Digital Architect

Job Posting Title:
Digital Architect

Start:
01/06/2025

End:
01/05/2026

Duration is for one (1) year; however, the client may extend the contract for up to twenty-four (24) months on the same terms and conditions

Site:
Remote

The Digital Architect will primarily work remotely; however, the Digital Architect may be required to attend meetings or work sessions in Edmonton on reasonable notice from the Province.
At the time of providing such notice, the Province will advise of the expected duration of any such meetings or work sessions.
However, time to travel and any associated expenses to and from Edmonton will be at no cost to the Province.

Job details:

The Province requires a Digital Architect, Data to work with 3D on service innovation, program review and digital transformation projects.
The Digital Architect, Data will work as part of cross-functional program review or product delivery teams.
These teams, led by product owners and 3D work collaboratively and collectively participate in a full range of activities including:
field research, backlog definition and refinement, and sprint planning and execution.
Digital transformation projects review the current state of services, identify future opportunities, and then deliver new services that are efficient, effective and affordable.

Scope of Services

It is anticipated that the Digital Architect (s) will be required for one (1) year; however, the Province may extend the contract for up to twenty-four (24) months on the same terms and conditions.
The Digital Architect (s) will be required on a full time basis (7.25 hour work day), working across one (1) to two (2) projects.
Time, location and frequency of work will vary depending on the needs of the particular project.

However, the following must be delivered (iteratively) over the course of the project:

• Lead the solution architecture of digital services by:

o Developing the overall architectural plan, ensuring a citizen-centered design and agile software approach; o Uncovering existing system context;

o Providing recommendations and prototypes for technical discovery and feasibility;

o Providing and being accountable for the solution designs that account for iterative implementation; and o Analyzing impacts, exposure, and risk as it pertains to the solution design.

• Guide the team in the implementation of digital services by:
o Facilitating frequent delivery of products to ensure that the target architecture is successfully created;

o Determining the tactical approach on each integration and the target state of system boundaries and interactions;

o Identifying opportunities to leverage common components and capabilities of other digital services; o Encouraging team contribution towards developing opportunities to leverage other digital services;

o Providing guidance on the creation of detailed designs for solution implementation; o Reviewing code changes;

o Contributing to code changes in order to implement user stories and to complete technical tasks; and o Providing coaching and mentorship to the product team.

• Contribute to the architectural vision for a platform of user-centric services, particularly as it relates to the use of common components and capabilities to accelerate service delivery.

• Contribute to the development of principles, metrics, and standards for service quality and delivery.

• Provide software architecture information to technical and non-technical audiences by creating materials (documents, diagrams, presentations, etc.) appropriate to the audience.

• Actively participate in the development and continuous improvement of the architecture practice.
The Province and the Contractor shall determine changes to Services and Materials as required.
The Province and the Contractor will determine changes to Services and Materials through the Artifacts.

Requirement:

• Experience conveying technical information to non-technical people and advising decision-makers on technical options:
  5 years
• Experience in leading solution architecture and introducing the overall technical vision for a large-scale Enterprise projects with integrations between systems:
  5 years
• Experience with cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and the ability to leverage them to build scalable and resilient architectures:
  2 years
• Experience working as a software architect on complex software solutions in an agile team environment:
  5 years
• Experience working in software development across the full software development lifecycle:
  5 years
• Experience working with open source ecosystems such as Node.js/NPM:
  2 years
• Experience leading domain modelling and database schema design for transactional and reporting systems:
  4 years

Nice to Have

Work Experience

• Experience implementing DevSecOps in an enterprise environment 2 years
• Experience incrementally transforming existing legacy systems into modern digital services across multiple releases.
  5 years
• Experience working as an application architect designing or maintaining solutions that use the development stack and derivative technologies (Microsoft .Net, Java, Python, etc.) within an organization of equivalent size 5 years
• Experience working as a senior technical resource identifying and advocating technologies and approaches that lead to digital transformation in the public sector context.
  5 years
• Experience working with teams that also apply UX design, service design, design thinking, or human-centered design approaches.
  2 years
• Experience working as an architect using data analytics tools and methodologies to derive insights from data 4 years
• Experience working with other architects and/or as part of cross-functional teams to identify efficiencies through common services, reusable components and application programming interfaces (APIs), and contribute to the overall architecture practice designing and implementing application programming interfaces (APIs) and system integrations.