It Enterprise Architect/Strategist

3 days ago

Toronto ON, Toronto Census Division, ON; Ontario, Canada Softline Technology Inc. Full-time
Responsibilities
  • Develops recommends, implements and manages IT Enterprise Architecture (EA) strategy and architect deliverables for the organization General Skills
    • Demonstrated experience in development and implementation of Enterprise Architecture
    • Knowledge and experience in Application architecture, Technology Architecture, Artificial Intelligence (AI)
    • Demonstrated Strategic thinking and development, aligns strategic objectives with technology and resources
    • Ability to define business capabilities and processes
    • Experience providing direction on operationalizing business strategy including systems, processes and required data.
    • Demonstrated Transformation thinking, and understanding of data interdependencies
    • Experience identifying technology risks and mitigations
    • Experience developing IT strategy aligned with business vision
    • Ability to streamline application landscape for optional performance, decommission redundancy and reduce cost
    • Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills;
      verbal and written communication skills;
      presentation skills;
      interpersonal and negotiation skills
    • A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines
    Desirable Skills
    • Experience in Stakeholder Engagement including presentations and briefing notes and conducting / facilitating meetings
    • Experience and knowledge in Project Management
    Experience RequirementsEnterprise Architecture Frameworks and Tools (35%)
    • Demonstrated experience in Enterprise Architecture, Application Portfolio Management and IT Governance
    • Deep knowledge and understanding of multiple enterprise architecture frameworks/methodologies
    • Experience in structured methodologies for the design, development and implementation of applications
    • Demonstrated experience with multiple Enterprise Architecture tools that support:
    • Architecture Modelling and Blueprinting
    • Architecture Repository Management
    • Portfolio Management
    • Roadmapping and Planning
    • Governance and Compliance
    • Visualizations and Reporting
    • Integration with other processes and tools
    • Experience in the use of development tools, Computer Aided Software Engineering ( C A S E ) tools, information retrieval packages, and other software tools such as project management software and business re-engineering software
    Application Portfolio Management (35%)
    • Experience in measuring business and technical value of solutions including defining key data and processes for capturing key data
    • Experience in value analysis for IT solutions, applications, platforms and infrastructure
    • Experience in portfolio risk analysis, technical debt, vendor viability and direction analysis, market trends and skill availability
    • Experience with application lifecycle management and cross dependencies with infrastructure lifecycle management, contract management and cloud as a service.
    Enterprise Architecture Domains (10%)
    • Knowledge and experience in Application architecture, Technology Architecture, Artificial Intelligence (AI)
    • Experience in developing enterprise architecture deliverables (e.G. models) Awareness of emerging I&IT trends and directions
    • Experience leading shared platform design, documentation and configuration for medium or large corporate implementations
    • Demonstrated experience and understanding of solutioning based on a composable and modular architecture approach and leveraging enterprise platforms
    IT Strategy and Change Management (10%)
    • Demonstrated Strategic thinking and development, aligns strategic objectives with technology and resources
    • Experience providing direction on operationalizing business strategy including systems, processes and required data.
    • Demonstrated Transformation thinking, and understanding of data interdependencies
    • Experience developing IT strategy aligned with business vision
    Communications (10%)
    • Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills;
      verbal and written communication skills;
      presentation skills;
      interpersonal and negotiation