Enterprise Architect

Patch Tech Staffing; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading staffing agency is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to join a client in Markham, Ontario. This contract role requires defining a strategic technology roadmap and aligning enterprise needs with technology innovation. The ideal candidate should have over 8 years of experience in enterprise architecture, strong leadership skills, and a bachelor’s degree in a related field. The position offers a hybrid working model, blending in-office and remote work.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant enterprise architecture experience.
• Experience leading the definition of target state architecture and technology roadmaps.
• Experience creating and maintaining architectural views and models for enterprise portfolios.

Responsibilities

• Define the strategic technology roadmap aligning technology with enterprise needs.
• Capture current and transition state architectures through models and views.
• Contribute to analyzing industry technology trends valuable to the enterprise.
• Build strong partnerships with business and technology stakeholders.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Systems integration

API development

Software development patterns

Cloud services

Leadership skills

Critical thinking

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent

Job description

Overview

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Location: Markham, Ontario

Work Type: Contract (3 months)

Hybrid: 4 days in office, 1 day remote

Our client is looking for a visionary Enterprise Architect to play a pivotal role in defining the target state architecture and shaping the strategic technology roadmap that will guide their organization into its next era. This is a high-impact contract role reporting directly to the Director of Enterprise Architecture.

As an Enterprise Architect, you will be at the forefront of aligning business strategy with technology innovation, driving architectural excellence across the enterprise portfolio. This position blends business, technology, leadership, and modeling skills to create alignment between disciplines. Acting as a facilitative leader, you will coach and guide business professionals and technologists, building architectural capacity across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Define the strategic technology roadmap aligning technology with enterprise needs
• Capture current and transition state architectures through models and views
• Contribute to analyzing industry technology trends valuable to the enterprise
• Build strong partnerships with business and technology stakeholders
• Facilitate discussions to understand how current systems support business functions
• Present cross-domain and intersystem solution options and recommendations
• Mediate intersystem design decisions, including functional placement and integration
• Facilitate cross-functional evaluation of technology products
• Manage lifecycle definitions for technologies across the enterprise portfolio
• Strong understanding of structural and methodological enterprise architecture frameworks
• Exceptional knowledge of systems integration and API development
• Expertise in enterprise architecture modeling and analysis practices
• Strong awareness of industry technology trends and their organizational impact
• Understanding changes in the commercial application landscape relevant to the organization
• Proficiency in integration patterns and practices
• Strong grasp of software development patterns and practices
• Familiarity with cloud service offerings
• Excellent team facilitation, influencing, leadership, and coaching/mentoring skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Exceptional logic and critical thinking skills
• Strong self-management

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant enterprise architecture experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent relevant experience
• Experience leading the definition of target state architecture and technology roadmaps
• Experience creating and maintaining architectural views and models for enterprise portfolios
• Professional qualities: respectful and collaborative, solutions-oriented, reliable and accountable, clear communicator, and committed to continuous learning and high standards