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LinkedIn ID (Mandatory) Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement Work Location: Anywhere in Ontario, Remote Estimated Start Date: 2026-08-04 Estimated End Date: 2027-03-31 #Business Days: 168.00 Extension: Probable after the initial mandate Hours per day or Week: 7.25 hours per day Security Level: No Clearance Required Must Have Depth of knowledge in enterprise architecture domains including business, information, application, technology, and security architecture. Proficiency in architecture frameworks and standards such as TOGAF or Zachman. Ability to design, integrate, and optimize solution architectures with strong technical problem-solving skills

Demonstrated experience in delivering complex IT solutions and applications, managing systems integrations, and resolving technical and architectural issues. Proven track record in applying architecture best practices and methodologies Description Responsibilities Develops, recommends, implements and manages the technical architecture (hardware, software, database and communications) which will be used for all or specific applications in a large, distributed cross-platform environment. The Lands and Resources Cluster (LRC) and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources require a Senior Solution Architect to update the Enterprise/Solutions Architecture for their Water Information Systems Kister’s (WISKI) including the new Weather Module and the Great Lakes Storm Surge Operating System (GLSSOS) Portfolio.

Responsibilities: Providing leadership, guidance and support to the project team and subject matter experts; creates and maintains all models/artifacts/diagrams as it relates to establishing a solution

Update, develop and validate all required solution architecture models/artifacts, documents and materials (according to industry best practices, GO-ITS standards and OPS EA guidelines using the appropriate version)

Collaborates with cluster staff, project teams, ministry Subject Matter Expert (SME) and other OPS partners/service providers to ensure architecture alignment

Develops artifacts leveraging cluster/ministry tools and model repository (e.g.

Power

Designer, DevOps)

Identify issues and risks to be managed or addressed, and assist the project team or ministry to facilitate mitigation

Arrange and facilitate validation sessions

Develop/revise solution architecture artifacts according to cluster and corporate guidance





Participate in review and information-sharing meetings

Support Agile Enterprise Architecture (EA) delivery during the project

Develop reference architecture artifacts/models/patterns to enable shared use for future clients

Arrange and facilitate Enterprise Architecture (EA) meetings with cluster staff, subject matter experts, and other stakeholders as required

Support the process of acquiring cluster and corporate approvals, such as Project Gating, LRC cluster governance processes, and corporate architecture governance points (AGP)

Provide status updates to both the project team and the Enterprise Architecture unit

Provide transfer of knowledge and project deliverables to identified cluster staff

Adhere to all OPS GO-ITS Standards, specifically and others as required

Revise architectures per action and/or conditions arising from LRC’s governance body (Project Gating Review Committee) and Corporate EA Governance review bodies as required

Utilize, reuse, and incorporate OPS Reference Architectures into the project architectures

Ensure alignment with any other related and relevant business materials Experience And Skill Set Requirements Knowledge and experience with a wide range of methods, techniques and tools for business architecture such as, but not limited to: business functional modelling, service lifecycle modelling, business event modelling, business process mapping, value chain analysis, and other related disciplines

10+ years of experience successfully completing solution architectures in government settings or similar complex, multi-project/multi-client organizations

Good understanding of diverse business environments, especially government and compliance/regulatory functions

Proven ability to identify and analyse business requirements

Knowledge and experience of information technology, providing the ability to integrate and identify IT-enabled opportunities to solve business pressures/needs

Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation, consensus-building, and problem-solving skills

Demonstrated commitment and proven ability with effective stakeholder management

Experience as a business architect, who has successfully modelled the business at the enterprise and/or core business levels for medium to large organizations

Experience as a solution/application architect who has successfully modelled solution requirements, design and components for enterprise-scale COTS solutions, Oracle Siebel preferred

Experience in developing enterprise architecture deliverables/artifacts (e.g. models)





Knowledge of Zachman Framework, including business / information / application / technology / security architectures

Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards Experience And Skill Set Requirements Application/Solution Architecture – 60% Depth of knowledge in enterprise architecture domains including business, information, application, technology, and security architecture. Proficiency in architecture frameworks and standards such as TOGAF or Zachman. Ability to design, integrate, and optimize solution architectures with strong technical problem-solving skills

Demonstrated experience in delivering complex IT solutions and applications, managing systems integrations, and resolving technical and architectural issues. Proven track record in applying architecture best practices and methodologies

Hands on demonstrated experience developing all required application architecture artefacts

Hands on demonstrated experience leading all aspects of solution design, including security and privacy

Experience architecting enterprise-scale COTS / SaaS solutions such as Azure Cloud

Hands-on experience creating architecture artifacts, models and/or reports using Power Designer, or Visio, or other tools Enterprise Architecture Leadership and Methodologies – 20% Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in leading and delivering solution Architecture projects

Hands on demonstrated experience successfully leading project teams through all levels of governance processes (cluster and corporate) such a project gating, architecture governance points

Hands on demonstrated experience preparing and delivering presentations to cluster and corporate architecture review boards to successful obtain approvals

Experience leading project teams through the Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) process, Threat Risk Assessment (TRA) process and other technical or security assessment processes as required

Demonstrated experience with enterprise architecture, including the ability to integrate/align with across all domains (business, information, Solution, technical, security) OPS Experience – 15% Demonstrated experience working within the Ontario Public Service or similar public sector environments, including familiarity with OPS governance, standards (e.g., GO-ITS), and ministry-specific processes. Soft Skills - 5% Excellent analytical, problem-solving solving and decision-making skills

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Excellent meeting facilitation skills to gather requirements

Experience reporting progress on deliverables to team, project leads and management, including proactively raising risks/issues with mitigations

Strong stakeholder management skills

Demonstrated consensus-building skills Note: 5 days Remote

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