Business Architect

Business Architect - Senior
On behalf of our client in the Public Sector, PROCOM is looking for a Business Architect - Senior.

Business Architect - Senior - Job Description
Analyzes government information pertinent to business architecture, consults with appropriate government contacts on specific business architecture elements and conducts focus group workshops.
Develops and maintains business capabilities of the enterprise in line with the corporate strategy as well as contributing to the business strategy and plans.
Develops/revises business architecture artefacts as part of the Enterprise Information Architecture (EIA) Federated Framework and ensures that these are vertically integrated.
Models business at enterprise and/or core business levels.
Design of capability models and related architectural solutions of business tasks, mapping capability functionality to the internal and external resources, developing business transformation plans jointly with senior business management, handling business solutions to the delivery and operational business functions of the company, developing and maintaining architectural governance and controls over implementation.
For each step of the business transformation plan, business architects contribute in development of a blueprint of the enterprise in order to promote a common understanding of the organization and alignment of strategic objectives with tactical demands
Business functional modeling, service lifecycle modeling, business event modeling, business process mapping, value chain analysis, and other related disciplines;
Successfully completed business architectures in government settings or similar complex, multi-project/multi-client organizations;
Good understanding of diverse business environments, especially government environments, and a good understanding of the business drivers in these environments;
Proven ability to identify and analyze business requirements; Knowledge and experience of information technology providing the ability to integrate and identify IT-enabled opportunities to solve business pressures/needs;
Business and Information Management & IT strategic and operational planning and performance management practices, especially as they apply to the public sector environment;
Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation, consensus building, and problem- solving skills;
Demonstrated commitment and proven ability with effective stakeholder management.
Experience as a business architect, who has successfully modeled the business at the enterprise and/or core business levels for medium to large organizations.
Experience in developing enterprise architecture deliverables/artefacts (e.g. models) Knowledge of Zachman Framework including business / information / application / technology / security architectures.
Expert knowledge and advance professional skills in all aspects of business architecture (e.g. Business Architecture artefacts such as Scope/Contextual/Planner and Owner/Conceptual artefacts that occur in Rows 1 and 2 of the Zachman Enterprise Architecture Framework)
knowledge of strategic architecture planning and related applications, technology, tools, methodologies, monitoring and trends
expertise in defining business requirements and in developing detailed plans for large scale and complex technical architecture projects or components
expertise in ensuring integrity of business architecture models to ensure and monitor compliance with policies and standards
successfully lead and complete business architectures in complex, multi-project or multi-client organizations
knowledge of other architecture domains, architecture management, the software development lifecycle, software integration, management, evaluation, control mechanisms, database concepts and networking (e.g. Zackman Framework, The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) guidelines for enterprise architecture artefacts and processes)
knowledge of hardware environments, change management, business analysis, including business design and I&IT business management, capacity planning, quality assurance, risk management, disaster/recovery planning, business process modelling and process re-engineering
excellent presentation and communication skills to make persuasive presentations, and also to communicate technical information to a non-technical audiences
strong relationship management skills to work with I&IT management, clients, business partners, stakeholders, and project staff
consult and lead complex reviews to assess causes and recommend solutions for business architecture problems
superior research, analytical, evaluation and practical problem-solving skills
experience monitoring progress, identifying problems and providing recommendations to I&IT management and clients decision makers
Experience with OPS governance and enterprise architectural processes would be an asset.
Experience with Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection Act and GO–ITS standards would be an asset.
Business Architect - Senior - Mandatory Skills
Expert knowledge and advance professional skills in all aspects of business architecture (e.g. Business Architecture artefacts such as Scope/Contextual/Planner and Owner/Conceptual artefacts that occur in Rows 1 and 2 of the Zachman Enterprise Architecture Framework)
Successfully lead and complete business architectures in complex, multi-project or multi-client organizations
Business Architect - Senior - Nice to Have Skills

Experience with OPS governance and enterprise architectural processes would be an asset.

Experience in developing enterprise architecture deliverables (e.g. models) based on Ontario Government Enterprise Architecture processes and practice Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices
Planning and implementation of information management strategy
Experience translating business requirements into technical and functional requirements
Proven experience and expertise with the development of Business Architecture for an acquired solution
Experience utilizing techniques and strategies to elicit, identify, validate, analyze, model and document
Business Architecture Experience with a wide range of methods, techniques and tools for business architecture such as, but not limited to: business functional modeling, service lifecycle modeling, business event modeling, business process mapping, value chain analysis, and other related disciplines
Demonstrated experience participating in business systems requirements analysis and solution design activities
Experience completing business architectures in government settings or similar complex, multi-project/multi-client organizations
Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
Business Architect - Senior - Assignment Start Date
ASAP - 8 months to start

Business Architect - Senior - Assignment Location
Toronto - Work Hybrid

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