RQ08849 - Senior- IT Enterprise Architect/Strategist

Our client is looking for a Senior- IT Enterprise Architect/Strategist for a 10 month contract in Toronto.
This is a hybrid role - 3 days a week.


Advantages
- Earn a competitive rate within the industry
- Hybrid – 3 days a week onsite
- Potential for extension


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 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.


Qualifications
Must haves:

- Has experience decomposing and composing requirements to develop solution options using a composable and modular architecture approach
- Conduct cost and benefit analyses and feasibility studies, create briefing notes, and provide recommendations
- Ability to create conceptual architectures across the enterprise architecture domains.
- Has experience solutioning based on a composable and modular architecture approach, including decomposing and composing requirements and design and implementation of API and data streaming integrations
- Exceptional communication skills required to visualize, depict, and convey complex concepts to a broadly diverse audience including technical and business audiences

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

Desirable Skills:

· Knowledge and understanding of object-oriented analysis and design techniques

· Proven ability and experience modelling current and future-state architectures

· Experience in developing enterprise architecture deliverables (e.g. models) based on Enterprise Architecture methodologies, processes and practice

· Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices

· Experience designing detailed functional and technical requirements for new and existing business solutions

· Experience leading multi-tier application infrastructure design, documentation and configuration for medium or large corporate implementations

· Experience designing, developing, implementing and maintaining large complex applications, workflow processes and dynamic forms


Summary
If you are interested in the Senior- IT Enterprise Architect/Strategist in Toronto, please apply online at www.randstad.ca. Qualified candidates will be contacted.


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