Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement – RQ11575

We are seeking a Senior Data Architect/Modeller with extensive experience in enterprise data architecture, conceptual, logical, physical, common, canonical, domain, and semantic data modelling. The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of data architecture principles, methodologies, standards, and best practices, along with demonstrated expertise in interoperability, information exchange, data sharing, enterprise data governance, business glossaries, controlled vocabularies, reference data models, and semantic relationship models. The successful candidate will support enterprise data architecture initiatives, establish common business definitions, facilitate business and technical workshops, develop architecture artefacts, and ensure alignment with enterprise strategy, business architecture requirements, and data governance standards.

Role Snapshot

- Job Title: RQ11575 – Data Architect/Modeller – Senior
- Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement
- Work Location: 595 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Work Arrangement: Onsite – 5 Days per Week
- Estimated Start Date: September 21, 2026
- Estimated End Date: October 1, 2027
- Business Days: 283.00
- Extension: Probable after the initial mandate
- Hours: 7.25 hours per day
- Security Level: No Clearance Required

Must Have

- Extensive experience developing enterprise, common, canonical, and domain data models that support interoperability, information exchange, and data sharing across multiple business domains.
- Deep knowledge of data architecture principles, methodologies, standards, and best practices.




- Demonstrated experience establishing common business definitions, controlled vocabularies, semantic models, and common data models to support interoperability, information sharing, and enterprise data governance across multiple business domains.
- Experience facilitating business and technical workshops to define and reconcile business terminology, business entities, relationships, and canonical definitions.
- Experience developing business glossaries, reference data models, and semantic relationship models.

Description

Responsibilities

- Develop and implement the data architecture for application development in a complex and distributed setting, including determining the flow and distribution of data, the location of databases, and data access methods.
- Provide a standard common business vocabulary, express strategic data requirements, outline high-level integrated designs to meet these requirements, and align with the enterprise strategy and related business architecture.

General Skills

- Knowledge and experience in information resource management tools and techniques.
- Experience with at least two different platforms, operating systems, environments, database technologies, languages, and communications protocols.




- Knowledge of performance considerations for different database designs in different environments.
- Experience with structured methodologies for the design, development, and implementation of applications.
- Experience in systems analysis and design in large or medium systems environments.
- Experience in using Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools for the development and documentation of data architectures and detailed data models.
- Experience using data modelling methods and tools, such as ERwin, Visio, and Power Designer, including working knowledge of metadata structures, repository functions, and data dictionaries.
- Knowledge and experience in using information retrieval packages.
- Awareness of emerging I⁢ trends and directions.
- Experience in monitoring and enforcing data modelling and normalization standards.
- Experience developing enterprise architecture deliverables, such as models, along with excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- A team player with a track record of meeting deadlines.

Desirable Skills

- Experience with middleware and gateways.
- Experience designing and developing an automated data distribution mechanism.
- Knowledge and understanding of object-oriented analysis and design techniques.
- Experience developing enterprise architecture deliverables, such as models, based on Ontario Government Enterprise Architecture processes and practices.
- Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies, and practices.
- Experience creating detailed data standards to enable integration with

📌 – Data Architect/Modeller – Senior (Toronto)
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