Skill Set Requirements:
Mandatory Knowledge and Experience:
Minimum of 10 years of working experience with solution design, systems integration, API builds/patterns, production support, DevOps, development, performance tuning and production incident triage/troubleshooting
Minimum of 10 years of implementation experience with cloud-based platforms and solutions (e.g. IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS) and the integration of cross-platform systems with cloud and on-prem solutions (including hybrid cloud)
Minimum of 10 years on evaluating risk mitigation strategies, designing and architecting cloud-based/cloud-integrated solutions for high-sensitivity data assets
Minimum of 7 years designing, developing, and implementing value-add components such as DevOps automation, scripts, workflows, data/code/infrastructure CI/CD pipelines with integration to version control
Stakeholder management experience to concurrently manage relationships with Corporate Security / Architecture, Privacy Office, Program Management Office, Steering Committees and leadership roles in a complex environment including multiple lines of business as well as IT domains
Experience in requirements gathering, elaboration, and design documentation including facilitation of agile sessions while managing partnership with multiple vendors and system integration partners both internal and external to the organization
Experience with scalable domain-based design, including architecture design and foundation for areas including (but not limited to) : order management, payment management, orchestration across domains including order fulfilment, payments, stock/inventory management
Leadership during solution discovery phases via employment of iterative design tactics that focuses and provides clarity for architecture and build teams, whilst ensuring that all system functional as well as non-functional requirements have been accounted for
Experience with development and implementation of an architectural design approach that feature both security-by-design and privacy-by-design principles, including frequent, constant and timely feedback from security/information privacy stakeholders
Implementation and project execution experience in an agile delivery model
Experience with research, option analysis and providing recommendations and strategic advice to senior management based on technical, strategic, as well as feasibility viewpoints, accounting for both business benefit as well as IT strategy considerations
Required Knowledge and Experience
Technology: Extensive experience with the following technologies:
Azure cloud services
Azure Kubernetes Service
Azure Functions (Durable)
Azure API Management
Azure Application Gateways
Azure DevOps
CI/CD Pipelines
Redis
Azure SQL
Azure BLOB Storage
Azure Active Directory (AD)
Azure App Insights
Azure Log Analytics
Frameworks
Springboot
ReactJS / React Native
Next.js
Development & Architecture:
Java, SQL, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, C#
REST style, REST API
DevOps:
Azure DevOps
Git / GitOps
Azure Resource Management
Azure Monitoring
Environmental:
Mandatory experience related to architectural design and technical implementation in deploying cloud-native mission-critical enterprise solutions with extensive and secure integration to other cloud-based partner systems.
Requirements
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
Evaluation Criteria
Technical Experience – 45%
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Cloud Services / Cloud Integration (45)
Experience with Azure Cloud services, and integration of cross-platform systems between Azure cloud with on-prem solutions (including hybrid cloud), including the following:
RESTful API (J2EE) and Service Registry
Spring Boot
Azure API Management
Azure App Gateway
Azure SQL Server
Azure Resource Manager
Azure RunBooks
Azure (Durable) Functions
Redis
Azure Kubernetes Service
Azure App Insights
Azure DevOps
Azure Active Directory
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Architectural Experience – 35%
Ability to evaluate risk mitigation strategies and architecting cloud-based solutions for high-sensitivity data assets.
Ability to evaluate different cloud-based resources/assets to develop interoperability solutions/integrations within a hybrid cloud environment
Experience with doing design options analysis in collaborative fashion with all key stakeholders, including Business Areas, Development/Operations teams, Cyber Security, Information Privacy Office, Product Owners, Product Managers, Testing teams.
Design experience employing API-centric microservices and/or domain-based services approach.
Agile architectural governance experience in support of projects delivering via Agile methodologies.
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Communication/Project Management Skills – 5%
Experience in requirements gathering and documentation including facilitation of agile sessions while managing partnership with external vendors and system integrators
Ability to lead and translate communications with different stakeholders and management teams
Proven experience in managing relationships with Corporate Security / Architecture, Privacy Office, Business Areas, IT Operations, Development teams, External Delivery Partners
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OPS Experience – 15%
Experience working in accordance with policies and procedures of Ontario Public Service. Experience with Ontario Government Information Technology standards (GO-ITS).
Must have:
Azure API Management
Azure Kubernetes Service
