Sr. Solution Architect (8+years) with advanced knowledge in ArchiMate and Visio for a public sector client

Job Type: Contract
Positions to fill: 2
Start Date: Aug 15, 2022
Job End Date: Feb 15, 2023
Pay Rate: Hourly: Negotiable
Job ID: 122216
Location: Toronto
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Our valued client is seeking a Sr. Solution Architect for an initial 6-month contract in Toronto (2 days/week onsite).

Responsibilities:
  • Adhere to and align with corporate BT information mandates, client information technology strategic plan, environment and standards to participate in the development of solutions; and provide advice on short/long term solution service development activities
  • Undertakes the design of hosting technology solutions based on the client's service specifications, standards, policies, best practices and cost models, in order to meet client application business requirement and project/initiative deliverables
  • Preparation of technical specifications for installation, testing and performance of integrated, multi-services systems; assessing performance and capacity of existing system making recommendations for improving performance and develop technical documentation
  • Assess and evaluate client needs and cost/benefit analysis for new technology requirements in planning and designing solutions
  • Evaluate systems to assess condition, technical performance and capacity of existing systems and determine need and feasibility of expansion, renovation or replacement
  • Assesses and reuses patterns in the solution architecture and develops scalable multi-use architecture
  • Identifies implementation risks and analyses of potential impact on the enterprise and on the achievement of scheduled objectives
  • Analysis of technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on solution architecture

Must-haves:
  • Experience with IT Solutions Architecture and Roadmapping
  • Familiarity with ArchiMate and Visio.
  • Architectual diagramming - such as SparxEA and Draw.IO 
  • Third party vendor and stakeholders experience
  • Demonstrate ability to derive, define, and explicitly represent various artifacts within The Enterprise Framework.
  • Develop and maintain project level and enterprise level model consistency and integration

Nice-to-have:
  • TOGAF certification is an asset.
  • Networking exposure onprem and cloud
  • Experience with IT Solutions Architecture and advanced knowledge in one of the following 3 areas:
    • Jamstack arch for customer-facing sites, MS CRM
    • Java/Oracle
    • C#/.NET

The hired candidate must be located in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) in Ontario, Canada. “Return to the Workplace” began on June 6, 2022, with a hybrid work model under which office staff are now required to work at the office for a minimum of two days each week. This does not apply to offshore resources.

Employees, Contractors, and Visitors must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to enter premises.