Jobs in Peterborough, Canada

HM Note: This contract role is remote. The role commences January 6, 2025, and completes March 31, 2025. Candidates must reside in Ontario, Canada. The candidate's resumé must include first and last name and can be a maximum of five pages.

A Senior Business Architect is needed to support Enterprise Architecture artifact creation for six projects within the Geospatial Ontario IT Program.

• LIO Modernize Data Maintenance (LIO Editor) (16.7% allocation or 10 days of effort)
• Providing Access to OPS GIS to LIO Warehouse (16.7% allocation or 10 days of effort)
• LIO Data Modelling Standards (16.7% allocation or 10 days of effort)
• GIS Delivery Platform Planned Maintenance FY24-25 (16.7% allocation or 10 days of effort)
• GIS Delivery Platform Modernization FY24-25 (16.7% allocation or 10 days of effort)
• ArcGIS Portal (16.7% allocation or 10 days of effort)

The successful candidate will complete professional Business and Information Architectures at the enterprise and/or core business levels for governments or large organizations. You will join augmented project teams including Senior Business/Information Architects, Senior Solution Architects, and cross-functional teams. Business/Information Architecture documentation will support Enterprise Architecture Gating for 7 Geospatial Ontario IT Program projects, with a focus on the GIS Delivery Platform and the Geospatial Ontario client’s operational mandate. You will lead the project teams through AGP 0, 1, 2 and 3 engagements with the LRC Enterprise Architecture team, Cluster, and Corporate Enterprise Architecture Review Board. The GDP is a comprehensive suite of interconnected GIS infrastructure including hardware, software, and networking components to deliver corporate applications, web services, data, and geomatics tools.

• Total IT experience of at least 10 years, of which 5 years are in Business Architecture on large complex projects.
• Excellent communication, concept visualization, facilitation, stakeholder management, negotiation, consensus-building, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience collaborating with executives and senior management.
• Successfully completed Business and Information Architectures at the enterprise and/or core business levels for governments or large organizations.
• Contributed to the successful transformation of government or large organization program delivery by applying Business Architecture practices.
• Ability to work across Projects in a Portfolio.
• Experience creating Conceptual and Logical Data models mapped against process requirements.
• Proven ability in designing optimized future versions of business areas.
• Proven ability in horizontal business integration (i.e., identifying common elements, delineation points).
• Knowledge of Government of Ontario Information Technology Standards (GO-ITS) for Architecture.
• Data Modeling and development of solution and Program Area(s) Data Architecture.
• Development of solution and Program Area(s) Information Architecture and corresponding Information Architecture Documentation (IAD) according to OPS standards and industry best practices.
• Knowledge of Information Management including Data Governance, Data Quality, Master Data Management, Records Management.
• Knowledge of Ideation, including Information/Data Requirements Analysis and Test Strategy planning.
• Experience in developing business architectures using Ontario Government Enterprise Architecture methodologies and GO-ITS.
• Development of Program Area(s) Business Architecture and corresponding Business Architecture Documentation (BAD) according to OPS standards and industry best practices.
• Creation of alignment of Business Architecture Document to the Solution Requirements Document (SRD) and the Information Architecture Document (IAD) as per OPS standards and industry best practices, ensuring vertical integration.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with services modeling, business function modeling, business process modeling, proficient use of BPMN, value chain analysis, business outcomes, KPIs definition, and alignment with strategy, legislation and technology.
• Ability to create Business Architectures that directly inform elicitation of business and system requirements.
• Ability to develop and maintain architectural governance and controls over Business and Information Architecture.
• Ability to leverage reference artefacts to enable shared use and to develop Business Architecture artefacts that align with acquired solutions/services and existing strategic IT products.
• Ability to integrate stand-alone Business and Information Architectures.
• Ability to align Business Architecture processes and artifacts with Service Design practices.
• Ability to model Business Functional and Contractual Accountabilities.

• Knowledge of Zachman Framework
• Experience in other architectural domains such as Information Architecture and Application Architecture.
• Experience with the OPS Enterprise Architecture governance process, in general, and with Governance Point 0 and 1 (AGP1) in particular.
• Familiarity with Privacy and Records Keeping principles and concepts as they pertain to Business Architecture.
• Familiarity with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards as they pertain to Business Architecture.
• Ability to design/propose Business Architectures that leverage latest cutting-edge technologies.
• Experience with SAFe Methodology.
• Familiarity with Ontario Digital Service's Service Design principles and practices.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture modeling tools e.g., PowerDesigner, Sparx Enterprise Architect, Orbus, etc.
• Ability to provide advice and support to teams acquiring services or solutions via procurement.

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Information Architecture Technical Skills (45%)

• You have a good understanding of how business process modelling aligns with data modeling and information resource management.
• You have extensive experience with OPS Enterprise Architecture Gating processes, especially Gate Point 1 and 2 and the creation, review, and engagement process.
• You have expertise in IT architecture across domains (Business, Data/Information), IT strategies, and enterprise architecture principles, methodologies and frameworks (e.g., Zachman or TOGAF).
• You are a technology generalist with breadth across all architecture pillars and can provide guidance on the full life cycle of solution design and delivery to project solution architects and stakeholders.
• You can apply industry best practices and OPS standards in architecture design, software and systems engineering.

• Research and Analytical Skills (20%)
• You have analytical skills to develop architectural solutions for complex, multi-year plans with multiple stakeholders.
• You can research and recommend innovative architecture deliverables that meet business needs.
• You can identify opportunities to leverage new technologies.
• You have problem-solving skills to resolve significant integration and data issues across interfaces and dependencies.

• Leadership, Consultation, Collaboration, Facilitation, and Communication Skills (35%)
• You can establish effective working relationships and obtain support for I&T strategies and portfolio solution decisions.
• You can lead/facilitate meetings to discuss strategy and roadmap for architecture priorities.
• You have strong negotiation and influencing skills to affect key decisions.
• You have effective consulting skills to engage stakeholders and identify top business needs.
• You can work with peer architects and analysts as part of a team under lead architects and project managers.
• You can develop options and make recommendations to stakeholders regarding information/data models and solutions aligned with OPS strategies.
• You can consult with multiple stakeholders and clients to provide insights into technology options and architecture strategy.
• You can facilitate discussions among diverse stakeholders to reach portfolio decisions aligned with ministry and OPS strategies.
• You have negotiation skills to establish relationships and advance the Portfolio IT Roadmaps.
• You can present strategies and solutions to senior management and client SMEs.
• You can provide advice on approaches to contentious architecture design and lead planning sessions with ministry clients and vendors.

• Experience supporting the design of Esri-based geospatial solutions, including ArcGIS Portal, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Image Server
• A good understanding of how business process modelling aligns with data modeling and information resource management.
• Experience designing solutions based on discovery outcomes, OPS standards, policies, and best practices.

• Expertise in IT architecture across domains (Business, and/or Data/Information architecture) and in IT strategies, governance, and enterprise architecture principles (e.g., Zachman or TOGAF).