RQ11824 - IT Enterprise Architect/Strategist - Senior

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
  

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• Experience in capability based archiechture
  
• Prior OPS/Federal government experience
  
• Knowledge and experience in Application architecture, Technology Architecture, Artificial Intelligence (AI) 
  

Skill Set Requirements:

Enterprise Architecture Frameworks and Tools:

• 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:

• 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:

• 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:

• 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:

• 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 
  
• Experience in Stakeholder Engagement including presentations and briefing notes and conducting / facilitating meetings