IT Enterprise ArchitectStrategist Senior

Job Title: IT Enterprise Architect/Strategist - Senior
Location: Toronto Ontario
Work Model: Onsite

Description / Responsibilities / Skills

Must Have

• 15 years of experience as an architect across multiple platforms
• Enterprise-level architecture experience (not application/solution architecture focused)
• Strong technical background with ability to define enterprise standards and policies

Description

Responsibilities

• Develop recommend implement and manage enterprise architecture strategy and deliverables
• Provide architecture support across projects ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and TSA
• Conduct technology assessments and fit-gap analyses to recommend optimal solutions
• Create and maintain enterprise architecture roadmaps aligned to program objectives
• Contribute to enterprise architecture standards frameworks templates and guidelines
• Support government-wide modernization strategies and technology direction
• Identify enterprise platforms products and technology stacks using modular and composable architecture approaches
• Analyze business strategy and translate into systems processes and data architecture
• Identify technology risks and implement mitigation strategies
• Streamline application landscape eliminate redundancy and optimize performance and cost

General Skills

• Strong strategic thinking and ability to align technology with business objectives
• Experience defining business and technical capabilities and processes
• Knowledge of application architecture technology architecture and artificial intelligence
• Understanding of data interdependencies and enterprise transformation
• Ability to develop IT strategy aligned with business vision
• Strong analytical problem solving and decision-making skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Proven ability to meet deadlines in team environments

Desirable Skills

• Experience in stakeholder engagement including presentations briefings and facilitation
• Knowledge of project management methodologies
• Experience working with external vendors and partners

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Technical Skills - 50%

• Enterprise architecture development and implementation experience
• Technology assessments and fit-gap analysis
• Architecture roadmaps and artifacts development
• Experience with application and technology architecture including AI
• Application rationalization and cost optimization
• Contribution to reference architectures and reusable templates

Communication Consultation Collaboration and Facilitation Skills - 50%

• Strong consulting and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to lead discussions negotiations and design sessions
• Experience presenting recommendations on emerging technologies
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to business stakeholders
• Strong networking influencing and negotiation skills
• Experience liaising with stakeholders vendors and delivery teams
• Proven collaboration and relationship-building abilities