HM Note: This hybrid contract role is three 3 days in office. Candidates resume must include first and last name.
Description
Responsibilities:
- Lead the development implementation and evolution of Supply Ontarios Enterprise Architecture (EA) strategy to support a secure agile and integrated digital environment.
- Define and maintain the enterprise business capability map aligning IT investments to strategic priorities and future-state operating models.
- Provide strategic oversight and architecture direction across key domains including cloud infrastructure identity and access management (IAM) integration platforms data platforms and governance frameworks.
- Develop and align architecture roadmaps with Supply Ontarios business transformation objectives enabling data-driven decision-making customer-centric service design and scalable platforms.
- Shape and contribute to the enterprise operating model by identifying capability gaps technology enablers and change implications across people process and systems.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership by preparing and delivering executive-level briefings strategic planning materials and architecture recommendations to governance committees and cross-ministry stakeholders.
- Lead the definition and design of a modern enterprise data platform architecture that enables analytics interoperability privacy and trusted data exchange across internal and external partners.
- Translate complex business problems into strategic architecture options guiding the evaluation and selection of enterprise technologies that meet performance scalability and compliance requirements.
- Support solution reviews and investment planning by assessing proposals for architectural alignment long-term fit and risk mitigation.
- Partner with business and IT leadership to shape strategic initiatives define solution architecture boundaries and ensure delivery teams are aligned with the enterprise architecture vision.
- Drive simplification and modernization of the technology landscape to improve performance reduce cost and eliminate redundancy.
- Contribute to the establishment and enforcement of technology governance processes enterprise standards and architecture practices across the organization.
Required Qualifications and Experience:
- Minimum and nbsp;10 years and nbsp;of progressive experience in enterprise architecture technology strategy or IT leadership roles within complex organizations.
- Demonstrated expertise across core architecture domains: application data technology infrastructure and security.
- Proven experience developing and operationalizing enterprise architecture strategies and frameworks ideally in both private and public sector settings.
- In-depth knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) data platforms IAM integration frameworks (API/Middleware) and modern governance practices.
- Experience defining and implementing enterprise-wide governance models architecture standards and technology roadmaps.
Core Competencies:
- Strategic thinker with strong business acumen and the ability to bridge business and technology.
- Systems thinker with a transformation mindset and deep understanding of technology interdependencies.
- Excellent communication presentation and stakeholder engagement skills including with executive and non-technical audiences.
- Strong leadership and influencing capabilities with the ability to guide cross-functional teams in a federated environment.
- Results-oriented highly collaborative and skilled at driving clarity in complex ambiguous environments.
Education:
- A Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems Business or a related field is required.
- A Masters degree and/or certifications such as TOGAF ITIL PMP Azure/AWS architecture or Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) are considered strong assets.
Deliverables
Key Deliverables:
- Enterprise Architecture Strategy Document and nbsp; Defining target state transitional states principles and architecture domains.
- Business Capability Model and amp; Heatmap and nbsp; Mapping enterprise capabilities to strategic priorities and identifying investment focus areas.
- Current-State and Gap Analysis and nbsp; Assessing systems platforms data and processes against target architecture.
- Technology and amp; Data Platform Roadmaps and nbsp; Enabling phased implementation across infrastructure integration IAM and data.
- Reference Architectures and amp; Patterns and nbsp; For cloud integration data IAM and security domains.
- Governance Frameworks and nbsp; Covering enterprise data governance technology governance and architecture compliance.
- Executive Briefings and amp; Strategy Decks and nbsp; Developed for Board Senior Leadership Team Treasury Board and IT governance forums.
- Architecture Recommendations and amp; Assessments and nbsp; Supporting key initiatives such as ERP modernization DPS HCMS and others.
- Operating Model Alignment Artifacts and nbsp; Showing technology enablers mapped to operating model changes and capability enhancements.
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