The Applications Architect works with business partners and ITS to comprehend and accomplish desired business results across all campuses, reporting to the Associate Director of Enterprise Architecture within ITS Enterprise Applications.
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In addition to developing efficient plans for the development and integration of application architectures for the present and future, the role entails integrating the "big picture" of corporate application platforms, services, and technology.
Using best practices in technology design, configuration, and deployment is part of this, and it applies to several enterprise applications, including Digital Identity, HRMS, Financial Information Systems (FIS), Student Information Systems (SIS), Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS), and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems.
Senior management receives strategic guidance on enterprise digital asset organization from the applications architect to minimize risk, accomplish company objectives, and enhance customer satisfaction.
Advantages
- this is a long-term profile initiative that has the potential to be renewed.
Responsibilities
Applications Architecture Consulting & Leadership
o Act as a trusted advisor to senior administration and campus clients, ensuring project
alignment with college and digital innovation objectives.
o Serve as the primary contact for application architecture consultations, defining,
evaluating, and recommending architecture requirements and strategies, including
application integration and interface design.
o Provide architecture expertise to support college-wide operations, understanding
Client's core business and service architectures.
o Leads technology change to deliver business outcomes while also virtually leveraging
subject matter experts from any other needed technical area.
o Oversees, or consults on, technology implementation and modification activities (e.g.,
projects and products), particularly for new or shared infrastructure solutions.
o Recommend new technologies to support ITS and the Client's Strategic Plan and Digital
Campus Plan.
o Present and advocate for new approaches and ideas to senior management, overseeing
technical solution development for portfolio requirements.
Advisory Services
o Provide confidential strategic advice to senior management for key business proposals, addressing ambiguity, staffing impacts, labour relations, and competitive advantage.
o Advise on application architecture approaches and issues, developing plans, solutions, and business models, and anticipating future needs.
o Support collaboration between ITS teams on strategic integration and standards development.
o Participate in steering committees and stakeholder forums.
Research and Analysis
o Research and assess applications architecture, integration models, usage patterns, systems analysis/design, and risk management.
o Explore and identify trends impacting digital architecture planning.
o Address competing priorities, new technologies, expanding services, and client requests.
o Recommend application architectures to meet current and future client requirements and core business needs.
o Understands technology trends and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to enable new and evolving business and operating models.
o Guides technology investment decisions based on analysis and evaluation to drive targeted business outcomes while ensuring nonfunctional requirements are met.
o Support the Digital Architecture Risk Review Team (DARRT) as a Digital Architect subject
matter expert.
Standardization and Consistency
o Implement application architecture standards, ensuring consistency in integration and deployment.
o Monitor and report on procedures, processes, methods, techniques, and controls, recommending new/revised standards.
o Suggest expanded services, new processes, and standardized operational procedures to meet evolving business needs.
• Continuous Improvement
o Implement state-of-the-art approaches to enhance enterprise applications' ability to
deliver on business objectives.
o Support growth in services/applications supported by ITS Enterprise Applications
o Provide advice on increasingly complex hybrid and cloud enterprise applications.
o Develop performance metrics for applications architecture evaluation and continuous
improvement.
o Explore and advise on action plans, strategies, and technologies for continuous
improvement.
o Promote collaboration across ITS
Qualifications
• Education
o A 4-year degree in Information Technology or a related field from a recognized institution,
or equivalent training and experience in ERP applications architecture planning,
development, integration, and deployment in an enterprise-wide environment
• Experience
o A minimum of 7 years of experience in a progressively complex enterprise systems
environment.
• Skills
o Knowledge of applications architecture, strategic planning, database concepts, virtualization, cloud computing, and integration in an enterprise IT environment.
o Awareness of emerging technologies, industry trends, and architecture-related technical
and business planning.
o Strong client relations skills to meet diverse client business needs.
o Working knowledge of technology delivery methodologies such as Agile and Scrum
o One or more of these certifications is an asset that should be highlighted in your
application: AWS Solutions Architect Professional Certification, Azure Solutions Architect
Professional Certification, Salesforce Application Architect
Summary
Working with business partners and ITS, the Applications Architect supports the Associate Director, of Enterprise Architecture within ITS Enterprise Applications to comprehend and accomplish the intended business results on all campuses. Making efficient strategies for the creation and integration of application architectures for both the present and future as well as integrating the "big picture" of corporate application platforms, services, and technology are all part of the job description.
Among other enterprise applications, these include the Student Information System (SIS), Financial Information System (FIS), Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems, Digital Identity, and associated integrations. This entails utilizing best practices for technology design, configuration, and deployment across several enterprise applications.
Organizing corporate digital assets to manage risk, achieve business objectives, and enhance the customer experience is one of the strategic recommendations given by the applications architect to senior management. This involves a diverse set of enterprise platforms, services, and integrations to meet the college’s varied business needs.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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The Applications Architect works with business partners and ITS to comprehend and accomplish desired business results across all campuses, reporting to the Associate Director of Enterprise Architecture within ITS Enterprise Applications.
In addition to developing efficient plans for the development and integration of application architectures for the present and future, the role entails integrating the "big picture" of corporate application platforms, services, and technology.
Using best practices in technology design, configuration, and deployment is part of this, and it applies to several enterprise applications, including Digital Identity, HRMS, Financial Information Systems (FIS), Student Information Systems (SIS), Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS), and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems.
Senior management receives strategic guidance on enterprise digital asset organization from the applications architect to minimize risk, accomplish company objectives, and enhance customer satisfaction.
Advantages
- this is a long-term profile initiative that has the potential to be renewed.
Responsibilities
...
Applications Architecture Consulting & Leadership
o Act as a trusted advisor to senior administration and campus clients, ensuring project
alignment with college and digital innovation objectives.
o Serve as the primary contact for application architecture consultations, defining,
evaluating, and recommending architecture requirements and strategies, including
application integration and interface design.
o Provide architecture expertise to support college-wide operations, understanding
Client's core business and service architectures.
o Leads technology change to deliver business outcomes while also virtually leveraging
subject matter experts from any other needed technical area.
o Oversees, or consults on, technology implementation and modification activities (e.g.,
projects and products), particularly for new or shared infrastructure solutions.
o Recommend new technologies to support ITS and the Client's Strategic Plan and Digital
Campus Plan.
o Present and advocate for new approaches and ideas to senior management, overseeing
technical solution development for portfolio requirements.
Advisory Services
o Provide confidential strategic advice to senior management for key business proposals, addressing ambiguity, staffing impacts, labour relations, and competitive advantage.
o Advise on application architecture approaches and issues, developing plans, solutions, and business models, and anticipating future needs.
o Support collaboration between ITS teams on strategic integration and standards development.
o Participate in steering committees and stakeholder forums.
Research and Analysis
o Research and assess applications architecture, integration models, usage patterns, systems analysis/design, and risk management.
o Explore and identify trends impacting digital architecture planning.
o Address competing priorities, new technologies, expanding services, and client requests.
o Recommend application architectures to meet current and future client requirements and core business needs.
o Understands technology trends and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to enable new and evolving business and operating models.
o Guides technology investment decisions based on analysis and evaluation to drive targeted business outcomes while ensuring nonfunctional requirements are met.
o Support the Digital Architecture Risk Review Team (DARRT) as a Digital Architect subject
matter expert.
Standardization and Consistency
o Implement application architecture standards, ensuring consistency in integration and deployment.
o Monitor and report on procedures, processes, methods, techniques, and controls, recommending new/revised standards.
o Suggest expanded services, new processes, and standardized operational procedures to meet evolving business needs.
• Continuous Improvement
o Implement state-of-the-art approaches to enhance enterprise applications' ability to
deliver on business objectives.
o Support growth in services/applications supported by ITS Enterprise Applications
o Provide advice on increasingly complex hybrid and cloud enterprise applications.
o Develop performance metrics for applications architecture evaluation and continuous
improvement.
o Explore and advise on action plans, strategies, and technologies for continuous
improvement.
o Promote collaboration across ITS
Qualifications
• Education
o A 4-year degree in Information Technology or a related field from a recognized institution,
or equivalent training and experience in ERP applications architecture planning,
development, integration, and deployment in an enterprise-wide environment
• Experience
o A minimum of 7 years of experience in a progressively complex enterprise systems
environment.
• Skills
o Knowledge of applications architecture, strategic planning, database concepts, virtualization, cloud computing, and integration in an enterprise IT environment.
o Awareness of emerging technologies, industry trends, and architecture-related technical
and business planning.
o Strong client relations skills to meet diverse client business needs.
o Working knowledge of technology delivery methodologies such as Agile and Scrum
o One or more of these certifications is an asset that should be highlighted in your
application: AWS Solutions Architect Professional Certification, Azure Solutions Architect
Professional Certification, Salesforce Application Architect
Summary
Working with business partners and ITS, the Applications Architect supports the Associate Director, of Enterprise Architecture within ITS Enterprise Applications to comprehend and accomplish the intended business results on all campuses. Making efficient strategies for the creation and integration of application architectures for both the present and future as well as integrating the "big picture" of corporate application platforms, services, and technology are all part of the job description.
Among other enterprise applications, these include the Student Information System (SIS), Financial Information System (FIS), Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems, Digital Identity, and associated integrations. This entails utilizing best practices for technology design, configuration, and deployment across several enterprise applications.
Organizing corporate digital assets to manage risk, achieve business objectives, and enhance the customer experience is one of the strategic recommendations given by the applications architect to senior management. This involves a diverse set of enterprise platforms, services, and integrations to meet the college’s varied business needs.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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