RQ08317 - Sr Applications Architect

Responsibilities

• Defines the structure and relationship among solutions, including the identification of re-usable components, quality level metrics, the organization and layering of software, and the determination of interfaces.
• Responsibilities also include developing, implementing and managing solutions in a large and distributed environment, monitor the whole system, understand all interactions between components on a given level of abstraction, as well as to define limitations and requirements for source code.
• Defines the interactions between application packages, databases and middleware systems.
• Develops enterprise architecture deliverables and documentation.

Skills Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Technology Architecture Experience

· Defines, identifies and describes technical and information architectural requirements with clients, and obtains I&IT management approval.

· Develops and obtains approval for detailed plans and resource estimates for large-scale and complex architecture projects and/or components of other projects with architecture elements.

· Ability to complete complex technology and information architecture reviews and assessments, to support projects, new and changed enterprise priorities and initiatives, and client clusters and their clients information architecture and/or business needs.

· Researches, develops, implements and maintains technology and information architectural policies and standards, as approved by management.

· Ensures integration with related corporate and client cluster policies and standards, and incorporation of best practices in the industry.

· Provides general and situation-specific architecture interpretation advice and expertise to other project and/or enterprise level I&IT project teams, client management and staff, cluster clients, and external contractors.

· Leads and or/participates in highly sensitive technology and information architecture investigations.

· Develops solution and technology architecture specifications for RFBs and participates in assessing bids and negotiating contracts/SLAs with service providers and vendors.

· Demonstrated experience developing checkpoint deliverables and creating necessary artefacts for checkpoints.

· Knowledge and experience creating architecture artefacts such as logical and information data models.

· Knowledge and experience creating business architecture documentation.

· Knowledge and experience creating solution architecture documentation.

· Knowledge and experience creating information architecture documentation.

· Extensive knowledge in security and privacy requirements as they relate to technology architecture and data elements.

50%

Technical Skills and Experience

· Experience with Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools or solution architecture modeling tools.

· Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices.

· Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.

30%

General skills

· Exceptional analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.

· Demonstrated strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication, and presentation skills.

· Proven troubleshooting and critical thinking experience.

· Demonstrated ability to apply strong listening skills to facilitate issue resolution.

· Effective consulting skills to engage with all stakeholders with proven track record for building strong working relationships.

· Strong interpersonal, facilitation and negotiation skills with ability to build rapport with stakeholders and drive negotiations to a successful outcome.

· Excellent customer service skills, including tact and diplomacy to ensure client needs are managed effectively.

· A motivated, flexible, detail-oriented and creative team player with perseverance, excellent organization and multi-tasking abilities, and a proven track record for meeting strict deadlines.

20%

Must Haves:

• Knowledge and experience creating Business, Solution AND Information architecture documentation, as well as creating architecture artefacts such as logical and information data models.
• Defines, identifies and describes technical and information architectural requirements with clients, and obtains I&IT management approval.
• Researches, develops, implements and maintains technology and information architectural policies and standards, as approved by management.
• Ensures integration with related corporate and client cluster policies and standards, and incorporation of best practices in the industry.