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Business Architect - Senior 26-13350
06 October 2026
Toronto , ON

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Job Title: Business Architect - Senior
Duration: 250 days (Extension Possible)
Location: 40 St Clair Ave W, Toronto ON - Onsite
Hours / day: 7.25

Description:
Ontario's forest industry relies on the timely availability of accurate forest inventory data to support sustainable wood supply planning and access. Pursuant to the Crown Forest Sustainability Act, the Ministry's Forest Management Planning Manual and Forest Information Manual establish a statutory obligation for the Ministry to develop, maintain, and provide the Forest Resources Inventory (FRI) to Sustainable Forest Licensees (SFLs) and forest management planning teams.

The Forest Resources Inventory Information Management Solution (FRI IMS) enables the Ministry to fulfill this mandate by supporting the acquisition, processing, interpretation, management, and dissemination of large and complex volumes of forest resource data. These datasets include high resolution digital aerial imagery, digital elevation models, field sampled data, geospatial information, and supplementary forest data obtained from multiple sources.

The FRI IMS Enhancement Project is intended to further improve the system's functionality, usability, performance, and scalability to better meet the needs of internal and external stakeholders. The key components of the enhancement include:
  • A centralized data storage environment leveraging an Azure-based architecture, including Databricks Data Lake and Azure Storage Accounts
  • Modernized data exchange mechanisms, including a public-facing web application and a mobile field data collection application
  • A data processing and analytics platform that supports data acquisition, transformation, and advanced analytical capabilities using Databricks on Azure.
  • Collectively, these enhancements will strengthen data quality, accessibility, and analytical capabilities, ensuring that the Forest Resources Inventory continues to effectively support sustainable forest management and planning across Ontario.
Assignment Description:
The Lands and Resources Cluster (LRC) and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) require a Business Architect to support the enhancement of the Forest Resources Inventory Information Management System (FRI IMS) and update its Enterprise Architecture (EA). The Business Architect will assess business capabilities, define target business outcomes, optimize business processes, and develop key EA deliverables required for governance approvals.

The role will support the modernization of FRI IMS, including the implementation of centralized data storage using Databricks and Azure Storage, public-facing data exchange capabilities, and a cloud-based data processing and analytics platform. The Business Architect will lead the development of business architecture artifacts and ensure alignment with enterprise standards and governance requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
Experience and Skill Set Requirements:
Note: This is an on-site assignment, requiring candidates to be present in the office five days per week.

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:
Responsibilities:
  • Analyzes government information pertinent to business architecture, consults with appropriate government contacts on specific business architecture elements and conducts focus group workshops.
  • Develops and maintains business capabilities of the enterprise in line with the corporate strategy as well as contributing to the business strategy and plans.
  • Develops/revises business architecture artefacts as part of the Enterprise Information Architecture (EIA) Federated Framework and ensures that these are vertically integrated
  • Models business at enterprise and/or core business levels.
This also includes:
  • Design of capability models and related architectural solutions of business tasks, mapping capability functionality to the internal and external resources,
  • Developing business transformation plans jointly with senior business management,
  • Handling business solutions to the delivery and operational business functions of the company
  • Developing and maintaining architectural governance and controls over implementation
  • For each step of the business transformation plan, business architects contribute in development of a blueprint of the enterprise in order to promote a common understanding of the organization and alignment of strategic objectives with tactical demands.
  • The project teams consist of you, a Sr. IT Business Architect (lead), project leads, product manager, solution designer, service designer, QA tester, business analysts, subject matter experts and other project team members. The project team will work though the AGP engagements with the LRC Enterprise Architecture team and Corporate Enterprise Architecture Review Board
Evaluation Criteria:
Enterprise Architecture Engagement Leadership Experience (40 %)
  • Total IT experience of at least 10 years, out of which 5 years doing Business Architecture on large complex projects
  • Excellent communication, concept visualization, facilitation, stakeholder management, negotiation, consensus building, and problem- solving skills.
  • 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
  • Contributed to the successful transformation of government or large organization program delivery by applying Business Architecture practices
  • Ability to work across Projects in a Portfolio, and across Portfolios.
  • Leading project teams through the enterprise engagement process.
Enterprise Architecture Checkpoint Documentation Experience (30%)
  • Proven ability in designing optimized future versions of business areas.
  • Proven ability in horizontal business integration ( i.e. identifying common elements, and delineation points)
  • Knowledge of or experience in Government of Ontario Information Technology Standards (GO-ITS) for Architecture.
  • Experience in developing business architectures using Ontario Government Enterprise Architecture methodologies and GO-ITS.
  • Development of Program Area(s) Business Architecture and corresponding Business Architecture Documentation (BAD) according to OPS standards and industry best practices.
  • Creation of alignment of Business Architecture Document to the Solution Requirements Document (SRD) and the Information Architecture Document (IAD), as per OPS standards and industry best practices, ensuring vertical integration.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience with Services modeling, Business Function Modeling, Business Process Modeling, proficient use of BPMN, Value Chain Analysis, Business Outcomes, Performance Measures and KPIs definition, Strategic, Legislative and Technology alignment,
  • Ability to create Business Architectures that directly informs and supports the elicitation of business and system requirements.
  • Ability to develop and maintain architectural governance and controls over Business and Information Architecture.
  • Ability to align Business Architecture processes and artifacts with Service Design practices.
  • Ability to model Business Functional and Contractual Accountabilities.
Desirable Skills (30%)
  • Knowledge of Zachman Framework
  • Experience in other architectural domains such as Information Architecture and Application Architecture
  • Experience with the OPS Enterprise Architecture governance process, in general, and with Governance Point 1 (AGP1) in particular.
  • 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.
  • Ability to design/propose Business Architectures that leverage latest cutting-edge technologies.
  • Data Modeling and development of solution and Program Area(s) Data Architecture.
  • Development of solution and Program Area(s) Information Architecture and corresponding Information Architecture Documentation (IAD) according to OPS standards and industry best practices.
  • Knowledge of or experience with Information Management, including Data Governance, Data Quality, Master Data Management, Records Management.
  • Knowledge of or experience with Ideation, including Information/Data Requirements Analysis and corresponding Test Strategy planning.
  • Ability to leverage reference artefacts to enable shared use and to develop Business Architecture artefacts that align with acquired solutions/services and existing strategic IT Products.
  • Ability to integrate stand-alone Business and Information Architectures.
  • 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 etc.
  • Ability to provide advice and support to teams acquiring services or solutions via procurement (e.g. advise on documentation to include, how to evaluate, etc)

Must-haves:

  • Experience in developing business architectures using Ontario Government Enterprise Architecture methodologies and GO-ITS.
  • Development of Program Area(s) Business Architecture and corresponding Business Architecture Documentation (BAD) according to OPS standards and industry best practices.
  • Creation of alignment of the Business Architecture Document to the Solution Requirements Document (SRD) and the Information Architecture Document (IAD), as per OPS standards and industry best practices, ensuring vertical integration.
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