SENIOR ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS TECHNICAL LEAD Temporary Job

Reporting to the Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Technology Standardization Delivery, the Senior Enterprise Solutions Technical Lead will provide technical leadership to the City of Toronto (COT)_ Integrated Business Management System (IBMS) program. This role is critical to driving technical, strategic direction for the implementation of the application while providing leadership to the technical team that will support the project. The Senior Enterprise Solutions Technical Lead is also responsible for planning and coordinating the sustainment change impacts and specialized work packages for the IBMS project, working closely with the Program Director, Project Managers, Platform Owner, team members and other divisional stakeholders. This individual will focus on strong partnerships and apply proven communication and problem-solving skills to guide and assist the project on work packages related to technical leadership on the platform and foundation technologies, change management, user access and technology administration.

Responsibilities in this role will vary; specifically, you will:

Major Responsibilities:
 

• Develops and implements detailed plans and recommends policies regarding program-specific requirements.
• Manages, motivates, and trains the unit's staff, ensuring effective teamwork, high work quality and organizational performance, continuous learning and encouraging innovation in others.
• Supervises the day-to-day operation of all assigned staff, including the scheduling, setting and reviewing work.
• Authorizes and controls vacation and overtime requests. Monitors and evaluates staff performance, approves salary increments, and recommends disciplinary action when necessary.
• Develops, recommends, and administers the annual budget for the unit and ensures that the unit's expenditures are controlled and maintained within approved budget limitations.
• Leads the definition, design, and implementation of foundational enterprise solutions, providing technical leadership and subject matter expertise in areas including platform and basis technologies, enterprise change management, User Access administration, and Tech Admin (NetWeaver/Basis).
• Develops and delivers long-term strategic goals for enterprise solution implementation and standards with business users, divisional managers, clients, and other key stakeholders.
• Develops and implements critical components of enterprise solutions and information. Ensures continuous research and updates of the enterprise solutions based on the needs of the City.
• Ensures solutions, data strategies, and architectures comply with regulatory requirements.
• Oversees the technical design and implementation for corporate City of Toronto enterprise solution environments.
• Oversees design of enterprise solution architecture to fulfill current and future organizational needs.
• Assesses current technical architecture and develops future enterprise solution design.
• Creates short-term tactical solutions to achieve long-term objectives and the overall roadmap.
• Develops and promotes enterprise solution methodologies and standards.
• Addresses solution-related problems concerning integration, compatibility, and multiple­ platform integration.
• Identifies and develops opportunities for solution reuse, migration, and retirement.
• Assesses and determines governance, stewardship, and framework for managing data across the organization.
• Establishes mechanisms for monitoring and compliance with technology and information governance policies and practices.
• Enforces technology and information governance standards and policies, including change and user access management.
• Ensures solutions and data quality management practices and standards are adhered to.
• Establishes methods and procedures for measuring solution and data quality and tracking improvements.
• Establishes processes for governing, identification, collection, and use of corporate metadata and takes steps to assure metadata accuracy and validity.
• Oversees mapping of data sources, data movement, interfaces, and analytics while ensuring data quality.
• Conducts solution and data capacity planning, life cycle, retention, usage requirements, feasibility studies, and other related tasks.
• Creates strategies and plans for enterprise solution administration, backup, disaster recovery, business continuity, and archiving.
• Coordinates the definition of backup, archival and disaster recovery strategy for enterprise solutions.
• Ensures integrity of the enterprise solution environment by working with business and technical partners.
• Selects and implements the appropriate tools, software, applications, and systems to support relevant solution goals.
• Defines standardized methods and techniques for enterprise solution projects.
• Collaborates with project managers and business unit leaders for enterprise solutions projects.
• Ensures the success of enterprise solution rollouts.
• Directs and supports technical project teams providing continuity and consistency across projects.
• Liaises with vendors and service providers to select products or services that best meet organizational goals.

Key Qualifications:

Your application for the role of Senior Enterprise Solutions Technical Lead (IBMS)  should describe your qualifications as they relate to:

 

1. Extensive years of relevant, progressive supervisory work experience in all stages of complex IT solution development and sustainment programs with a proven track record of delivering results
2. Previous experience and knowledge of all or most of the elements of the role 
3. Demonstrated commitment to teamwork and collaboration in a multidisciplinary team setting, facilitation, communications, conflict resolution, and problem solving
4. Familiarity with municipal government policies, legislations, and procedures as it relates to City Planning, Toronto Building and Municipal Licensing and Standards.
5. Extensive experience in solution development and system design using a wide variety of technology standards: Eclipse, Visual Studio Code Java, Python, Apex, Spring Boot framework, CotJS (UI/JS/Form/Map) web framework, Apache Camel (or Nifi), PostgreSQL OpenAPI, JSON schema WordPress, OpenShift, AWS EKS and ECS, Blue Canvas, and Gitlab, Crystal Reports, J2EE, JIRA, ITIL, ServiceNow, Erwin Data Modeller, HP Testing Suite, Salesforce, JavaScript, SOAP, MVC architecture.
6. Experience in design, implementation, administration, and evaluation of integrated business management workflow solutions with Amanda v4.4, PowerBuilder, Oracle Database and or other CDRL applications
7. Considerable experience in system documentation preparation, reviews, and management, including options analysis, architecture, requirements, design, technical specifications, testing and service support specifications.
8. Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a multi-divisional diverse environment
9. Business acumen and a strong customer service orientation to establish and maintain effective consulting relationships with clients and vendors.
10. University degree in computer science or a related discipline with several years of progressively more responsible development/sustainment experience in large scale IT solutions or the approved equivalent combination of education and/or experience.

Toronto, the capital of the province of Ontario, is a major Canadian city along Lake Ontarios northwestern shore. It's a dynamic metropolis with a core of soaring skyscrapers, all dwarfed by the iconic, free-standing CN Tower. Toronto also has many green spaces, from the orderly oval of Queens Park to 400-acre High Park and its trails, sports facilities and zoo.