Digital Architect

Summary

Join the Government of Alberta as a Digital Architect - Data to contribute to the transformation of government services. Work within the Digital Design and Delivery Division (3D) on service innovation, program review, and digital transformation projects. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, led by GoA product owners and 3D, to deliver efficient, effective, and affordable services. As a senior technical resource, guide the team in the rapid, iterative delivery of user-centric services. The role requires strong technical understanding of current and emerging technologies, business acumen, and project leadership skills. You will lead solution architecture, guide implementation, contribute to the architectural vision, and develop standards for service quality.

Requirements

A Digital Architect must have a strong technical understanding of current and emerging technologies, balanced with strong business acumen and project leadership skills

Responsibilities

• Lead the solution architecture of digital services by: Developing the overall architectural plan, ensuring a citizen-centered design and agile software approach; Uncovering existing system context; Providing recommendations and prototypes for technical discovery and feasibility; Providing and being accountable for the solution designs that account for iterative implementation; and Analyzing impacts, exposure, and risk as it pertains to the solution design
• Guide the team in the implementation of digital services by: Facilitating frequent delivery of products to ensure that the target architecture is successfully created; Determining the tactical approach on each integration and the target state of system boundaries and interactions; Identifying opportunities to leverage common components and capabilities of other digital services; Encouraging team contribution towards developing opportunities to leverage other digital services; Providing guidance on the creation of detailed designs for solution implementation; Reviewing code changes; Contributing to code changes in order to implement user stories and to complete technical tasks; and 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