Business Architect 5964

Description : · Providing leadership, guidance and support to the project team and subject matter experts; creates and maintains all models/artefacts/diagrams as it relates to establishing a shared use solution· Update, develop and validate of all required business architecture and application architecture models/artefacts, documents and materials (according to industry best practices, GO-ITS standards and OPS EA guidelines using the appropriate version)· Collaborates with cluster staff, project teams, clients and other OPS partners / service providers to ensure architecture alignment· Develops business processes using BPMN leveraging cluster/ministry tools and model repository (e.g. PowerDesigner)· Identify issues and risks to be managed or addressed, and assist the project team or Client to facilitate mitigation· Arrange and facilitate validation sessions· Develop/revise business and/or application architecture artefacts according to cluster and corporate guidance· Leads privacy impact assessment (PIA) and threat risk assessment (TRA) activities in collaboration with cluster staff, technical team members and other partners as required; including responding to and/or actioning any risk recommendations or mitigations that may follow· Researches industry best practices and conducts environmental or jurisdictional scans· Participate in review and information sharing meetings· Support Agile Enterprise Architecture delivery during the project· Develop reference architecture artefacts/models/patterns for to enable shared use for future clients· Arrange and facilitate Enterprise Architecture (EA) meetings with cluster staff, subject matter experts, and other stakeholders as required· Support the process of acquiring cluster and corporate approvals such as Project Gating, LRC cluster governance processes, corporate architecture governance points (AGP), digital first assessments· Provide status updates to both the project team and EA unit· Provide transfer of knowledge and project deliverables to identified cluster staff· Adhere to all OPS GO-ITS Standards, specifically GO-ITS 56.0, GO-ITS 56.1, GO-ITS 56.3 and others as required· Revise architectures per action and/or conditions arising from LRC’s governance body (Project Gating Review Committee) and Corporate EA Governance review bodies as required· Utilize, reuse, and incorporate OPS Reference Architectures into the project architectures· Ensure alignment with any other related and relevant business materials Knowledge Transfer RequirementsKnowledge transfer is expected to occur throughout the duration of the assignment through regular meetings, touchpoints, and working sessions with LRC staffAll design, development, artefacts, and source code, including all relevant and complete documents must be transferred to the ministry in the designated repositories providedDedicated knowledge transfer sessions will be scheduled to ensure completeness of knowledge transfer and all documentation is shared, and allow LRC staff to ask clarification and/or follow up questionsEvaluation Criteria: Business Architecture - 30%Hands on demonstrated experience developing all required business architecture artefactsDemonstrated experience leading and facilitating workshops to gather business and application information, including validation and review sessionsDemonstrated experience capturing business requirements, conducting business process re-engineering, business design and optimization; identification of and alignment to business goals, as well as business performance measuresDemonstrated ability to leverage latest industry best practices and trendsHands on experience developing business processes using BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation)Identifying issues and risks to be managed or addressed to facilitate mitigationApplication/Solution Architecture – 30%Hands on demonstrated experience developing all required application architecture artefactsHands on demonstrated experience leading all aspects of solution design, including security and privacyExperience architecting enterprise scale COTS / SaaS solutions such as Oracle SiebelEnterprise Architecture Leadership and Methodologies – 20%Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in leading and delivering Business Architecture and Application Architecture projectsHands on demonstrated experience successfully leading project teams through all levels of governance processes (cluster and corporate) such a project gating, architecture governance pointsHands on demonstrated experience preparing and delivering presentations to cluster and corporate architecture review boards to successful obtain approvalsExperience leading project teams through the Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) process, Threat Risk Assessment (TRA) process and other technical or security assessment processes as requiredDemonstrated experience with enterprise architecture, including the ability to integrate/align with across all domains (business, information, application, technical, security)Hands on experience creating architecture artefacts, models and/or reports using PowerDesignerSoft Skills - 20%· Experience with agile· Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills· Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal· Excellent meeting facilitation skills to gather requirements· Experience reporting progress on deliverables to team, project leads and management, including proactively raising risks/issues with mitigations· Strong stakeholder management skills· Demonstrated consensus building skillsExperience and Skill Set Requirements:· Knowledge and 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· 10+ years experience successfully completed business architectures in government settings or similar complex, multi-project/multi-client organizations· Good understanding of diverse business environments, especially government and compliance/regulatory functions· 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· 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 as a solution/application architect who has successfully modeled solution requirements, design and components for enterprise scale COTS solutions, Oracle Siebel preferred· Experience in developing enterprise architecture deliverables/artefacts (e.g. models)· Knowledge of Zachman Framework including business / information / application / technology / security architectures· Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standardsMust haves:Hands on demonstrated experience developing all required business architecture artefactsDemonstrated experience leading and facilitating workshops to gather business and application information, including validation and review sessionsDemonstrated experience capturing business requirements, conducting business process re-engineering, business design and optimization; identification of and alignment to business goals, as well as business performance measuresExperience architecting enterprise scale COTS / SaaS solutions such as Oracle Siebel Experience with agileExcellent meeting facilitation skills to gather requirements