project teams and SMEs; create and maintain models/diagrams.
• Update, develop and validate solution architecture models/artifacts according to industry practices and OPS guidelines.
• Collaborate with OPS partners to ensure architecture alignment and governance.
• Review source code, CI/CD pipelines, deployment docs, and architecture designs.
• Identify risks and assist the project team to mitigate them.
• Facilitate validation sessions and governance reviews.
• Support Enterprise Architecture delivery and develop reusable reference architectures.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

TOGAF/Zachman

Analytical problem-solving

Stakeholder collaboration

Azure cloud

Tools

PowerDesigner

Visio

Azure DevOps

Job description

• Providingleadership, guidance and support to the project team and subject matterexperts; creates and maintains all models/artifacts/diagrams as it relatesto establishing a solution
• Update,develop and validate all required solution architecture models/artifacts,documents and materials (according to industry best practices, GO-ITSstandards and OPS EA guidelines using the appropriate version)
• Collaborateswith cluster staff, project teams,ministry Subject Matter Expert(SME) and other OPS partners/service providers to ensure architecturealignment
• Developsartifacts leveraging cluster/ministry tools and model repository (e.g.PowerDesigner, DevOps)
• Workdirectly with the Ceres lead developer and designated technical staff tovalidate architecture artefacts, implementation approach and enhancementsunder active development.
• Reviewrelevant source code, configuration, Azure DevOps repositories, CI/CDpipelines, build and deployment documentation, existingarchitecture/design documentation and deployed environment configurations,subject to approved access.
• Identifyissues and risks to be managed or addressed, and assist the project teamor ministry to facilitate mitigation
• Arrangeand facilitate validation sessions
• Develop/revisesolution architecture artifacts according to cluster and corporateguidance
• Participatein review and information-sharing meetings
• SupportAgile Enterprise Architecture (EA) delivery during the project
• Developreference architecture artifacts/models/patterns to enable shared use forfuture clients
• Arrangeand facilitate Enterprise Architecture (EA) meetings with cluster staff,subject matter experts, and other stakeholders as required
• Supportthe process of acquiring cluster and corporate approvals, such as ProjectGating, LRC cluster governance processes, and corporate architecturegovernance points (AGP)
• Providestatus updates to both the project team and the Enterprise Architectureunit
• Providetransfer of knowledge and project deliverables to identified clusterstaff
• Revisearchitectures per action and/or conditions arising from LRC’s governancebody (Project Gating Review Committee) and Corporate EA Governance reviewbodies as required
• Utilize,reuse, and incorporate OPS Reference Architectures into the projectarchitectures
• Ensurealignment with any other related and relevant business materials

Knowledge Transfer Requirements

• Knowledgetransfer is expected to occur throughout the duration of the assignmentthrough regular meetings, touchpoints, and working sessions with LRCstaff
• Allarchitecture artefacts, models, diagrams, decision records, working files,supporting evidence, configuration documentation and other deliverablescreated or updated by the resource must be stored in ministry-designatedrepositories using accessible formats.
• Dedicatedknowledge transfer sessions will be scheduled to ensure completeness ofknowledge transfer and all documentation is shared, and allow LRC staff toask clarification and/or follow-up questions

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• Depthof knowledge in enterprise architecture domains, including business,information, application, technology, and security architecture.Proficiency in architecture frameworks and standards such as TOGAF orZachman. Ability to design, integrate, and optimize solution architectureswith strong technical problem-solving skills

Skill Set Requirements:

• 10+years of experience successfully completing solution architectures ingovernment settings or similar complex, multi-project/multi-clientorganizations
• Experienceas a solution or application architect who has successfully documented,validated and evolved the architecture of custom-built cloud applications.
• Experienceinterpreting business capabilities, processes and requirements and usingthem to inform solution architecture, including the ability to review andincorporate business capability models into applicable architecturedeliverables.
• Demonstratedexperience with information and data architecture, including conceptualand logical data models, metadata, data flows, information exchanges, andauthoritative data sources.
• Goodunderstanding of diverse business environments, especially government andcompliance/regulatory functions
• Provenability to identify and analyze business, functional and non-functionalrequirements and translate them into practical solution architecturerequirements, models and recommendations.
• Knowledgeand experience of information technology, providing the ability tointegrate and identify IT-enabled opportunities to solve businesspressures/needs
• Excellentcommunication, facilitation, negotiation, consensus-building, andproblem-solving skills
• Demonstratedexperience managing relationships and resolving issues acrossmulti-stakeholder teams, including business stakeholders, subject-matterexperts, developers, project teams, enterprise architects and technicalservice providers.
• Experiencein developing enterprise architecture deliverables/artifacts (e.g.models), including current-state and target-state architecture,architecture diagrams, solution requirements, information and data models,data flows, API and interface specifications, non-functional requirementsand Architecture Decision Records.
• Knowledgeof the Zachman Framework, including business / information / application /technology / security architectures
• Knowledgeand understanding of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act(AODA), applicable WCAG requirements and accessibility considerations fordigital applications.

Evaluation Criteria:

• Depthof knowledge in enterprise architecture domains, including business,information, application, technology, and security architecture.Proficiency in architecture frameworks and standards such as TOGAF orZachman. Ability to design, integrate, and optimize solution architectureswith strong technical problem-solving skills
• Demonstratedexperience in delivering complex IT solutions and applications, managingsystems integrations, and resolving technical and architectural issues.Proven track record in applying architecture best practices andmethodologies
• Handson demonstrated experience developing all required applicationarchitecture artefacts
• Handson demonstrated experience leading all aspects of solution design,including security and privacy
• Experiencearchitecting custom-built applications using Microsoft Azure platform andcloud services, including integrations with externally hosted managedservices where applicable.
• Hands-onexperience creating architecture artifacts, models and/or reports usingPowerDesigner, or Visio, or other tools

Enterprise Architecture Leadership andMethodologies:

• Demonstratedknowledge of and experience in leading and delivering solutionArchitecture projects
• Handson demonstrated experience successfully leading project teams through alllevels of governance processes (cluster and corporate) such a projectgating, architecture governance points
• Handson demonstrated experience preparing and delivering presentations tocluster and corporate architecture review boards to successful obtainapprovals
• Experienceleading project teams through the Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) process,Threat Risk Assessment (TRA) process and other technical or securityassessment processes as required
• Demonstratedexperience with enterprise architecture, including the ability tointegrate/align with across all domains (business, information, Solution,technical, security)

Previous OPS experience

• Experiencedelivering solutions within the Ontario Public Service (OPS), BroaderPublic Sector (BPS), or other government environments.
• Understandingof OPS governance, approval processes, and decision-making structures.
• Experienceworking with ministries, business stakeholders, and central agencies

Soft Skills:

• Excellentanalytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Excellentcommunication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellentmeeting facilitation skills to gather requirements
• Experiencereporting progress on deliverables to the team, project leads andmanagement, including proactively raising risks/issues withmitigations