Business Architect - Senior

Cleo Consulting; Ontario; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm seeks a Senior Business Architect to lead requirements gathering and support the Enterprise Asset Management System lifecycle. With over 10 years of experience necessary, applicants should excel in analysis, communication, and complex project delivery, providing solutions for the Ontario Provincial Police.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in enterprise architecture.
• Proficiency with Microsoft suite including Word, Excel, and Visio.
• Experience in designing large scale data migration operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead business requirements gathering for Enterprise Asset Management System.
• Draft and develop architecture artifacts for enterprise-level architecture checkpoints.
• Provide leadership on enterprise architecture needs.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Presentation skills

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation skills

Tools

Power Designer

Enterprise Architect

Job description

Assignment: RQ00348 - Business Architect - Senior Job Title: Business Architect Senior Requisition: RQ00348 Client: Ontario Provincial Police Start Date: 2025-08-11 End Date: 2026-03-31 Department: Communications & Technology Service Bureau Office Location: 777 Memorial Ave, Orillia Business Days: 161.00 Extension - 1 year extension option Public Sector Experience: Nice to Have Location: Fully Remote (onsite will be required as needed Orillia, ON)

Must Haves:

• 10+years Experience in structured methodologies for the design, development, implementation and maintenance of applications
• 10+years Experience with enterprise level Architecture Standards and artifacts (e.g., Business Architecture Document, Solutions Architecture Document, Solution Requirements Document, and Information Architecture Document)
• 10+years Experience with Asset/Inventory management systems (MS Dynamics, Service Now, IBM Maximo) and Asset Configuration
• Experience with Asset/Inventory management systems and Asset Configuration
• At least 10 years of experience
• Excellent facilitation and presentation skills
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Highly developed interpersonal and negotiation skills
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines
• Proficiency with Microsoft suite including Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint
• Experience in designing large scale data migration operations
• Experience in using technical solution design and prototyping tools to assist in JAD and design sessions with stakeholders

Description

• The Sr. Business Architect will be responsible for leading business requirements, gathering, and documenting to support for the lifecycle of the Enterprise Asset Management System (EAMS)

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Experience with leading information technology (IT) architecture, enterprise architecture frameworks, strategies and methodologies within a variety of domains such as Business, Technology, Application, and/or Security
• Experience with planning, design, delivery and implementation of architecture solutions for large scale, complex, multi-year I&IT projects required to meet the critical business requirements of our ministry client(s) impacting external stakeholders
• Experience creating detailed business analysis documents,
• Knowledge of native capabilities of the system that needs to provide the functionality of XXXX
• Knowledge of Solution design and Business Analysis experience at the specified level in large IT organizations

CRITERIA:

Criteria 1 - Technical Experience / Skills (40 Points)

• Experience in technical and functional design and architecture, especially for applications on Cloud and SaaS, experience with cloud technologies
• Experience leading technical teams to ensure solution design adherence for all phases and aspects of a large-scale integrated projects
• Experience and knowledge of designing internal and public facing web portals with cross platform integration and utilizing multi-factor authentication and integration to payment gateways
• Knowledge with responsive web-based technologies such as CSS/HTML5, JQuery, JavaServer Faces (JSF), Angular, JQuery, Frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate & Struts, JSF (libraries such as RichFaces, Primefaces), SOAP Web Services, SQL, PL/SQL, Middleware Technologies such as ESB, IBM DataPower and SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, API standards
• Knowledge of leading industry and enterprise-level best practices and standards in architecture, software and systems engineering, design and development tools and techniques, and software lifecycle methodologies
• knowledge of enterprise IT strategy development, business process modelling, data modelling, and/or information management, business analysis, design and process re-engineering

Criteria 2 - Architecture Knowledge / Experience (35 Points)

• Experience in the development of business, solution and information architectures and the use of architecture modeling tools such as Power Designer and Enterprise Architect
• Experience developing architecture artifacts for enterprise-level architecture checkpoints and gating (e.g., Business Architecture Document, Solutions Architecture Document, Solution Requirements Document, and Information Architecture Document)
• Experience in the use of business architecture and modeling software such as Power Designer, Enterprise Architecture
• Demonstrated experience in solution design and architecture
• Experience planning and coordinating all phases of complex architecture for systems supporting both internal/external clients and stakeholders.
• Experience with reviewing privacy and security related assessment reports to ensure privacy and security considerations and concerns are addressed in the architecture artifacts; Establish traceability matrix to monitor findings

Criteria 3 - Data Migration and Integration (20 Points)

• Experience in large scale data migration from legacy applications (such as mainframe) to SaaS solution e.g. data migration strategy, planning, and process documentation
• Experience in data migration, including mapping between source and target systems, analysis of data fields required to migrate data, exchange data or to provide a data feed between internal systems and third-party applications
• Problem solving skills to resolve significant integration and technical issues to address multiple systems/applications linkages, interdependencies and impacts where requirements are not initially clear
• Research and recommend innovative systems architecture alternatives and integration strategies at strategic, tactical, operational and project levels.

Criteria 4 - Public Sector Experience (5 Points)

• Demonstrated experience working within an organization of equivalent size and complexity to the Ontario Public Service
• Demonstrated experience in working in accordance with policies and procedures of Ontario Public Service would be an asset

SCOPE:

• Support the integrity of the XXXXX and business applications, architectures, and ensure that development is to standard, documentation is compliant and performing application design
• Provide leadership on Enterprise Architecture artifact needs and support to the business and other team members

DELIVERABLES:

• Draft solution design and detailed technical solution design for applications built using packaged products on cloud.
• Develop architecture artifacts for enterprise-level architecture checkpoints and gating (e.g., Business Architecture Document, Solutions Architecture Document, Solution Requirements Document, and Information Architecture Document)
• Produce visual depiction of use cases and process flows; ensure alignment with the program area and associated business architecture, as well as traceability to solution logical and physical architectures.
• Create, review, provide input and support of Enterprise Architecture artifacts for all checkpoints as required
• Logical/Physical Data Model, Data Dictionary and CRUD Matrix documentation
• Assist with system and user interface design and modifications (data & screen) as required
• Review privacy and security related reports to ensure privacy and security considerations and concerns are addressed in the architecture artifacts; Establish traceability matrix to monitor output
• Review all test scenarios to ensure the requirements are met; establish traceability matrix to monitor output
• Assist in metadata/test data creation and maintenance, and prepare data packages for implementation by the Database Administrator
• Ensure alignment and adherence to Ministry processes and standards
• Support the testing team during system and UAT testing
• Participate in knowledge transfer