Architect

SynergyLoft; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Court Technology Services (CTS) in Edmonton is seeking a senior enterprise/solutions architect to lead architecture activities across the CTS Applications, Data & AI portfolio. You will guide digital services implementation, supervise cross-functional teams, and ensure governance and standards across the portfolio.

The role requires TOGAF certification and extensive experience in enterprise IT architecture, cloud, data, security, and MDM for large-scale government-style environments.

Qualifications

• TOGAF certification required.
• Experience leading cross-functional agile product teams, providing architectural direction, and mentoring developers and technical leads.
• Experience architecting, managing, and maintaining Azure Red Hat OpenShift clusters.
• Experience identifying and assessing requirements within multiple architecture domains e.g. business, application, technology, data/information, security, and privacy.
• Experience in documenting application architectures in an enterprise IT environment equivalent in size and complexity to the Government of Alberta.
• Experience in planning, designing, implementing and supporting platform solutions in an enterprise IT environment equivalent in size and complexity to the Government of Alberta.
• Experience providing leadership, planning, estimating, and presentations of ideas and solutions.
• Collaborate with data architects, engineers and analysts to design and optimize cloud architecture and services.
• Experience in contributing or developing application architecture standards and guidelines.
• Experience working as an application architect designing or maintaining solutions that use enterprise Master Data Management (MDM) hub architecture registries.
• Experience working as an application architect developing a solution using amCharts charting framework in an enterprise IT environment equivalent in size and complexity to the Government of Alberta.
• Experience working as an application architect developing mobile solutions in an enterprise IT environment equivalent in size and complexity to the Government of Alberta.
• Experience working with Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Top Ten Web Application Security Flaws.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution and enterprise architecture activities
• Guide the implementation and support of digital services
• Lead business and systems analysis activities
• Support Application Management Services (AMS) and operational excellence
• Contribute to architecture governance and standards development
• Support vendor, procurement, and delivery oversight
• Support data, analytics, and AI initiatives
• Continuously improve the CTS architecture and delivery practice

Skills

Cross-functional agile leadership

Architectural direction

Cloud architecture

Security awareness

Education

TOGAF Certification

Tools

Azure OpenShift

amCharts

OWASP Top Ten

Job description

Closing Date: September 24th, 2026 5:00 PM MST

POSITION SUMMARY:

Responsibilities:

Project Name:

Court Technology Services (CTS) Applications, Data & AI Portfolio

Scope:

The CTS Applications, Data & AI team provides architecture leadership, application lifecycle management, business analysis, solution delivery oversight, data and AI enablement, and Application Management Services (AMS) governance across Alberta Courts. The team supports the modernization, enhancement, integration, and ongoing support of court applications and digital services while establishing common standards, reusable capabilities, and sustainable operating models across the portfolio

Duties:

• Lead solution and enterprise architecture activities
• Guide the implementation and support of digital services
• Lead business and systems analysis activities
• Support Application Management Services (AMS) and operational excellence
• Contribute to architecture governance and standards development
• Support vendor, procurement, and delivery oversight
• Support data, analytics, and AI initiatives
• Continuously improve the CTS architecture and delivery practice

Mandatory Qualifications:

• Certification in The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF).
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional agile product teams, providing architectural direction, and mentoring developers and technical leads.
• Experience architecting, managing, and maintaining Azure Red Hat OpenShift clusters.
• Experience identifying and assessing requirements within multiple architecture domains e.g. business, application, technology, data/information, security, and privacy.
• Experience in documenting application architectures in an enterprise IT environment equivalent in size and complexity to the Government of Alberta.
• Experience in planning, designing, implementing and supporting platform solutions in an enterprise IT environment equivalent in size and complexity to the Government of Alberta.
• Experience providing leadership, planning, estimating, and presentations of ideas and solutions.
• Collaborate with data architects, engineers and analysts to design and optimize cloud architecture and services.
• Experience in contributing or developing application architecture standards and guidelines.
• Experience working as an application architect designing or maintaining solutions that use enterprise Master Data Management (MDM) hub architecture registries.
• Experience working as an application architect developing a solution using amCharts charting framework in an enterprise IT environment equivalent in size and complexity to the Government of Alberta.
• Experience working as an application architect developing mobile solutions in an enterprise IT environment equivalent in size and complexity to the Government of Alberta.
• Experience working with Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Top Ten Web Application Security Flaws.

Location:

Work will be performed onsite at the Court Technology Services (CTS) office in Edmonton, located in either the John E. Brownlee Building or First & Jasper Place, as operationally required. It is anticipated the role will be 100% onsite.

Standard hours of work are 08:15 - 16:30 MT, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays observed by the Province.

Notes on Location:

• The expectation will be for the resource to work from the office 5 days a Week

Term:

• This is a 3 year term with the possibility of a 24 month extension