Job Description

RQ09811 - Int. IT Enterprise Architect/Strategist

Toronto - Jarvis St. - On-site/hybrid

- From October 20, 2025, the candidate is required to work onsite 4 days a week and 1 day from home

- From January 5, 2026, the candidate is required to work onsite 5 days a week fully

Contract 5 months, possible extension

Ideal resume should be no longer then 7 pages.

Key deliverables for this role include, but are not limited to following:

• Architecture Artifacts
  • Development of current state and target state architecture models across business, data, application, and technology domains.
  • Creation of solution blueprints, reference architectures, and architecture patterns aligned with OPS standards.
• Architecture Review Documentation
  • Preparation of materials for Architecture Review Board (ARB) or equivalent governance bodies such as AI Governance.
  • Documentation of compliance assessments with GO-ITS standards, privacy, security, and accessibility requirements.
• EA Governance Contributions
  • Support for EA governance processes, including tracking decisions, risks, and exceptions.
  • Contribution to EA repositories and knowledge bases (e.g., EA SharePoint, modeling tools).
• Stakeholder Engagement
  • Facilitation of architecture working sessions with ministry stakeholders, I&IT clusters, and GovTechON.
  • Development of communication materials to explain architectural decisions and trade-offs.
• Technology and Data Strategy Alignment
  • Mapping of business capabilities to technology solutions.
  • Identification of opportunities for reuse, consolidation, or modernization of systems and platforms.
• Risk and Impact Assessments and Compliance Reports
  • Execution of RkAP (Recordkeeping, Access, and Privacy) assessments.
  • Identification and documentation of technical risks, interoperability challenges, and security gaps
  • Regular reports addressing privacy, security and data integrity risks, with recommended action plans
• System Integration Plans and Roadmaps
  • Roadmaps and plans detailing the integration of legacy systems, and inter-agency data-sharing strategies
  • Clearly defined milestones and performance metrics for successful implementation.
• Performance & Scalability Reports
  • Continuous performance monitoring reports, including recommendations for optimizations to ensure the architecture remains future-proof

Must-Have's:

• Prior OPS experience with Enterprise architecture governance
• Preparation of materials for Architecture Review Board (ARB) or equivalent governance bodies such as AI Governance - specifically AGP 1/2
• Experience with artefacts prior (current state, solution blueprints, reference architecture, solution architecture documents, etc.)
• TRA experience and cyber security standards.
• GO-ITS standards (security)