Solutions Designer

Assignment: RQ06233 Solutions Designer Senior

Job Title: Solutions Designer

Requisition (SS): RQ06233

Start Date:

End Date:

Client: Community Services Cluster

Office Location: 777 Bay st. Toronto

Organization: Community Services Cluster

Ministry: Ministry of Education

# Business Days: 240.00

Note: This contract will require the consultant to work from the office location 3 days per week with the remaining 2 days being worked remotely.

Must haves:

• Extensive handson experience architecting and designing solutions deployed under Azure cloud platform
• Strong experience of integrating Azure Single signOn (SSO) with Businesstobusiness (B2B) identity providers
• Strong experience in designing building and provisioning services via Azure CLI as App Services Function Apps Logic Apps and Secure Vault
• Experience implementing enterprise best practices to integrate various services under Azure Cloud platform expert in Azure Active Directory and Application Security in Azure setting Azure API Managements policies
• Leading an Agile team of developers for cloud technologies projects to define and implement standards and strategies based on priorities
• Expert in working in Agile short iterations Scrum methodology sprint planning and management experience

Description

Undertakes the design of hosting technology solutions based on the clients service specifications standards policies best practices and cost models in order to meet client application business requirement and project/initiative deliverables.

General Skills:

• Knowledge of integrated networking technologies mainframe midrange server enterprise storage and SAN and personal computer system technologies
• Knowledge of related best practices OPS directory/messaging standards standard facilities infrastructure/architecture management facility service delivery processes infrastructures policies procedures and direction cost models and procurement processes
• Ability to gather client business requirements; corporate I&IT information mandates client information technology strategic plans environment and standards
• Ability to participate in the development of solutions and provide advice on short/long term solution service development activities.
• Knowledge of leading edge technologies design criteria security and recovery procedures preparation of technical specifications for installation testing and performance of integrated multiservices systems; assess performance and capacity of existing system making recommendations for improving performance and develop technical documentation.
• Experience planning migrating implementing and sustaining large complex system development projects
• Knowledge of technology developments trends and new products to evaluated application to client short and long term technology requirements.
• Basic knowledge of project management methodology (e.g. PMBOK) analytical tools and processes.
• Conceptual and analytical skills to assess and evaluate client needs and conduct cost/benefit analyses for new technology requirements in planning and designing solutions.
• Experience designing and developing large complex highly available mission critical server applications
• Experience with systems evaluation to assess conditions technical performance and capacity of existing systems and determine need and feasibility of expansion renovation or replacement
• Excellent analytical problemsolving and decisionmaking skills verbal and written communication skills interpersonal skills and negotiation skills team work skills
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Technical Experience 65%

• Experience building and deploying high traffic high volume secure publicly facing applications
• 10 years experience designing a mixed of system architectures for inhouse custom solutions/COTS/Cloud based solution
• Extensive handson experience architecting and designing solutions deployed under Azure cloud platform
• Strong experience of integrating Azure Single signOn (SSO) with Businesstobusiness (B2B) identity providers
• Experience implementing enterprise best practices to integrate various services under Azure Cloud platform expert in Azure Active Directory and Application Security in Azure setting Azure API Managements policies
• Strong experience in designing building and provisioning services via Azure CLI as App Services Function Apps Logic Apps and Secure Vault
• Knowledge and experience with technologies including: .NET framework (4.0) ASP.NET.Net Core MVC Entity framework Bootstrap AngularJS Angular 611 Web Workers Angular Universal Electron Angular Material
• Proven experience in web API development using .NET 7 MVC SQLKata and Swagger/OpenAPI documentation
• Experience implementing enterprise best practices to integrate various services under Azure Cloud platform expert in Azure Active Directory and Application Security in Azure setting configuring and managing Azure Virtual Machines
• Experience in deploying and managing Azure resources in scripting languages such as Bicep PowerShell or Azure CLI for Infrastructure as Code (Iac)
• Experience in distributed session management and integrating with Redis
• Strong understanding of onpremise data center infrastructure and migration challenges
• Knowledge and experience of integration with Microsoft Office 365 services such as Sharepoint Online or OneDrive
• Knowledge of advance analytic solutions such as Google Tag Manager
• Experience designing solutions involving technologies such as .NET SOA REST node.js Typescript Java Oracle DBMS Microsoft SQL Server MongoDB PKI Auth0 and data encryption.
• Experience working with Cloud technologies like Microsoft Azure Azure Active Directory and Application Security in Azure
• Experience with Azure deployment templates and parameter files
• Experience in building and provisioning services via Azure CLI as App Services Function Apps Logic Apps and Secure Vault
• Experience in UI/UX best practices and design patterns in particular Googles Material Design
• Hands on Linux experience with command line shell scripting and administration
• Experience designing building securing and consuming REST API solutionsbased architectures
• Experience with web proxies caching configuration rewriting and redirect routines on major servers like IIS and Apache
• Strong experience with Authentication and Authorization systems SSO SAML JWT OAuth;

Other Experience/Skills 30%

• Leading an Agile team of developers for cloud technologies projects to define and implement standards and strategies based on priorities
• Expert in working in Agile short iterations Scrum methodology sprint planning and management experience
• Managing build and releases and define automation workflows for different environments
• Experience of working with various teams towards achieving best user experience (UX)
• Completing work and achieving milestones within the assigned deadlines; Consulting with clients and manages business analysis in order to assess clients business problems/opportunities and to identify business and technology solutions suited to client needs;
• Experience working on projects within a multiclient/partner environment and multitenant platform
• Demonstrates experience presenting to technical and nontechnical audiences communicating advantages and disadvantages of various technical options and providing effective guidance in clear nontechnical terms
• Demonstrates experience communicating daytoday tasks and issue tracking reporting and facilitating resolution of issues and risks for all project activities
• Demonstrates experience gathering and consolidating input into changes required to business and/or system requirements change requests project artefacts as well as leading requirement gathering sessions
• Proven ability to lead business users to the successful completion of an assignment of this nature magnitude and complexity and demonstrated ability to help them achieve the desired business benefits on schedule and within budget
• Experience working in programs consisting of multiple highly interdependent projects.

Public Sector Experience 5%

• Experience within the public sector particular with Ontario Education systems