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Application Architect

Toronto Community Housing
Toronto, CAN
Temporary
Senior
Hybrid
1 weeks ago
AzureTOGAFArchiMateITILSOAEvent Driven Architecture
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Job Details

  • Job #: 10783
  • Division: Information Technology Services
  • Affiliation: Union: CUPE 79
  • Vacancy Type: Full time Permanent
  • Grade: TCHC 9
  • Salary/Hourly Range: 53.13 58.24
  • Work Details: Monday to Friday, 35 hours/week
  • Hybrid Eligible: Yes

What we offer

  • Ability to participate in inclusive employee led networks.
  • Three weeks paid annual vacation days, increasing with years of service.
  • Defined benefit pension plan with OMERS, includes 100 per cent employer matching.
  • Health and dental benefits.
  • Employee and family assistance program.
  • Maternity and parental leave top up (93% of base salary).
  • Training and development programs including tuition reimbursement of CAD 1500 per calendar year.
  • Fitness membership discount.

Make a difference

  • The Application Architect is responsible for guiding a team of permanent, temporary, contract, and vendor resources.
  • This role involves providing team guidance, architecture consulting and delivery, strategy, and business engagement.
  • The Application Architect will establish standards and technologies for digital solutions, translate client requirements into valuable solutions, and support the Enterprise Architecture Review Board governance process.
  • The position has a high degree of independent accountability.

What you'll do People Engagement

  • Engage and lead collaboration with architecture domain peers, internal TCH functional reports, stakeholders, security, privacy, procurement and compliance teams.
  • Design documents include assessments, options analysis, and fulsome architecture blueprints.
  • Deal with ambiguity as it relates to incomplete requirements or current state baselines and competing stakeholder approaches.
  • Manage multiple priorities evolving different work streams in phases.

Architecture Delivery

  • Providing comprehensive application architecture consulting and delivery services to clients.
  • Provide application architecture and solution leadership to the team, projects, and the business and IT organization.
  • Developing and recommending innovative and creative approaches, opportunities and architecture solutions.
  • Investigating various technology applications options and scenarios, coordinating and conducting feasibility assessments, financial analysis and cost benefit studies.
  • Advising Senior Management and clients regarding technology related opportunities and associated costs.
  • Facilitating clear communication between the client areas, various stakeholders, and the IT function.
  • Researching and identifying best technology suppliers and sources of development/implementation expertise.
  • Assisting clients to maintain a secure and stable applications environment.
  • Working closely with clients, Information Security, and technology planning & support staff to prepare effective contingency Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans.
  • Providing a technical interface to vendors of TCH business applications.
  • Providing input and support for the development, promotion, implementation and integration of TCHs strategic information technology plans.
  • Prime responsibility for Enterprise Application technology roadmap.

Strategy & Innovation

  • Provide thought leadership on the development of Application architecture components for Enterprise roadmaps.
  • With considerable autonomy under the guidance of the Manager and Director of Enterprise Architecture, develop the vision for a target state Application architecture.
  • Propose and implement industry best practices, innovation, and continuous improvement.
  • Research and recommend new application solutions best suited to support the business and documented TCHC strategy.
  • Participate in RFI and RFP development from an application architecture perspective.

Services Enablement

  • Understand key client needs and provide application solutions with compelling value propositions that align with the organization's capabilities and constraints.

Project Management

  • Support IT Project and Collect information, evaluate client requirements, develop budgets and implementation plans, and optimize SLAs and costs.
  • Position provides senior level expertise and functional leadership through the project management and team leadership of business analysts, systems analysts, DBAs, procurement personnel, security and privacy teams, and vendors.

What you'll need

  • University degree in computer science, engineering, or a relevant technical discipline.
  • Minimum of 8 years of broad and deep application architecture experience preferably in a public sector organization.
  • Preferred technical or professional qualifications or certifications/designations: Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (Exam AZ 305), Zachman, TOGAF, ArchiMate, ITIL Foundation.
  • Functional Team Leadership experience in the development and implementation of application architecture, integration, application security by design, implementation support and application migration, particularly from on premises to Cloud.
  • Knowledge of current Architecture, business, and systems analysis and reengineering principles, practices and techniques.
  • Knowledge of TCH and industry IT standards and procedures.
  • Knowledge of project management methodologies and team leadership skills.
  • Knowledge of cost benefit analysis and feasibility methodologies.
  • Knowledge of existing and creation of new TCH strategic directions.
  • Analytical, problem solving and conceptual skills.
  • Consultation and advisory skills.
  • Communication skills to consult with clients and diverse interested parties.

What’s next

  • Once you apply, we’ll review your resume and contact you if we believe your skills and experience will make you successful in the role.
  • If you are selected to move forward, the process will include one or more interviews and/or assessments and reference checks.
  • Candidates for unionized positions must score a minimum of 70% to pass any interview or assessment.

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