Assignment: Business Architect – Senior
Client: Land & Resources Cluster (LRC) – Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF)
Location: Toronto, Ontario – 40 St. Clair Ave W
Work Arrangement: 100% Onsite – 5 days per week
Start Date: October 22, 2026
End Date: October 5, 2027
Extension: Up to 1 additional term
Openings: 1
Security Clearance: No clearance required
Submission Limit: 1 candidate per supplier
Closing Date: October 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Position Overview
The Land & Resources Cluster (LRC) and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) are seeking a Senior Business Architect to support the enhancement and modernization of the Forest Resources Inventory Information Management System (FRI IMS) and the development/update of its Enterprise Architecture (EA).
The successful candidate will assess current and future business capabilities, define target business outcomes, optimize business processes, develop business architecture artifacts, and support enterprise architecture governance and approval activities.
The modernization initiative includes centralized data storage using Databricks and Azure Storage, public-facing data exchange capabilities, and a cloud-based data processing and analytics platform.
The Business Architect will work closely with the Senior IT Business Architect/EA lead, project leads, product managers, solution designers, service designers, business analysts, QA professionals, subject matter experts, and the LRC Enterprise Architecture team.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze government and organizational information relevant to business architecture.
- Consult with government stakeholders and subject matter experts regarding business architecture requirements and decisions.
- Facilitate focus groups, workshops, stakeholder consultations, and architecture discussions.
- Develop and maintain enterprise business capabilities aligned with corporate strategies and business plans.
- Develop and revise Business Architecture artifacts in accordance with the Enterprise Information Architecture (EIA) Federated Framework.
- Ensure appropriate vertical integration between Business Architecture, Information Architecture, and Solution Requirements.
- Model business capabilities at enterprise and/or core business levels.
- Design capability models and related architectural solutions.
- Map business capabilities and functionality to internal and external resources.
- Develop business transformation plans in collaboration with senior business management.
- Support business solutions across delivery and operational business functions.
- Establish and maintain architectural governance and controls throughout implementation.
- Develop enterprise blueprints supporting business transformation and organizational alignment.
- Define business outcomes, performance measures, KPIs, and strategic alignment.
- Identify opportunities for business optimization and horizontal integration across business areas.
- Support enterprise architecture engagement and governance checkpoints.
- Lead or support project teams through the enterprise architecture engagement process.
- Work across multiple projects and portfolios where required.
- Ensure business architecture artifacts align with enterprise standards, governance requirements, legislation, technology, and strategic objectives.
- Develop business architecture that directly supports business and system requirements elicitation.
- Work collaboratively with Information Architecture, Application Architecture, Solution Design, Service Design, Business Analysis, and other disciplines.
Requirements
Mandatory Qualifications & Experience
1. Senior Business Architecture Experience
- Minimum 10 years of total IT experience.
- Minimum 5 years of experience performing Business Architecture on large and complex projects.
- Demonstrated experience successfully completing Business and Information Architectures at the enterprise and/or core business level.
- Experience working within government or large, complex organizations.
- Demonstrated experience contributing to major organizational or government transformation programs through Business Architecture practices.
- Experience working across multiple projects and portfolios.
- Experience leading project teams through enterprise architecture engagement processes.
2. Ontario Government EA / GO-ITS – MUST HAVE
Candidates must have experience developing Business Architectures using Ontario Government Enterprise Architecture methodologies and GO-ITS.
This is a critical requirement.
The candidate should demonstrate practical experience applying Ontario Public Service (OPS) Enterprise Architecture standards, methodologies, and GO-ITS in the development of Business Architecture deliverables.
3. Business Architecture Documentation (BAD) – MUST HAVE
Candidates must have experience developing Program Area Business Architecture and corresponding Business Architecture Documentation (BAD) according to:
- Ontario Public Service standards
- Ontario Government Enterprise Architecture methodologies
- GO-ITS
- Industry best practices
The candidate should be able to demonstrate hands-on experience creating, maintaining, and presenting formal Business Architecture deliverables.
4. BAD / SRD / IAD Vertical Integration – MUST HAVE
Candidates must have experience creating alignment between:
- Business Architecture Document (BAD)
- Solution Requirements Document (SRD)
- Information Architecture Document (IAD)
The candidate must understand and demonstrate vertical integration across these architecture and requirements artifacts in accordance with OPS standards and industry best practices.
Recruiter screening note: Candidates who cannot demonstrate direct experience with BAD, SRD, IAD alignment and vertical integration under OPS/GO-ITS standards should not be submitted.
Enterprise Architecture & Business Architecture Experience
Candidates should demonstrate strong experience in:
- Business capability modeling.
- Business function modeling.
- Business process modeling.
- Services modeling.
- BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation).
- Value Chain Analysis.
- Business Outcomes definition.
- Performance Measures and KPI definition.
- Strategic, legislative, and technology alignment.
- Business transformation planning.
- Enterprise and core business architecture.
- Horizontal business integration.
- Identification of common business elements and delineation points.
- Business Functional Accountabilities.
- Contractual Accountabilities.
- Architecture governance and controls.
- Development of business architecture blueprints.
- Translating business architecture into business and system requirements.
- Alignment of Business Architecture with Service Design practices.
Stakeholder & Leadership Skills
The successful candidate must demonstrate excellent:
- Communication skills.
- Facilitation skills.
- Concept visualization skills.
- Stakeholder management.
- Negotiation.
- Consensus building.
- Problem solving.
- Executive and senior-management engagement.
- Workshop and focus-group facilitation.
- Cross-functional collaboration.
The candidate should be comfortable working directly with senior business leaders, enterprise architects, government stakeholders, project teams, and subject matter experts.
Desirable / Asset Qualifications
The following experience is considered an asset:
Architecture Frameworks & Domains
- Knowledge of the Zachman Framework.
- Experience in Information Architecture.
- Experience in Application Architecture.
- Ability to integrate standalone Business and Information Architectures.
- Experience developing solution and program-area Data Architecture.
- Experience developing solution and program-area Information Architecture and Information Architecture Documentation (IAD).
OPS Governance
- Experience with the OPS Enterprise Architecture governance process.
- Experience with Architecture Governance Point 1 (AGP1).
- Familiarity with Ontario Government EA governance checkpoints and approval processes.
Information Management
- Information Management.
- Data Governance.
- Data Quality.
- Master Data Management (MDM).
- Records Management.
- Privacy and Records Keeping principles.
Accessibility & Digital Services
- Familiarity with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and related standards.
- Familiarity with Ontario Digital Service Service Design principles and practices.
Data & Technology
- Data modeling.
- Data Architecture.
- Ability to design Business Architectures leveraging modern/cutting-edge technologies.
- Experience with cloud technologies and modern data platforms.
- Experience supporting architectures involving data platforms, analytics, and data exchange capabilities.
Ideation & Requirements
- Ideation.
- Information/Data Requirements Analysis.
- Test Strategy planning.
- Ability to use reference artifacts to promote shared/reusable solutions.
- Ability to align Business Architecture artifacts with acquired solutions, services, and existing strategic IT products.
Methodologies & Tools
- Experience with SAFe methodology.
- Experience with Enterprise Architecture modeling tools such as:
- PowerDesigner
- Sparx Enterprise Architect
- Orbus
- Similar EA modeling platforms
Procurement
- Experience providing architecture advice and support during procurement of services or solutions.
- Ability to advise procurement teams on appropriate architecture documentation and evaluation considerations.
Project / Team Environment
The successful Business Architect will work as part of a multidisciplinary project team consisting of:
- Senior IT Business Architect / EA Lead
- Project Leads
- Product Manager
- Solution Designer
- Service Designer
- QA Tester
- Business Analysts
- Subject Matter Experts
- Other project team members
The team will work through the Architecture Governance Process (AGP) engagements with the LRC Enterprise Architecture team and the Corporate Enterprise Architecture Review Board.