Technology Architect - Senior

Government Client

2024-06-03 - 2025-04-05

CRJMC – security level

Downtown Toronto - 3 days on site and 2 days remote

Must Haves:

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

Provides general and situation-specific technology 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 RFPs 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.

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.
• Responsibilities also include the identification of relevant information and the determination of the environment, which will be used for development.

General Skills:

• Leadership experience in the development and implementation of technical architectures at the specified experience level.
• Extensive experience with at least three different platforms, operating systems, environments, database technologies, and communications protocols.
• Experience with middleware and gateways.
• Knowledge of performance considerations in different environments.
• Experience in structured methodologies for the design, development and implementation of applications.
• Extensive experience in systems analysis and design in large systems environments.
• Knowledge and experience designing processes around ITIL and is able to guide others using this methodology.
• Experience translating business requirements into reporting needs.
• Experience preparing conceptual, logical and/or physical processes and data models.
• Experience developing, recommending, implementing and managing technical architecture.
• Experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools and other software tools such as project management tools.
• Aware of emerging technologies, trends and directions.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines.
• Experience in developing enterprise architecture deliverables (e.g. models).

Desirable Skills:

• Experience in developing enterprise architecture deliverables (e.g. models) based on Enterprise Architecture processes and practice.
• Knowledge and understanding of Enterprise Content Management (Open Text ECM applications).
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices.