Business Architect 8746-2713

Foilcon; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 87,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in IT Services is seeking a skilled Business Architect to enhance enterprise architecture across projects. This hybrid role involves collaborating with senior management and government stakeholders to develop critical business architecture documents and strategies. Candidates should have extensive IT experience and proficiency in Enterprise Architecture methodologies. Join us to drive transformation initiatives and align organizational objectives with strategic plans.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of IT experience, including 5 years in Business Architecture on complex projects.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and negotiation skills required.
• Experience with enterprise engagements and architecture governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop key Enterprise Architecture documents.
• Analyze government information and consult with government contacts.
• Develop business transformation plans with senior management.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Stakeholder Management

Problem Solving

Visualization

Facilitation

Education

Business Architecture Documentation (BAD)

Ontario Government Enterprise Architecture methodologies

Tools

BPMN

PowerDesigner

Sparx Enterprise Architect

Orbus

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Description

The business architect will lead and develop key Enterprise Architecture (EA) documents required for all Enterprise Architecture Governance Points.

The FRI IMS Enhancement Project Aims To Further Improve The Functionality, Usability, And Performance Of FRI IMS By Incorporating The Following Features

• A centralized data storage system utilizing Databricks data lake and Azure Storage Account.
• Data exchange channels via a public-facing web application.
• A Data Processing and Data Scientist Platform that supports data acquisition, processing, and analysis using Databricks on the Azure cloud.
  
  

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Responsibilities

• 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 as part of the Enterprise Information Architecture (EIA) Federated Framework and ensures that these are vertically integrated
• Models business at enterprise and/or core business levels.
  
  

This Also Includes

• 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 in 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.
  
  

The project teams consist of you, a Sr. IT Business Architect (lead), project leads, product manager, solution designer, service designer, QA tester, business analysts, subject matter experts and other project team members. The project team will work though the AGP engagements with the LRC Enterprise Architecture team and Corporate Enterprise Architecture Review Board

Evaluation Criteria

Enterprise Architecture Engagement Leadership Experience (40 %)

• Total IT experience of at least 10 years, out of which 5 years doing Business Architecture on large complex projects
• Excellent communication, concept visualization, facilitation, stakeholder management, negotiation, consensus building, and problem- solving skills.
• Experience collaborating with executives and senior management.
• Successfully completed Business and Information Architectures at the enterprise and/or core business levels for governments or large organizations
• Contributed to the successful transformation of government or large organization program delivery by applying Business Architecture practices
• Ability to work across Projects in a Portfolio, and across Portfolios.
• Leading project teams through the enterprise engagement process.
  
  

Enterprise Architecture CheckPoint Documentation Experience (30%)

• Proven ability in designing optimized future versions of business areas.
• Proven ability in horizontal business integration (i.e. identifying common elements, andâ¯delineation points)
• Knowledge of or experience in Government of Ontario Information Technology Standards (GO-ITS) for Architecture.
• Experience in developing business architectures using Ontario Government Enterprise Architecture methodologies and GO-ITS.
• Development of Program Area(s) Business Architecture and corresponding Business Architecture Documentation (BAD) according to OPS standards and industry best practices.
• Creation of alignment of Business Architecture Document to the Solution Requirements Document (SRD) and the Information Architecture Document (IAD), as per OPS standards and industry best practices, ensuring vertical integration.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with Services modeling, Business Function Modeling, Business Process Modeling, proficient use of BPMN, Value Chain Analysis, Business Outcomes, Performance Measures and KPIs definition, Strategic, Legislative and Technology alignment,
• Ability to create Business Architectures that directly informs and supports the elicitation of business and system requirements.
• Ability to develop andâ¯maintain architectural governance and controls over Business and Information Architecture.
• Ability to align Business Architecture processes and artifacts with Service Design practices.
• Ability to model Business Functional and Contractual Accountabilities.
  
  

Desirable Skills (30%)

• Knowledge of Zachman Framework
• Experience in other architectural domains such as Information Architecture and Application Architecture
• Experience with the OPS Enterprise Architecture governance process, in general, and with Governance Point 1 (AGP1) in particular.
• Familiarity with Privacy and Records Keeping principles and concepts as they pertain to Business Architecture.
• Familiarity with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards as they pertain to Business Architecture.
• Ability to design/propose Business Architectures that leverage latest cutting-edge technologies.
• Data Modeling and development of solution and Program Area(s) Data Architecture.
• Development of solution and Program Area(s) Information Architecture and corresponding Information Architecture Documentation (IAD) according to OPS standards and industry best practices.
• Knowledge of or experience with Information Management, including Data Governance, Data Quality, Master Data Management, Records Management.
• Knowledge of or experience with Ideation, including Information/Data Requirements Analysis and corresponding Test Strategy planning.
• Ability to leverage reference artefacts to enable shared use and to develop Business Architecture artefacts that align with acquired solutions/services and existing strategic IT Products.
• Ability to integrate stand-alone Businessâ¯and Informationâ¯Architectures.
• Experience with SAFe Methodology.
• Familiarity with Ontario Digital Service's Service Design principles and practices.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture modeling tools e.g. PowerDesigner, Sparx Enterprise Architect, Orbus etc.
• Ability to provide advice and support to teams acquiring services or solutions via procurement (e.g. advise on documentation to include, how to evaluate, etc.)
  
  

Must Haves

• Experience in developing business architectures using Ontario Government Enterprise Architecture methodologies and GO-ITS.
• Development of Program Area(s) Business Architecture and corresponding Business Architecture Documentation (BAD) according to OPS standards and industry best practices.
• Creation of alignment of Business Architecture Document to the Solution Requirements Document (SRD) and the Information Architecture Document (IAD), as per OPS standards and industry best practices, ensuring vertical integration.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Business Development and Sales

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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