Title: Applications Architect - Intermediate

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

Mode: Contract

Must Have:

• Ability to support and conduct options analysis according to OPS directives and Government of Ontario IT Standards (GO-ITS)
• Has experience decomposing and composing requirements to develop solution options using a composable and modular architecture approach
• Assess and analyze business strategy, business requirements, current state environment and technology choices to evaluate solution alternatives
• Conduct cost and benefit analyses and feasibility studies, create briefing notes, and provide recommendations
• To provide expertise and leadership and information technology (IT) architecture in a number of the following domains: business, technology, applications, security and/or information and includes enterprise architecture frameworks, strategies, and methodologies.
• Creates architecture for various solutions across the Land and Resources Sector ensuring that the architecture is in alignment with LRC Technology Roadmap Practices, taking an enterprise approach
• Knowledge of industry standards and new trends including but not limited to cloud computing, microservices architecture, low code/no code, cybersecurity, and emerging technology to provide state of the art advice into systems analysis and design

Responsibilities:

• Applied to both the process and the outcome of thinking out and specifying the overall structure, logical components, and the logical interrelationships of a solution, product, and/or service, ensuring compliance with Government of Ontario - IT Standards (GO-ITS).
• Defines the structure and relationship among applications, including the identification of re-usable components, quality level metrics, the organization and layering of software, and the determination of interfaces.
• Responsibilities also include developing, implementing and managing at least one cross-platform application in a large and distributed environment, monitor the whole system, understand all interactions between components on a given level of abstraction, as well as to define limitations and requirements for source code.
• Defines the interactions between application packages, databases and middleware systems.

General Skills:

• Experience in the development and implementation of application architectures at the specified experience level
• Extensive experience with at least two different computing platforms, operating systems, environments, database technologies, programming languages and communication protocols
• Experience with middleware and gateways Knowledge of performance considerations in different environments
• Experience in structured methodologies for the design, development and implementation of applications
• Extensive experience in systems analysis and design in large systems environments
• 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
• Experience in the use of data and process modelling methodologies, techniques and tools, including a working knowledge of metadata structures, repository functions, and data dictionaries
• Experience in developing enterprise architecture deliverables (e.g. models) Awareness of emerging I&IT trends and directions Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines