Position:
Applications Architect

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Applications Architect to
support enterprise application architecture initiatives, ensure solution design
quality, and provide leadership in architecture governance and standards
compliance. The successful candidate will play a key role in designing
cloud-based application solutions, developing architecture artifacts,
supporting architecture review processes, and ensuring alignment with
organizational standards and best practices.

Key Responsibilities

Scope

• 
  Support
  the integrity of business applications and architectures.
• 
  Ensure
  development adheres to established standards and documentation
  requirements.
• 
  Provide
  leadership regarding Enterprise Architecture artifacts and support
  business and technical teams.
• 
  Perform
  application design activities and architecture governance support.

Deliverables

• 
  Draft
  solution designs and detailed technical solution designs for applications
  built using packaged cloud products.
• 
  Develop
  architecture artifacts including:
• 
  Business
  Architecture Documents
• 
  Solutions
  Architecture Documents
• 
  Solution
  Requirements Documents
• 
  Information
  Architecture Documents
• 
  Create
  visual representations of use cases and process flows while ensuring
  alignment across business and solution architectures.
• 
  Support
  architecture review board activities and enterprise architecture
  checkpoints.
• 
  Develop
  and maintain:
• 
  Logical
  and Physical Data Models
• 
  Data
  Dictionaries
• 
  CRUD
  Matrices
• 
  Document
  communication protocols and interfaces for external partners.
• 
  Develop
  onboarding documentation.
• 
  Assist
  with system and user interface design modifications.
• 
  Lead
  cloud security assessments and develop mitigation strategies for
  identified risks.
• 
  Review
  privacy and security assessment outputs and establish traceability
  matrices.
• 
  Review
  test scenarios to ensure requirements are met and maintain traceability
  documentation.
• 
  Assist
  with metadata and test data preparation for implementation activities.
• 
  Ensure
  alignment with organizational processes and standards.
• 
  Support
  system testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• 
  Participate
  in knowledge transfer activities.

Qualifications

Skills and Knowledge

• 
  Experience
  leading IT architecture initiatives across business, technology,
  application, and security domains.
• 
  Experience
  delivering architecture solutions for large-scale, complex, multi-year
  technology projects.
• 
  Experience
  leading architecture governance, stage gating, and architecture review
  board activities.
• 
  Knowledge
  of solution design and business analysis practices within large IT
  organizations.

Mandatory Requirements

• 
  Minimum
  10 years of experience.
• 
  Experience
  using structured methodologies for design, development, implementation,
  and maintenance of applications.
• 
  Excellent
  facilitation and presentation skills.
• 
  Strong
  analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• 
  Excellent
  verbal and written communication skills.
• 
  Strong
  interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• 
  Demonstrated
  ability to work collaboratively and meet deadlines.
• 
  Proficiency
  with Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint.
• 
  Experience
  with enterprise architecture standards and artifacts.
• 
  Experience
  using solution design and prototyping tools to facilitate design sessions
  and stakeholder workshops.

Technical Experience

• 
  Experience
  designing and architecting cloud and SaaS-based applications.
• 
  Experience
  leading technical teams to ensure architectural alignment throughout
  project delivery.
• 
  Deep
  understanding of architecture patterns such as:
• 
  Layered
  Architecture
• 
  Microservices
• 
  Event-Driven
  Architecture
• 
  Expertise
  designing and consuming RESTful APIs and Web Services.
• 
  Strong
  knowledge of integration patterns and tools.
• 
  Strong
  understanding of enterprise security principles and application security
  best practices.
• 
  Knowledge
  of enterprise IT strategy, business process modeling, data modeling,
  information management, business analysis, and process re-engineering.

Architecture Experience

• 
  Experience
  developing business, solution, and information architectures.
• 
  Experience
  using architecture modeling tools such as:
• 
  PowerDesigner
• 
  Enterprise
  Architect
• 
  Experience
  creating architecture artifacts for enterprise architecture checkpoints
  and governance activities.
• 
  Demonstrated
  solution design and architecture experience.
• 
  Experience
  coordinating architecture activities across complex environments
  supporting internal and external stakeholders.
• 
  Experience
  reviewing privacy and security assessment reports and ensuring findings
  are reflected within architecture artifacts.

Communication Skills

• 
  Ability
  to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• 
  Experience
  preparing and presenting architecture documentation.
• 
  Ability
  to explain architecture decisions to development, security, and
  infrastructure teams.
• 
  Experience
  leading architecture reviews, design sessions, and technical workshops.
• 
  Strong
  technical writing skills for architecture specifications, integration
  guides, governance policies, and design patterns.

Preferred Experience

• 
  Experience
  working within Ontario Public Sector (OPS) environments and adhering to
  public-sector policies and procedures is considered an asset.

Knowledge Transfer

The successful candidate will participate in knowledge
transfer activities, including the documentation and handoff of:

• 
  Architecture
  documentation
• 
  Detailed
  system designs
• 
  Program
  specifications
• 
  Modifications
  and enhancements
• 
  Supporting
  technical documentation

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