Technology Architect – Solution Architect Land & Resources Cluster

Position: Technology Architect – Solution Architect (RQ11348) Land & Resources Cluster
Responsibilities:

Providing leadership, guidance and support to the project team and subject matter experts; creates and maintains all models/artifacts/diagrams as it relates to establishing a solution

Update, develop and validate all required solution architecture models/artifacts, documents and materials (according to industry best practices, GO-ITS standards and OPS EA guidelines using the appropriate version)

Collaborates with cluster staff, project teams,ministry Subject Matter Expert (SME) and other OPS partners/service providers to ensure architecture alignment

Develops artifacts leveraging cluster/ministry tools and model repository (e.g. Power Designer, Dev Ops)

Work directly with the Ceres lead developer and designated technical staff to validate architecture artefacts, implementation approach and enhancements under active development.

Review relevant source code, configuration, Azure Dev Ops repositories, CI/CD pipelines, build and deployment documentation, existing architecture/design documentation and deployed environment configurations, subject to approved access.

Identify issues and risks to be managed or addressed, and assist the project team or ministry to facilitate mitigation

Arrange and facilitate validation sessions

Develop/revise solution architecture artifacts according to cluster and corporate guidance

Participate in review and information-sharing meetings

Support Agile Enterprise Architecture (EA) delivery during the project

Develop reference architecture artifacts/models/patterns to enable shared use for future clients

Arrange and facilitate Enterprise Architecture (EA) meetings with cluster staff, subject matter experts, and other stakeholders as required

Support the process of acquiring cluster and corporate approvals, such as Project Gating, LRC cluster governance processes, and corporate architecture governance points (AGP)

Provide status updates to both the project team and the Enterprise Architecture unit

Provide transfer of knowledge and project deliverables to identified cluster staff

Adhere to all OPS GO-ITS Standards, specifically GO-ITS 200

PRS Ontario Public Service Enterprise Architecture Governance Requirements and others as required

Revise architectures per action and/or conditions arising from LRC’s governance body (Project Gating Review Committee) and Corporate EA Governance review bodies as required

Utilize, reuse, and incorporate OPS Reference Architectures into the project architectures

Ensure alignment with any other related and relevant business materials

Knowledge Transfer Requirements

Knowledge transfer is expected to occur throughout the duration of the assignment through regular meetings, touchpoints, and working sessions with LRC staff

All architecture artefacts, models, diagrams, decision records, working files, supporting evidence, configuration documentation and other deliverables created or updated by the resource must be stored in ministry-designated repositories using accessible formats.

Dedicated knowledge transfer sessions will be scheduled to ensure completeness of knowledge transfer and all documentation is shared, and allow LRC staff to ask clarification and/or follow-up questions

Experience Requirements

10+ years of experience successfully completing solution architectures in government settings or similar complex, multi-project/multi-client organizations

Experience as a solution or application architect who has successfully documented, validated and evolved the architecture of custom-built cloud applications.

Experience with modern web application architecture and technologies, preferably MongoDB, Express.js, React and Node.js, or closely comparable JavaScript, Node.js and No

SQL technologies.

Experience interpreting business capabilities,…