Business Architect – Senior

Job Title: Business Architect Senior
Client: Government Services Integration Cluster
Ministry: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement
Location: 222 Jarvis Street Toronto Ontario
Work Model: Onsite

• Total IT experience of at least 10 years out of which 5 years doing Business Architecture on large complex projects
• Develops and maintains business architecture artefacts as part of the OPS Enterprise Architecture framework standard practices.
• Develops program and service definitions aligned to OPS Architectural standards and Target State Architecture (TSA); creates and maintains business capabilities service integration models of the program enterprise in line with the corporate strategy as well as contributing to the business strategy and plans.
• Develop lead and conduct Research Planning Discovery and Workshops
• Develop and lead interviews requirements elicitation and synthesis
• 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 Performance Measures and KPIs definition
  • Strategic Legislative and Technology alignment
• Excellent communication skills - written and verbal ability to package material for presentation

• Analyzes government information pertinent to program design and business architecture
• Consults with appropriate government contacts on specific business architecture elements
• Prepares leads and conducts:
  • Research
  • Discovery sessions
  • Focus group workshops
• Prepares business and program model options
• Seeks consensus and approval on architectural collateral

• Develops program and service definitions aligned to OPS Architectural standards and Target State Architecture (TSA)
• Creates and maintains:
  • Business capabilities
  • Service integration models of the program enterprise
• Ensures alignment with corporate strategy while contributing to business strategy and plans

• Develops and maintains business architecture artefacts as part of the OPS Enterprise Architecture framework standard practices

Models business at enterprise program and business service levels including:

• Program and Service design and definitions (per OPS architectural standards) including Service Integration and Accountability Models (SIAM)
• Design of:
  • Capability models
  • Value stream maps
  • Related architectural solutions of business tasks
• Mapping capability functionality to internal and external resources

• Develop and document governance models to support the business service and the enterprise
• Developing and maintaining architectural governance and controls over implementation
• Ensuring alignment of architectural collateral across:
  • Business
  • Application
  • Technology
  • Security domains

• Lead and represent the team through the OPS Architectural Governance Points (AGP) including alignment with the Target State Architecture (TSA)
• Developing business transformation plans jointly with management team

• For each step of the business transformation plan:
  • Contribute in development of enterprise blueprints
  • Promote a common understanding of the organization
  • Ensure alignment of strategic objectives with tactical demands

• Knowledge and experience with business architecture techniques including:
  • Business functional modeling
  • Service lifecycle modeling
  • Business event modeling
  • Business process mapping
  • Value chain analysis
• Successfully completed business architectures in government or complex environments
• Good understanding of government business environments and drivers
• Proven ability to identify and analyze business requirements
• Knowledge and experience of information technology to identify IT-enabled opportunities
• Knowledge of Business and Information Management & IT strategic and operational planning practices
• Excellent communication facilitation negotiation consensus building and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated stakeholder management capability
• Experience modeling business at enterprise/core levels
• Experience developing enterprise architecture artefacts (models)
• Knowledge of Zachman Framework including business / information / application / technology / security architectures

• Experience in developing enterprise architecture deliverables based on Ontario Government EA processes
• Knowledge of Information Management principles and practices
• Planning and implementation of information management strategy
• Experience translating business requirements into technical and functional requirements
• Proven experience developing Business Architecture for acquired solutions
• Experience with business architecture techniques and modeling
• Experience in business systems requirements analysis and solution design
• Experience in government or complex environments
• Knowledge of AODA and related standards

• Government of Ontario Architecture Governance and GO-ITS standards
• Enterprise service delivery platforms
• Research Planning Discovery and Workshops
• Requirements elicitation and synthesis
• Microsoft tools (Visio Excel Word)
• Miro Boards and Figma
• Service Design lifecycle (Pre-discovery Discovery Alpha Beta Live)
• Supporting Digital Service standards
• Developing Epics Features and User Stories
• Managing Product Backlog
• DevOps familiarity
• Knowledge transfer

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Evaluation Criteria:

Enterprise Architecture Engagement Leadership Experience (40 %)

Total IT experience of at least 10 years out of which 5 years doing Business Architecture on large complex projects Proven ability in designing optimized future versions of business areas. Proven ability in horizontal integration across the OPS enterprise 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 and across Portfolios. Leading project teams through the enterprise engagement process.

Enterprise Architecture CheckPoint Documentation Experience (30%)

Proven ability in designing optimized future versions of business areas. Proven ability in horizontal business integration ( i.e. identifying common elements and delineation points) Knowledge of or experience in Government of Ontario Information Technology Standards (GO-ITS) for Architecture. 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 Performance Measures and KPIs definition Strategic Legislative and Technology alignment Ability to create Business Architectures that directly informs and supports the elicitation of business and system requirements. Ability to develop and maintain architectural governance and controls over Business and Information Architecture. Ability to align Business Architecture processes and artifacts with Service Design practices. Ability to model Business Functional and Contractual Accountabilities.

Desirable Skills (15%)

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 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 Disability 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. 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 or experience with Information Management including Data Governance Data Quality Master Data Management Records Management. Knowledge of or experience with Ideation including Information/Data Requirements Analysis and corresponding Test Strategy planning. 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. Experience with SAFe Methodology. Familiarity with Ontario Digital Services 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 (e.g. advise on documentation to include how to evaluate etc)

Communication and Interpersonal Skills: 15%

Excellent communication concept visualization facilitation stakeholder management negotiation consensus building and problem- solving skills. Experience collaborating with executives and senior management. Deep engagement with business stakeholders and cluster architects including incorporation of review feedback from cluster business architect/s and other stakeholders. Developing proposals reports and analyses for varying audience types including team members SMEs and senior executives.