Information Architect (RQ11571) Government Services Integration Cluster

Softline Technology Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Softline Technology Inc. seeks an experienced Information Architect to deliver professional information architecture expertise, assessments, and complex reviews across client systems and infrastructure. You will participate in enterprise-wide, cross-jurisdictional projects with information components and develop artefacts for checkpoints and RFPs.

Strong governance and standards knowledge are essential. Ideal candidates will have expertise in enterprise taxonomies, semantic models, and metadata

Qualifications

• Defines, identifies and describes information architecture requirements with business and technical stakeholders and obtains appropriate approvals.
• Demonstrated experience developing enterprise information architecture frameworks, principles, standards and roadmaps.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, business glossaries, classification frameworks and metadata standards.
• Experience with metadata management solutions (Purview/Informatica/Collibra).
• Experience supporting enterprise data governance initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide information architecture expertise and assess needs for systems/infrastructure for clients.
• Participate in enterprise-wide architecture projects with information components.
• Develop artefacts for checkpoints and information architecture specifications for RFPs.
• Lead or participate in sensitive information architecture investigations.
• Translate business objectives into information architecture deliverables and roadmaps.

Skills

Information architecture

Stakeholder collaboration

Enterprise data governance

Metadata management

Policy development

Best practices

Analytical thinking

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Informatica

Collibra

Job description

Responsibilities

• Provide professional information architecture expertise, and undertake comprehensive architecture needs assessments and complex reviews in support of systems/infrastructure needs for clients (i.e. I&IT clusters, their clients and enterprise I&IT organizations).
• Participate in enterprise-wide and cross-jurisdictional architecture projects with information components.

General Skills

• Defines, identifies and describes information architectural requirements with clients, and obtains I&IT management approval.
• Develops and obtains approval for detailed plans and resource estimates for large- scale and complex information architecture projects and/or components of other projects with information architecture elements.
• Ability to complete complex information architecture reviews and assessments, development and/or support projects, to support new and changed enterprise priorities and initiatives, and client clusters’ and their clients’ information architecture and/or business needs.
• Researches, develops, implements and maintains information architectural policies and standards, as approved by management
• Ensures integration with related corporate and client cluster policies and standards, and incorporation of best practices in the industry.
• Provides general and situation-specific information architecture interpretation advice and expertise to other project and/or enterprise level I&IT project teams, client management and staff, cluster clients, and external contractors.
• Leads and or/participates in highly sensitive information architecture investigations.
• Develops information architecture specifications for RFPs and participates in assessing bids and negotiating contracts/SLAs with service providers and vendors
• Demonstrated experience developing checkpoint deliverables and creating necessary artefacts for checkpoints
• Knowledge and experience creating information architecture artefacts such as logical and information data models

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards

Experience Requirements

General Skills (80%)

• Defines, identifies and describes information architecture requirements with business and technical stakeholders and obtains appropriate approvals.
• Demonstrated experience developing enterprise information architecture frameworks, principles, standards and roadmaps.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, business glossaries, classification frameworks and metadata standards.
• Demonstrated experience establishing common business definitions, controlled vocabularies, business glossaries, semantic models and information domain models to support interoperability, information sharing and enterprise data governance across multiple business domains.
• Experience developing conceptual information models, information domain maps, controlled vocabularies, business glossaries and semantic structures that support information discovery, interoperability, information sharing and common understanding of business concepts across organizational boundaries.
• Ability to conduct complex information architecture assessments and reviews supporting enterprise modernization and digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience establishing metadata standards, metadata models and information asset inventories.
• Experience researching, developing and maintaining information architecture policies, standards and best practices.
• Knowledge of information governance, stewardship and information lifecycle management principles.
• Experience facilitating stakeholder workshops to establish common business terminology, business concepts and information requirements.
• Experience developing information architecture artefacts with traceability to business capabilities, business processes and business requirements.
• Ability to translate strategic business objectives into information architecture deliverables and implementation roadmaps.
• Demonstrated ability to provide expert information architecture advice to project teams, business stakeholders and senior management.
• Experience supporting architecture governance processes, checkpoints and architecture review boards.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, collaboration and communication skills.

Resource will support the following deliverables:

• Controlled Vocabulary Framework
• Business Glossary
• Semantic Concept Models
• Information Domain Models
• Information Domain Maps
• Metadata Standards and Frameworks
• Information Inventories
• Semantic alignment of business concepts across participating organizations
• Information architecture artefacts supporting development of common data models

Desirable Skills (20%)

• Experience with Microsoft Purview, Informatica, Collibra or equivalent metadata management solutions.
• Experience supporting enterprise data governance initiatives.
• Knowledge of semantic technologies, ontology concepts and knowledge graph initiatives.
• Experience with public sector information architecture programs.
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices.
• Knowledge and understanding of AODA and related standards.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and tight timelines.

Supplier Comments

Closing Date/Time: 2026-10-29, 12:00 p.m. EST.

Max submission: 1 (one)

5 days onsite

HM is looking for someone who can create the documentation needed for standardized templates – must know how to create and not copy.

Must Have:

• Defines, identifies and describes information architecture requirements with business and technical stakeholders and obtains appropriate approvals.
• Demonstrated experience developing enterprise information architecture frameworks, principles, standards and roadmaps.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, business glossaries, classification frameworks and metadata standards.
• Experience with Microsoft Purview, Informatica, Collibra or equivalent metadata management solutions.
• Experience supporting enterprise data governance initiatives.

Nice to have:

Prior OPS/public sector exp.

Ideal experience with the below:

• Controlled Vocabulary Framework
• Business Glossary
• Semantic Concept Models
• Information Domain Models
• Information Domain Maps
• Metadata Standards and Frameworks
• Information Inventories
• Semantic alignment of business concepts across participating organizations
• Information architecture artefacts supporting development of common data models