RQ09803 - Sr. Applications Architect

Source Code; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Land & Resources Cluster within the Ontario government seeks a Sr. Applications Architect to update the Enterprise Architecture for the AgriSuite portfolio.

The role leads architecture efforts across business, information, application, technology and security domains, ensuring alignment with TOGAF/Zachman standards while producing critical artifacts. You will collaborate with ministry SMEs and OPS partners, support EA delivery, and facilitate governance reviews.

Qualifications

• Depth in business, information, application, technology, and security architecture.
• Proficiency in TOGAF or Zachman.
• Ability to design, integrate, and optimize solution architectures.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and guidance to project teams; create and maintain architecture artifacts.
• Develop and validate solution architecture models and documents per GO-ITS/ OPS EA standards.
• Collaborate with ministry SMEs and OPS partners to ensure alignment.
• Develop artifacts using cluster tools and model repositories (PowerDesigner).
• Identify risks and assist in mitigation; facilitate validation sessions.
• Support EA delivery and share reference architectures for future clients.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

TOGAF / Zachman

Architecture artifacts

Leadership in architecture projects

Presentation to architecture boards

Risk & issue reporting

PowerDesigner

DevOps

Tools

PowerDesigner

DevOps

Job description

About the job RQ09803 - Sr. Applications Architect

RQ09803 - Sr. Applications Architect

Land & Resources Cluster -Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement

Candidate can work remotely, however, may be required to come to office as needed.

To respond to the priorities of the Government of Ontario through the passage of the Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act 2025, the resource may be partially assigned to Bill 5 related projects or initiatives on an as needed basis.

The Cluster/Ministry confirms that it has received the required internal approval from the Cluster/Branch Director to support a hybrid or remote work arrangement for the MSP FFS resource for the duration of the contract (including extensions).

Yes, Director approval is in place for the FFS resource to work hybrid or remote

The Lands and Resources Cluster (LRC) and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness (OMAFA) require a Senior Solution Architect to update theEnterprise Architecture for theirAgriSuite Portfolio (AgriSuite ) .

Responsibilities:

• Providing leadership, guidance and support to the project team and subject matter experts; creates and maintains all models/artifacts/diagrams as it relates to establishing a solution
• Update, develop and validate all required solution architecture models/artifacts, documents and materials (according to industry best practices, GO-ITS standards and OPS EA guidelines using the appropriate version)
• Collaborates with cluster staff, project teams, ministry Subject Matter Expert (SME) and other OPS partners/service providers to ensure architecture alignment
• Develops artifacts leveraging cluster/ministry tools and model repository (e.g. PowerDesigner, DevOps)
• Identify issues and risks to be managed or addressed, and assist the project team or ministry to facilitate mitigation
• Arrange and facilitate validation sessions
• Develop/revise solution architecture artifacts according to cluster and corporate guidance
• Participate in review and information-sharing meetings
• Support Agile Enterprise Architecture (EA) delivery during the project
• Develop reference architecture artifacts/models/patterns to enable shared use for future clients
• Arrange and facilitate Enterprise Architecture (EA) meetings with cluster staff, subject matter experts, and other stakeholders as required
• Support the process of acquiring cluster and corporate approvals, such as Project Gating, LRC cluster governance processes, and corporate architecture governance points (AGP)
• Provide status updates to both the project team and the Enterprise Architecture unit
• Provide transfer of knowledge and project deliverables to identified cluster staff
• Revise architectures per action and/or conditions arising from LRCs governance body (Project Gating Review Committee) and Corporate EA Governance review bodies as required
• Utilize, reuse, and incorporate OPS Reference Architectures into the project architectures
• Ensure alignment with any other related and relevant business materials

MUST HAVE:

• Depth of knowledge in enterprise architecture domains including business, information, application, technology, and security architecture. Proficiency in architecture frameworks and standards such as TOGAF or Zachman. Ability to design, integrate, and optimize solution architectures with strong technical problem-solving skills
• Hands on demonstrated experience developing all required application architecture artifacts
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in leading and delivering solution Architecture projects
• Hands on demonstrated experience preparing and delivering presentations to cluster and corporate architecture review boards to successful obtain approvals
• Experience reporting progress on deliverables to team, project leads and management, including proactively raising risks/issues with mitigations