Solution Architect

Richmond Hill; Richmond Hill; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A municipal government is seeking a Solutions Architect to define technology and solution architectures aligned with business and IT strategies. The role focuses on Microsoft 365 and Azure platforms to enhance collaboration and security while providing mentorship to the IT team. Candidates should have a degree in Computer Science and 7+ years in architectural roles. Work will involve leading integrations and ensuring adherence to architectural principles while engaging with various stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 7 years of experience in architectural roles with strong understanding of application architecture, infrastructure, data and security.
• 7 years of experience in delivering technology solutions across products, services, projects and systems.

Responsibilities

• Work with business leaders to understand requirements and influence strategy.
• Lead IT architectural principles and ensure effectiveness of the ARB.
• Develop and maintain all artifacts related to the City's enterprise architecture.
• Consult with application or infrastructure projects to fit systems to architecture.
• Architect enterprise-level application solutions.

Skills

Experience with leading programs and projects involving integration of technologies

Hands-on experience producing architectural artifacts

Experience with cloud technologies (Azure, GCP)

Designing solutions with complex integration requirements

Knowledge of architecture domains (business, application, infrastructure)

Experience with Enterprise Architecture Frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman)

Excellent problem-solving skills

Strong customer service orientation

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Microsoft Azure

TOGAF

ITIL

Job description

Position Summary

The Solutions Architect is accountable for defining technology and solution architectures that align with the City's business and IT strategies, with a particular emphasis on Microsoft 365 and Azure platforms. This position ensures that new, upgraded, or replacement technology investments are designed to align with the defined and approved architectures, especially within the M365 and Azure ecosystems. The role provides mentorship and establishes architectural best practices for the City and the IT team, guiding all work related to technical and business solutions. The Solutions Architect will play a key role in leveraging cloud technologies to enhance collaboration, security, and scalability across the organization.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Works with business leaders to understand business requirements and help them understand how technology trade-offs influence strategy. Supports strategic alignment by identifying opportunities to leverage M365 and Azure capabilities
• Leading the instantiation of IT architectural principles while planning, scheduling, and ensuring the effectiveness of the ARB. This requires leading a group of senior analysts and architects as well as key business stakeholders around collaborative planning and concepts and applying the correct templates, analyses, and frameworks to specific business or technical problems.
• Develop and maintain all artifacts related to the City's enterprise architecture and develop to-be architectures for proposed technology investments, ensuring alignment with business and technology strategies. Includes cloud-first strategies and modern workplace solutions using Azure and M365.
• Consults with application or infrastructure development projects to fit systems or infrastructure to architecture and is accountable for the delivery of all solution architectures for all IT-related projects. Provides architectural oversight for Azure-based infrastructure and M365 integrations where applicable.
• Architect enterprise-level application solutions, including designing user interfaces, application interfaces (API), application components, databases, systems integration, and application infrastructure.
• Lead and approve the work of contracted architects and vendors providing solutions. Provide mentorship and establish architectural best practices for the IT team, and grow and develop analysts on architectural concepts in both project and daily operational work. Promotes architectural maturity in cloud platforms, with a focus on Azure and M365 governance and adoption.

Education and Experience

• Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Microsoft Azure, TOGAF or ITIL certifications, considered an asset
• 7 years of experience in architectural roles with a strong understanding of application architecture, infrastructure, data and security
• 7 years of experience in delivering technology solutions across products, services, projects and systems

Required Skills/Knowledge

• Experience with leading programs and projects involving the integration of different types of technologies and platforms
• Hands-on experience in producing architectural artifacts at conceptual, logical, and physical levels
• Experience working with cloud technologies and deploying solutions in the cloud (Azure, GCP, Azure)
• Experience with designing solutions with complex integration requirements
• Experience in working with multi-stakeholder solutions
• Knowledge of architecture domains, including business, application, infrastructure, data, and security
• Experience with Enterprise Architecture Frameworks (TOGAF and/or Zachman)
• Ability to distill complex technical solutions
• Passion for learning, using, and explaining new technology
• A team player that will help mentor teammates on architecture concepts
• Strong customer service orientation with experience acts as the prime technical resource when liaising with vendors and business users.
• Excellent problem-solving, facilitation, interpersonal, and skills capable of mobilizing the project team to deliver solutions that fit customer needs
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a team environment while also working well independently
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Adept at effectively dealing with multiple competing priorities
• Demonstrates good judgment and makes sound decisions.
• Shows commitment to personal growth, development, and leadership opportunities
• Shares new ideas and challenges the status quo.
• Proven written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with honesty, openness, respect, and trust
• Takes initiative to participate in a culture of learning, mentoring, and sharing.
• Contributes to building and being a part of a positive culture.

Leadership Competencies

• Demonstrates personal leadership
• Builds people and culture
• Cultivates open communication
• Shapes the future
• Navigates and leads through complexity and change

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We thank all candidates for their interest, however, only those under consideration will be contacted.

EEO Statement & Accommodation

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