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

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.