Senior IT Enterprise Architect/Strategist

Cynet Systems Inc; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Enterprise Architect to lead the development of IT strategies and standardization practices. This role involves analyzing and implementing modernization strategies while ensuring compliance with industry best practices. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Enterprise Architecture, Cloud technologies, and modular architecture. You will collaborate with diverse stakeholders, facilitating discussions and presenting recommendations on emerging technologies. Join a dynamic team where your expertise will shape the future of technology solutions and drive innovation.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and implementing Enterprise Architecture and standardization practices.
• Knowledge of Cloud architecture and technologies.

Responsibilities

• Provide analysis and development of modernization strategies and technology policies.
• Establish governance processes to ensure compliance with standards.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Application Architecture

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Microservices

APIs

Strategic Thinking

Data Interdependencies

Cloud Architecture

.NET

JavaScript

Tools

VMware

CI/CD Pipelines

Job description

Job 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 establish 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 and composable architecture approach for standardization.
• Develop, recommend, implement, and manage the IT Enterprise Architecture (EA) strategy and deliverables for the organization.
• Define standards and policies across all TSA layers and approaches 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 standards compliance and effectiveness.

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Technical Skills - 50%:

• Experience in developing and implementing Enterprise Architecture and standardization practices for enterprises.
• Knowledge of Application architecture, Technology Architecture, and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
• Experience with modular architecture including microservices, APIs, and standardized application patterns.
• Strategic thinking and development skills, aligning strategic objectives with technology and resources.
• Ability to define business capabilities and processes.
• Experience in operationalizing business strategy through systems, processes, and data.
• Understanding of data interdependencies and transformation thinking.
• Experience in identifying technology risks and mitigations.
• Developing IT strategies aligned with business vision.
• Skills to streamline application landscapes, decommission redundancies, and reduce costs.
• Knowledge of Cloud architecture and technologies such as storage, web services, APIs, DevOps, security, networking, Middleware, VMware, CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with multiple programming languages (.NET, ASP.NET, C#, JavaScript, CSS, HTML), API management, network/security systems, and complex IT ecosystems.
• Experience with AI, Machine Learning, Large Language Models, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation.

Communication, Consultation, Collaboration, and Facilitation Skills - 50%:

• Experience using communication skills to discuss issues, seek consensus, and develop standards.
• Strong facilitation skills for design discussions, negotiations, and presenting recommendations 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.
• Negotiation and persuasion skills to help managers appreciate architectural benefits and assess security and privacy considerations.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, verbal and written communication, presentation, interpersonal, and negotiation skills.
• Team player with a track record of meeting deadlines.
• Experience in stakeholder engagement, including presentations, briefing notes, and facilitating meetings.
• Knowledge of project management principles and practices.