Data Architect
Data Architect
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14-04-2025
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PRESTO is an electronic transit fare payment system in the Greater Toronto Hamilton and Ottawa areas that eliminates the need for tickets passes and cash. PRESTO serves more than 5 million customers across 11 transit agencies and processes over $2.5 billion in fares through 67 million boardings per month (prepandemic). Today PRESTO offers one of the most globally advanced fare payment systems in the world having delivered new ways to pay for customers including real time PRESTO Contactless with credit and Interac debit and PRESTO in Mobile Wallet across its transit agency clients including the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). Enhancing the customer experience through continuous improvement while working with our transit agency clients to support their needs and maintaining a system that performs exceptionally continue to drive PRESTO toward making transit better for all.
Metrolinx is connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Metrolinx operates GO Transit and UP Express as well as the PRESTO fare payment system. We are also building new and improved rapid transit including GO Expansion Light Rail Transit routes and major expansions to Torontos subway system to get people where they need to go better faster and easier. Metrolinx is an agency of the Government of Ontario.
At Metrolinx equity diversity and inclusion are essential to living our values of serving with passion thinking forward and playing as a team.
PRESTO is an electronic transit fare payment system in the Greater Toronto Hamilton and Ottawa areas that eliminates the need for tickets passes and cash. PRESTO serves more than 5 million customers across 11 transit agencies and processes over $2.5 billion in fares through 67 million boardings per month (prepandemic). Today PRESTO offers one of the most globally advanced fare payment systems in the world having delivered new ways to pay for customers including real time PRESTO Contactless with credit and Interac debit and PRESTO in Mobile Wallet across its transit agency clients including the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). Enhancing the customer experience through continuous improvement while working with our transit agency clients to support their needs and maintaining a system that performs exceptionally continue to drive PRESTO toward making transit better for all.
The Data Architect is responsible for augmenting enterpriselevel capabilities in strategy planning design reference architecture and operationalization readiness specifically and in the data analytics & automation space. This role will be accountable for designtime guidance strategic planning and enabling processes including requirements unification and refinement across all business units enterpriselevel solution design strategy and planning guideline design and communication. Along with assisting in the implementation of technical solutions the role is also expected to be a Data Architecture SME at PRESTO addressing and leading all datarelated concerns for the various solutions at PRESTO while coordinating with other SMEs.
What will I be doing
- Identify translate refine and unify business requirement from various business units into technical solutions and translate technical language into easy verbiage. Act as liaison between vendors I&IT and business partners realize value for internal clients establish and grow collaborative relationships with business partners.
- Oversee the streamspecific architectures and designs of datadriven initiatives and automation work streams. Prepare & develop reference materials/artefacts that are critical to project delivery
- Guide influence and build relationships with key internal and external stakeholders gather input business priorities and technical requirements build enterprise reference architecture and blueprint communicate with business stakeholders and working teams and iteratively evolve and enhance the reference architecture
- Provide design guidance to all datadriven programs in the enterprise to compile consolidated diagram to capture the data ecosystem landscape including key personas request flows information storage and compute systems integration methods security controls and other necessary specifications
- Conduct Technical Deep Dive sessions analyze the findings and provide recommendations
- Oversee and evolve the design of the enterprise technology ecosystem leveraging cloud computing solutions including Azure and Power Platform. Manage and provide training to stakeholders at all levels to increase enterprise data analytics & automation literacy
- Define and evolve data strategy & related processes for stakeholder engagement implementation and deployment develop processes standards and guidelines for initiatives and the data analytics and automation ecosystems
- Decide define and roll out best practices and standardization of requests designs processes and methodologies in active collaboration with Senior Leadership business partners and I&IT teams
- Communicate with stakeholders and iteratively incorporate feedback to evolve standardized processes and procedures
What Skills and Qualifications Do I Need
- Completion of a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Engineering Data Management Information Systems Analytics or a related discipline or a combination of education training and experience deemed equivalent
- Demonstrated experience in enterprise data integration analytics and data automation
- Extensive experience in business & technical requirements gathering technical translation and refinement
- Proficiency in enterprise data collection mapping and technical solution design including the ability to clearly articulate ideas communicate architecture and deliver directions to both business and technical audience
- Proficiency in enterprise analytics needs identification mapping and technical solution design including the ability to clearly articulate ideas communicate architecture and deliver directions to both business and technical audience
- Strong skills in data integration and warehousing strategies methodologies practices product lifecycles and tools; skills in analytics & data science practices methodologies product lifecycles and tools
- Indepth skills with data integration and analytics tools especially within Azure Cloud (ADF Datalake Azure SQL DB) PowerBI and other Power Platform tools Databricks; Data engineering experience
- Experience in data solution/pipeline troubleshooting data engineering analytics robotic automation framework and QA/testing
- Strong problem solving quantitative and analytical solution design abilities
- Interpersonal and oral/written/presentation skills to liaise with all levels within the organization; to work effectively with specialists across multiple sectors and functions
- Project management skills including work planning monitoring and evaluation expertise to manage multiple projects with competing priorities and tight deadlines
- Proficiency in MS Office (e.g. Visio Outlook Word Excel PowerPoint etc.
Dont Meet Every Requirement
If youre excited about working with Metrolinx but your past experience doesnt quite align with every qualification of this posting we encourage you to apply. You just might be the right candidate for this or other roles. We are always looking for great talent to join our team.
We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from members of equitydeserving communities including those who identify as Indigenous Black racialized women people with disabilities and people with diverse gender identities expressions and sexual orientations.
Accommodation:
We value the unique skills and experiences each person brings to Metrolinx and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment. We are committed to the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act so if you require accommodation during the hiring process please let our Recruitment team know by contacting us at:or email .
Application Process:
All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Metrolinx will be using email to communicate with you for all job competitions. It is your responsibility to include an updated email address that is checked daily and accepts emails from unknown users. As we send timesensitive correspondence we recommend that you check your email regularly. If no response is received we will assume you are no longer interested in pursuing the opportunity. Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate.
Should it be determined that any background information provided is misleading inaccurate or incorrect Metrolinx reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of your application.
We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
WE ARE AN EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE EMPLOYER.
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