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