Solutions Architect supporting the Digital Service Team for the Region of Peel. Leading technology planning and solutioning for Health and Human Services Departments.
Responsibilities
Reporting to the Strategic Client Services Manager, the Solutions Architect supports the Digital Service Team (DST) Program within Information Technology, Corporate Services.
Built on partnership and collaboration, the DST drives technology-enabled improvements to operations and service delivery for employees and residents.
The Solutions Architect will lead technology planning and solutioning to advance the Region’s strategic outcomes—primarily for the Health Services and Human Services Departments.
This role is responsible for implementing technology roadmaps, optimizing applications through industry-standard frameworks, and delivering scalable, innovative solutions that enhance organizational performance.
Collaboratively defines and regularly updates and maintains meaningful metrics that reflect the condition level of software applications
Recommends specific upgrade, remediation, replacement or retirement actions to ensure that all applications stay above the desired condition level
Actively collaborates with IT Solutions leadership and relevant stakeholders to: Provide technology roadmaps and strategic planning in support of evolving APS program goals and objectives Provide application assessment work and recommendations for effective short- and medium-term Application Portfolio upgrade and replacement projects, including recommended phased approaches to align with more complex long-term technology transitions
Creates solution design documents and collaboratively provides direction and oversight for effective and secure solutions, ensuring robust interoperability with other relevant Regional systems, and conformance to the quality assurance, IT security and enterprise architecture principles, and to the Digital Strategy
Reviews related requirements and configuration documents received from approved third parties, to ensure compliance with IT security and infrastructure policies, standards and procedures
Analyses, designs and monitors technologies that support existing line of business capabilities
Develops, updates and maintains the architecture blueprint that will include as-is architecture, target architecture, and architecture evolution roadmap (1-5 years) aligned with planned projects
Defines, designs, develops and maintains comprehensive architectures & standards, and application components (up/downstream interfaces, user interface, report, application logic, data access and secure network integrity) in coordination with stakeholder list
Updates and maintains an accessible repository for reference models and project-related architectural and application development materials related to APS
Reviews all design documents for new or upgraded application and integration projects to ensure compliance with architectural policies, standards and procedures, and AODA compliant
Provides technical leadership throughout APS project lifecycles
Works closely with all project team members to understand, document, and confirm requirements
Designs a system which takes into consideration the ease of maintenance, performance, and compatibility with existing systems
Provides architecture review of existing methods making recommendations of performance & scalability improvements, management updates and standards injection
Provides expert information architecture technical support for APS products relating to data management and data handling
Develops logical data models, data accountability, logical database tables and maps logical data models to databases
Requirements
5 years advanced development experience with ITIL, COBIT, application development, spatial database modeling & design, and information architecture
Certification and proven experience in architecting, designing and implementing high performance and scalable enterprise level systems and the ability to evaluate how the solution will best meet its functional and quality requirements
Proven experience with object-oriented analysis, design, and programming, unified modeling language, model driven architecture, design patterns, service-oriented architecture, and business plan modeling.
Progressive technical knowledge and knowledge of best practices in Information Technology service delivery such as SDLC, PMBOK, COBIT and ITIL
Experience in application development and programming using Java, C# or .NET
Experience with industry-standard technologies such as Java, XML, JSON, JSON, JavaScript, HTML5, Web services, SOAP/REST, application servers, and/or Web servers
Experience with SQL and Enterprise Asset Management databases (DB2, Oracle and SQL Server)
Expert knowledge and proficiency with many of the following: IT Infrastructure Library Control Objectives for Information Technologies Integration techniques and Service Oriented Architectures Technology asset life cycle including performance management, preventive maintenance and security
Able to travel to various regional locations
Able to work evenings, weekends and holidays, on-call rotation and/or shift as needed
Combination of education and experience may be considered
Benefits
Comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision plan (yes, even psychological health coverage) — starting on your very first day!
OMERS Pension Plan: Enrolment to help secure your future with peace of mind.
Vacation Time That Grows: Start with 3 weeks of vacation per year— because work-life balance is important!
Personal Days Just for You: Enjoy 3 paid personal days and floating holidays to recharge whenever you need.
Wellness First: Flexible hours to fit your lifestyle and prioritize your health and well-being.
Performance Pays Off: Annual performance reviews with merit increases — your hard work is recognized and rewarded!
Supportive, Respectful Culture: Work in an environment where leadership truly cares, and inclusivity is celebrated.
Learning & Growth: Access to tuition reimbursement and tons of development resources to keep you growing — whether in your career or on a personal level.
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