RQ11571 – Information Architect – Senior

S M Software Solutions Inc; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement is seeking a Senior Information Architect to define enterprise information architecture requirements, establish standards, and develop artefacts supporting interoperability and modernization initiatives.

The role emphasizes metadata governance, vendor tooling familiarity (Purview, Informatica, Collibra), and collaboration with business and IT stakeholders to deliver architecture roadmaps. Onsite work in Toronto is required.

Qualifications

• Define information architecture requirements with business and technical stakeholders and obtain approvals.
• Develop enterprise information architecture frameworks, principles, standards, and roadmaps.
• Design and implement 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional information architecture expertise and undertake comprehensive architecture needs assessments and complex reviews for clients.
• Participate in enterprise-wide and cross-jurisdictional architecture projects involving information components.

Skills

Information architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Metadata standards

Data governance

Semantic models

Information classification

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Informatica

Collibra

Job description

Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement – RQ11571

We are seeking a Senior Information Architect with extensive experience in enterprise information architecture, information management, metadata standards, data governance, semantic models, and information classification frameworks. The successful candidate will work closely with business and technical stakeholders to define information architecture requirements, establish enterprise-wide standards, develop information architecture artefacts, and support interoperability, information sharing, and enterprise modernization initiatives. The ideal candidate will have experience with metadata management solutions such as Microsoft Purview, Informatica, and Collibra, along with strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Role Snapshot

• Job Title: RQ11571 – Information Architect – Senior
• Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement
• Work Location: 595 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Work Arrangement: Onsite – 5 Days per Week
• Estimated Start Date: September 21, 2026
• Estimated End Date: March 31, 2027
• Business Days: 283.00
• Extension: Probable after the initial mandate
• Hours: 7.25 hours per day
• Security Level: No Clearance Required

Must Have

• Define, identify, and describe information architecture requirements with business and technical stakeholders and obtain 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 Ontario Public Service (OPS) or public sector experience.
• Experience with the following information architecture deliverables and concepts:
  • 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 the development of common data models

Description

Responsibilities

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

General Skills

• Define, identify, and describe information architectural requirements with clients and obtain I&IT management approval.
• Develop and obtain approval for detailed plans and resource estimates for large-scale and complex information architecture projects and/or components of other projects involving information architecture elements.
• Complete complex information architecture reviews and assessments, development and/or support projects, to address new and changing enterprise priorities and initiatives, as well as the information architecture and business needs of client clusters and their clients.
• Research, develop, implement, and maintain information architectural policies and standards, as approved by management.
• Ensure integration with related corporate and client cluster policies and standards and incorporate industry best practices.
• Provide 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.
• Lead and/or participate in highly sensitive information architecture investigations.
• Develop information architecture specifications for Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and participate in assessing bids and negotiating contracts and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with service providers and vendors.
• Demonstrate experience developing checkpoint deliverables and creating the necessary artefacts for checkpoints.
• Demonstrate 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 the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.

Experience And Skill Set Requirements

• General Skills — 80%
• Define, identify, and describe information architecture requirements with business and technical stakeholders and obtain appropriate approvals.
• Demonstrate 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.
• Demonstrate 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 a 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.
• Demonstrate the 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 Deliverables

The 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 the 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.