IT Enterprise Architect/Strategist

Cleo Consulting; Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior IT Enterprise Architect/Strategist to drive modernization strategies and establish governance processes. This role involves analyzing and recommending technology policies while engaging with stakeholders to streamline application landscapes. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in AI, cloud architecture, and modular systems, along with excellent communication and facilitation skills. Join a forward-thinking organization that values innovation and collaboration, and make a significant impact on technology standards and practices.

Qualifications

• Experience in development and implementation of Enterprise Architecture.
• Strong knowledge in AI, ML, and modular architecture practices.
• Ability to streamline application landscape for performance.

Responsibilities

• Provide analysis and development of modernization strategies.
• Establish governance processes to ensure compliance with standards.
• Identify enterprise platforms and technology stacks for standardization.

Skills

.NET

ASP.NET

C#

Javascript

CSS

HTML

AI

ML

Stakeholder Engagement

Communication Skills

Tools

Cloud architecture

CI/CD pipelines

API management

Job description

Assignment: RQ09156 - IT Enterprise Architect/Strategist - Senior

Job Title: IT Enterprise Architect/Strategist

Requisition (SS): RQ09156

Start Date: 2025-06-02

Client: Enterprise Technology & Digital Standards (formerly ETS)

End Date: 2025-11-28

Office Location: 222 Jarvis Street, Toronto

Organization: Enterprise Technology & Digital Standards (formerly ETS)

Extension # of Days: 55.00

Ministry: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement

# Business Days: 124.00

Note: Candidate is required to come in office 3 days a week

Must haves:

• Familiarity in multiple programming and coding languages (.NET, ASP.NET, C#, Javascript, CSS, HTML, etc), application program interface (API) management, network/security systems, and knowledge of various complex IT ecosystems
• Experience with AI, ML Machine learning, LLM Large Language Model, RAG Retrieval-Augmented Generation
• Experience in Stakeholder Engagement, including presentations and briefing notes, and conducting/facilitating meetings
• Creating Presentations OR workshops for different stakeholders and presenting to Seniors/COOs/CIOs

Description

Responsibilities

• Provide analysis, development, and evaluation of new government-wide modernization strategies, plans, and TSA direction to recommend technology policies, standards, and guidelines.
• Identify and facilitate the creation of enterprise-wide solution development standards, policies, and guidelines to support standardized practices, unify technologies, share frameworks, methodologies, and patterns.
• Recommend and create frameworks for solution development standards and enforcement based on industry best practices and previous experience.
• Identify enterprise platforms, products, and technology stacks using common patterns and services that leverage a modular/composable architecture approach for standardization.
• Develop, recommend, implement, and manage IT Enterprise Architecture (EA) strategy and deliverables for the organization.
• Define standards and policies across all TSA layers to mandate the adoption of standardized practices and shared technology platforms for channels, integrations, infrastructure, and security.
• Establish governance processes to ensure compliance with standards and develop KPIs and metrics to measure compliance rate and effectiveness.

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Technical skills - 50%

• Experience in development and implementation of Enterprise Architecture and standardization practices for enterprise.
• Knowledge and experience in Application architecture, Technology Architecture, Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Experience with modular architecture including microservices, API, standardized application patterns
• Strategic thinking and development, aligning objectives with technology and resources
• Ability to define business capabilities and processes
• Experience providing direction on operationalizing business strategy including systems, processes, and data
• Understanding of data interdependencies and transformation thinking
• Experience identifying technology risks and mitigations
• Experience developing IT strategy aligned with business vision
• Ability to streamline application landscape for performance, redundancy reduction, and cost savings
• Knowledge of Cloud architecture and related technologies (storage, web services, API, DevOps, security, networking, Middleware, VMware, CI/CD pipelines, etc.)
• Familiarity with multiple programming languages (.NET, ASP.NET, C#, Javascript, CSS, HTML, etc), API management, network/security systems, and complex IT ecosystems
• Experience with AI, ML, LLM, RAG

Communication, Consultation, Collaboration and Facilitation Skills - 50%

• Experience using communication skills to discuss issues, seek common ground, and lead standards development
• Strong facilitation skills for design discussions, negotiations, and presenting recommendations to stakeholders on emerging technologies
• Proven ability to build relationships with external partners and vendors, coordinate projects, and share information
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to diverse stakeholders and advise on potential issues
• Strong persuasion, networking, and negotiation skills to help business and IT managers appreciate architecture benefits, security, and privacy considerations
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, communication, presentation, interpersonal, and negotiation skills
• Team player with a track record of meeting deadlines
• Experience in Stakeholder Engagement, presentations, briefing notes, and facilitating meetings
• Knowledge and experience in Project Management