Senior Business Architect 3 - Geospatial Ontario 2026-27

Project Overview

The Government of Ontario is updating enterprise business and information architecture artifacts for the Geospatial Ontario IT Program to obtain Architecture Review Board approval at Architecture Governance Point 3. Work includes upgrading AGP 1 and AGP 2 enterprise artifacts and preparing architecture materials for governance review, with technical focus on the GIS Delivery Platform and its interconnected applications, web services, data, and geomatics tools. The work may also support Bill 5 related projects or initiatives as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and update enterprise Business Architecture and Information Architecture artifacts for the Geospatial Ontario IT Program
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to update architecture artifacts at enterprise and/or core business levels
• Support preparation of AGP 1 and AGP 2 enterprise artifact upgrades for an AGP 3 Architecture Review Board presentation
• Develop conceptual and logical data models mapped to process requirements
• Develop program/solution Data Architecture and Information Architecture documentation aligned to OPS standards and best practices
• Develop Business Architecture documentation aligned to OPS standards and best practices
• Align Business Architecture documentation with Solution Requirements and Information Architecture documentation to ensure vertical integration
• Apply services modeling, business function/process modeling (including BPMN), value chain analysis, and definition of outcomes, performance measures, and KPIs
• Establish and maintain architectural governance and controls over Business and Information Architecture
• Integrate stand-alone Business and Information Architecture artifacts and align them with Service Design practices
• Provide architecture advice and recommendations to stakeholders and project teams, including options for information/data models and solutions

Qualifications & Requirements

REQUIRED

• Must be able to work onsite in Peterborough or Toronto, Ontario
• 10+ years of total IT experience
• 5+ years of Business Architecture experience on large, complex projects
• Extensive experience with OPS Enterprise Architecture gating processes, emphasizing Architectural Gate Point 1 and 2 and associated creation/review/engagement processes
• Experience collaborating with executives and senior management
• Successfully completed Business and Information Architectures at the enterprise and/or core business levels for governments or large organizations
• Experience creating conceptual and logical data models mapped against process requirements
• Knowledge of or experience with Government of Ontario Information Technology Standards (GO-ITS) for architecture
• Knowledge of or experience with Information Management (Data Governance, Data Quality, Master Data Management, Records Management)
• Demonstrated experience with services modeling, business function modeling, business process modeling, and proficient use of BPMN
• Ability to develop and maintain architectural governance and controls over Business and Information Architecture

NICE TO HAVE

• Knowledge of Zachman Framework
• Experience in other architectural domains such as Information Architecture and Application Architecture
• Experience with the OPS Enterprise Architecture governance process, including Governance Point 0 and 1 (AGP1)
• Familiarity with Privacy and Records Keeping principles and concepts as they pertain to Business Architecture
• Familiarity with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards as they pertain to Business Architecture
• Experience with SAFe Methodology
• Familiarity with Ontario Digital Service’s Service Design principles and practices
• Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture modeling tools (e.g., PowerDesigner, Sparx Enterprise Architect, Orbus)

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Information Architecture Technical Skills - 45%

• You have a good understanding business process modelling alignment with data modeling and information resource management.
• You have extensive experience with OPS Enterprise Architecture Gating processes, with an emphasis on Architectural Gate Point 1 and 2 and the creation, review, and engagement process.
• You have expertise in I&IT architecture (experience in one or more architecture domains, Business, and or data/information architecture expertise), IT strategies (business and technology solutions roadmap development), policies, standards, plans, current and emerging enterprise architecture principles, methodologies and frameworks (such as Zachman or TOGAF).
• You are a technology generalist and have breadth of knowledge across all architecture pillars (business, data, integration, infrastructure, application, and security), current and emerging technologies and are able to provide advice on the full life cycle of solution design and delivery to project solution architects and stakeholders.
• You can apply leading industry good practices and OPS standards in architecture design, software and systems engineering.

Research and Analytical Skills - 20%

• You have analytical skills to develop architectural solutions to meet complex, multi-year plans, spanning multiple internal/external stakeholders and broadly defined business objectives.
• You are able to research and recommend the innovative architecture deliverables that meet the business needs
• You are able to identify opportunities to leverage and introduce new and emerging technologies.
• You have problem solving skills to resolve significant integration, business and technical issues to address multiple systems/applications interfaces and interdependencies where requirements are not initially clear.

Leadership, Consultation, Collaboration, Facilitation, and Communication Skills - 35%

• You can establish effective working relationships; obtain support for I&IT strategies, portfolio solution decisions that align with ministry and OPS.
• You can lead/facilitate meetings to discuss/determine strategy and roadmap for architecture priorities and change management directions.
• You have strong negotiation and influencing skills to influence key decision-makers.
• You have effective consulting skills to engage multiple stakeholders and clients and identify top business needs.
• You can work with peer architects , GIS and Information Management Specialists or analysts as a team under the leadership of the lead architects and project managers.
• You can develop options and make recommendations to stakeholders, management, and staff regarding information/data models and solutions that designed to align with ministry and OPS strategies.
• You have consultation and collaboration skills to consult with multiple stakeholders and clients to provide insights into the technology options and provide advice and recommendations to management staff regarding architecture strategy options.
• You have facilitation skills to lead discussions among stakeholders with different interests to land on portfolio decisions that align with ministry and OPS strategies.
• You have negotiation skills to establish effective working relationships with stakeholders and move the Portfolio IT Roadmaps forward.
• You can present the strategies and solutions to senior management and client ministry information and business SMEs.
• You can provide advice regarding approaches to contentious architecture design.
• You can lead planning sessions with ministry client, corporate IT groups, and development vendor.

Key Skills & Competencies

AODA, Application Architecture, Architecture governance, Architecture Review Board, BPMN, Business Architecture, Business Function Modeling, Business Process Modeling, Conceptual data modeling, Data Architecture, Data Governance, Data modeling, Data Quality, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture gating, GIS, GIS Delivery Platform, GO-ITS, Information Architecture, Information Management, Integration architecture, I&IT architecture, KPIs, Logical data modeling, Master Data Management, Orbus, OPS standards, PowerDesigner, Privacy, Records Management, SAFe, Service Design, Sparx Enterprise Architect, TOGAF, Value Chain Analysis, Zachman Framework