Qualifications And Skills:
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Bachelor's degree in Business or Computer Science along with at least 16 years of progressive industry experience in IT.
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Proven experience in multiple IT disciplines (e.g. technical architecture, network design/management, applications development, middleware, information analysis, servers and storage, database management, data centers and operations) in a large, complex shared services environment
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In-depth experience designing and implementing information solutions, and creating policy to support effective design for use across the enterprise.
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Experience writing proposals and translating complex solutions into simple business terms that demonstrate the value of architecture management initiatives
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Ability to estimate the financial impact of architecture alternatives and recommend the optimum solution
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Familiarity with Financial Services and Insurance regulatory items such as OSFI
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Technical Competencies  Technology Specialty: Expert knowledge of all components of a technical architecture, including exposure to multiple, diverse technical configurations, technologies and processing environments.  Security Specialty: Requires CISSP certification, plus the following certifications would be considered a major asset: GIAC GCSEC, SANS Technical certifications, TOGAF, SABSA.  Deep understanding of key information security tools and concepts such as IAM, SSO, IPS, wireless security, firewalls, vulnerability management, penetration testing, VPN, PKI, LDAP, AD, SAML, SIEM, along with understanding of information security frameworks such as ISO 2700x, COBIT.  Requires 8+ years of direct information security architecture work experience, including in-depth experience designing and implementing information security solutions, and working with one or more enterprise architecture frameworks such as EISA, DoDAF, IAEAF, SABSA, TOGAF, ZACKMAN.  Solution Delivery Specialty: Knowledgeable in all major (industry standard) technical platforms and solutions. This breadth should be in areas of application development and deployment, and in the areas of creation and maintenance of the infrastructure to support the complex application environment.  Information & Data Specialty: Data/information modeling expertise at the enterprise level, including meta-model, relational database management systems and other data structures. Experience with enterprise master data management concepts, and data governance structures and tools.
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Competencies  Ability to understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term implications and perspectives of situations.  Highly developed level of creative skills and resourcefulness; must apply critical thinking skills to determine best strategic approach and be results- orientated.  Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to translate complex technical concepts into understandable terms and is able to tailor communication to audience, mediate and facilitate communications between others, and communicate information architecture to all levels of management and customers.  Strong leadership skills, communicating and influencing business application owners/champions, users and 3rd party suppliers; must have the ability to gain buy-in from stakeholders on complex issues.  Ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence.  Strong competency to self-manage activities and priorities as an individual contributor leader.
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The successful candidate shall be subject to a Criminal Record and Consumer History background check as a condition of employment.

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