Enterprise Architect

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Location: Markham, Ontario

Work Type: Contract (3 months)

Hybrid: 4 days in office, 1 day remote

Our client is looking for a visionary Enterprise Architect to play a pivotal role in defining the target state architecture and shaping the strategic technology roadmap that will guide their organization into its next era. This is a high-impact contract role reporting directly to the Director of Enterprise Architecture .

As an Enterprise Architect, you will be at the forefront of aligning business strategy with technology innovation, driving architectural excellence across the enterprise portfolio. This position blends business, technology, leadership, and modeling skills to create alignment between disciplines. Acting as a facilitative leader, you will coach and guide business professionals and technologists, building architectural capacity across the organization.

Responsibilities Define the strategic technology roadmap aligning technology with enterprise needs

Capture current and transition state architectures through models and views

Contribute to analyzing industry technology trends valuable to the enterprise

Build strong partnerships with business and technology stakeholders

Facilitate discussions to understand how current systems support business functions

Present cross-domain and intersystem solution options and recommendations

Mediate intersystem design decisions, including functional placement and integration

Facilitate cross-functional evaluation of technology products

Manage lifecycle definitions for technologies across the enterprise portfolio

Strong understanding of structural and methodological enterprise architecture frameworks

Exceptional knowledge of systems integration and API development

Expertise in enterprise architecture modeling and analysis practices

Strong awareness of industry technology trends and their organizational impact

Understanding changes in the commercial application landscape relevant to the organization

Proficiency in integration patterns and practices

Strong grasp of software development patterns and practices

Familiarity with cloud service offerings

Excellent team facilitation, influencing, leadership, and coaching/mentoring skills

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Exceptional logic and critical thinking skills

Strong self-management

Qualifications 8+ years of relevant enterprise architecture experience

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent relevant experience

Experience leading the definition of target state architecture and technology roadmaps

Experience creating and maintaining architectural views and models for enterprise portfolios

Professional qualities: respectful and collaborative, solutions-oriented, reliable and accountable, clear communicator, and committed to continuous learning and high standards

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