Technical Advisor, Enterprise Architecture

SELECTION PROCESS CANCELLED

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Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

Work locations across Canada - Most of the positions are in
Gatineau, Quebec.

The Innovation, Information and Technology Branch (IITB) is a
national organization, with a wide variety of work that can be
performed regardless of geographic location. However, certain
positions may require a physical presence at a specific location.

ANTICIPATORY STAFFING** IITB's Hub locations outside of the
NCR are located in: St. John's, Dartmouth, Charlottetown,
Bathurst, Fredericton, Miramichi, Moncton, Boucherville,
Jonquière, Laval, Montréal, Shawinigan, Belleville, Chatham,
Cornwall, London, Toronto, Mississauga, Windsor, Vaughan,
Winnipeg, Regina, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver.

Please note that the first pull of candidate applications is scheduled for October 30, 2019 at noon (Eastern Daylight Time [EDT]). We encourage you to apply before this deadline to be considered for this first pull. Applications received after this date will be considered in the following pull.

We will only accept on-line applications received via the jobs.gc.ca site. To submit an application on-line, please select the button "Apply Online" below. Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

Duties

Technical Advisors in Architecture with Employment and Social Development Canada’s (ESDC) in Innovation, Information and Technology Branch:

• Provide specialized technical advice in their domain on IT architectural components for the department to drive the development of the Department’s architectural framework.
• Perform high-level analysis by examining complex problems, developing strategies, and make recommendations on how to proceed.
• Work with clients to identify business requirements and solutions that benefit all areas of the organization.
• Network/liaise and partners with program, administrative and technical staff to obtain agreement on requirements for IT architectural services and to resolve architectural issues.
• Conduct research and feasibility studies to facilitate the development, maintenance and renewal of complex architectural solutions.
• Provide architectural direction to working groups as required in architectural domain of expertise.
• Examine the state of the industry to adapt best practices and innovative technologies to the Public Service of Canada.

Work environment

Want to join our team?

• Are you an ambitious information technology specialist looking to expand your skills and take your career to the next level?
o Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) offers career advancement opportunities. Our 28,000 employees work in various fields and locations across the country.

• Do you want to make a difference, and serve Canadians in a meaningful way?
o ESDC helps millions of Canadians every year through Employment Insurance, the Canada Pension Plan, Old Age Security and other social benefits.
o The department is in the midst of a digital transformation, aimed at delivering more client-centered services using the latest technologies.

• Do you value work-life balance?
o We offer flexible hours, telework opportunities, and work locations in Gatineau, Quebec, and in dozens of other vibrant cities across Canada, allowing you to work close to home.

• Are you a techie who lives and breathes the latest technologies, trends and development methods?
o ESDC is on a mission to meet business and citizen digital service expectations by leveraging and embracing the latest disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence, open source, cloud, and blockchain, and by using development methodologies such as DevOps, while also expanding further into the mobile space.

INTERESTED?
ESDC’s Enterprise Architecture group within the Innovation, Information and Technology Branch (IITB) is hiring.
As part of IITB’s EA team, you will have a voice in shaping the organization’s agenda for innovation and its strategy for meeting business objectives. You will help shape the department’s Information Technology (IT) projects, along with technology selection and delivery, ensuring they follow best practices from the onset.

WHO WE ARE
We are a group of approximately 60 employees. The Enterprise Architecture team encompasses Enterprise, Solution, Technology, Application, Security, and Information Architecture.

WHAT WE DO
We ensure the fulfillment of high-quality corporate management standards by developing frameworks, maintaining IT standards, and developing strategies, as well as initiating and planning end-state target reference architecture, including infrastructure and applications moving to the cloud.

Intent of the process

An inventory of qualified candidates will be established to staff current and future architect positions in the various architecture domains of:

• Enterprise Architecture
• Security Architecture
• Information/Data Architecture
• Solution Architecture
• Technology Architecture
• Application Architecture

with various tenures within the Innovation, Information and Technology Branch (IITB).

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

EDUCATION:
ED1 - Successful completion of two years of an acceptable post-secondary educational program in computer science, information technology, information management or another specialty relevant to the position to be staffed.

Notes:
1. Indeterminate period incumbents of positions in the CS group on May 10, 1999, who do not possess the education prescribed above, are deemed to meet the minimum education standards based on their education, training and/or experience. They must be accepted as having met the minimum education standard whenever this standard is called for when staffing positions in the CS group.
2. It is the recognized educational institution (e.g. community college, CÉGEP or university) that determines if the courses taken by a candidate correspond to two years of a post-secondary program at the institution.
3. At the manager's discretion, an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience may serve as an alternative to the minimum post-secondary education stated above. Whenever the minimum education is met using this alternative, it is met for the specific position only and must be re-assessed for other positions for which this alternative has been specified by the manager.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:
EX1 - Significant* experience in analyzing requirements to provide options and recommend a solution in one or more of the following domains:
o Enterprise Architecture
o Security Architecture
o Information/Data Architecture
o Solution Architecture
o Technology Architecture
o Application Architecture
EX2 - Experience in producing and maintaining Architecture artifacts.
EX3 - Experience working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary stakeholders on architecture projects.

*Significant experience is understood to mean the depth and breadth of the experience normally acquired by performing a broad range of various, complex related activities over a period of approximately two (2) years.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS
The criteria below are asset qualifications, as such they are not essential to the positions to be staffed. However, it would be “nice to have” as a candidate and the board members may decide to favor a candidate who has these qualifications. Let us know if you meet some of these by answering the questions in your application.

EDUCATION:
AED1 - A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in the field of Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or in a related discipline.

Degree equivalency

CERTIFICATIONS:
AC1 - TOGAF (Level 1)
AC2 - TOGAF(Level 2),
AC3 - Archimate,

EXPERIENCE:
AEX1 - Experience using Enterprise Architecture tools (for example Sparks, Qualiware, RSA, Visio) or notations (for example BPMN, UML, IDEF or others).
AEX2 - Experience using architecture Frameworks/standards (for example TOGAF 1 and 2, Zachman, SABSA, Archimate or others).
AEX3 - Experience developing road maps for the evolution of the enterprise application portfolio from current to future state.
AEX4 - Experience using Government of Canada approved Cloud Services.
AEX5 - Experience in IT Infrastructure Operations or Application Development related to one or more of the following: network, server, cloud, mainframe operations.
AEX6 - Experience in developing data models and diagrams for data architecture.
AEX7- Experience in IT Infrastructure Operations or Application Development in the area of information/data.
AEX8 - Experience in security architecture using (for example CISA, CISSP or others).
AEX9 - Experience producing solution models and diagrams for security architecture, and solutions as a service for cloud.
AEX10 - Experience in one or more of the following aspects of IT Security: IT security engineering/architecture, IT security operations, IT Risk assessment, IT Security incident management.
AEX11 - Experience applying ITSG 33, identifying appropriate security controls and proposing customized control profiles.
AEX12 - Experience in IT Infrastructure Operations or Application Development in the area of security.
AEX13 - Experience in the application of the Government of Canada’s (GC) Directive on Management of Information Technology and GC Digital Standards that guide departmental enterprise architecture.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

Various language requirements
• English essential
• French essential
• English or French essential
• Bilingual Imperative - BBB/BBB
• Bilingual Imperative - CBC/CBC

Information on language requirements

COMPETENCIES:
C1 - Creative Thinking
C2 - Teamwork
C3 - Communication

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS :
- Willingness and ability to work overtime from time to time (sometimes with short notice),
- Some positions may require occasional travel.

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT :
- Enhanced Reliability Status security clearance.
- Some positions may require Secret Security Clearance

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

At Employment and Social Development Canada, diversity is our strength. If you’re a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a visible minority and are interested in bringing in different perspectives and insights, let us know by completing the Employment Equity (EE) section in your application. Appointments of members of these EE groups could be made to ensure our workforce is inclusive and representative of the Canadian public we serve.

Candidates must meet all of the essential qualifications noted in the Statement of Merit Criteria to be appointed to a position. A candidate may be appointed to a position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications or operational requirements. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

Depending on the requirements of the position(s) being staffed from this process, for current or future vacancies, any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements, and organizational needs may be applied at the time of staffing. Candidates may be contacted and assessed against these criteria at any time during this process.

Random and/or top down selection may be used when selecting candidates for further assessment.

Candidates must provide their proof of education credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcripts (original documents only) at a later time in the process. If you were educated outside of Canada, you must have your certificates and/or diplomas assessed against Canadian education standards. For more information please click on “Degree Equivalency” in the Education section above.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language(s) of their choice.

All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to the conclusion of the process, may be used for evaluation purposes.

PLEASE NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure that your email and contact information are maintained with the hiring board AND in your Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS) account. As all of the communication for this process will be conducted via the email address provided in your application AND/OR via your PSRS account, it is your responsibility to ensure that you check for messages regularly. Failure to respond to key messages may result in your being eliminated from this process. Acknowledgment of receipt will not be sent.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.