Digital Architect (REMOTE) JP998

Pathlion; Edmonton; Remote; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pathlion is seeking Digital Architects to lead the architectural direction for government digital services. You will guide cross-functional teams, balance technical and business needs, and ensure alignment with a common architectural vision across multiple projects.

The role emphasizes citizen-centered design, iterative delivery, and proactive architectural governance to deliver efficient, scalable services for public sector initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience leading digital service architecture and delivery.
• Ability to align services to a common architectural vision.

Responsibilities

• Lead the solution architecture of digital services across projects.
• Guide the product team and developers in iterative delivery and architectural decisions.
• Provide coaching and mentorship to the product team.
• Review and refine interfaces, components, and service boundaries.
• Ensure designs meet technical standards and governance requirements.

Skills

Architectural planning

Citizen-centered design

Agile delivery

Technical discovery

Solution design

Risk analysis

Mentorship

Job description

Project Overview

The Province requires upto three (3) Digital Architects to work with 3D on service innovation, program review and digital transformation projects across the GoA. The Digital Architect will work as part of cross-functional program review or product delivery teams.

These teams, led by GoA 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. A Digital Architect provides architectural expertise and strategic guidance and is responsible for overseeing the software architecture of digital services, the alignment of services to a common architecture vision, and the iterative delivery of solutions to create a complete digital service.

The Digital Architects will guide the team in the rapid, iterative delivery of user-centric services with solution designs that align to the overall architectural vision and are in support of technical standards, coding standards, common tools and platforms. The Digital Architect will also guide the product owner and team in balancing the allocation of team capacity between user stories and technical tasks. The Digital Architects may perform some development work if needed. Therefore, a Digital Architect must have a strong technical understanding of current and emerging technologies, balanced with strong business acumen and project leadership skills.

Scope of Services

It is anticipated that the Digital Architects will be required for three (3) months; however, the Province may extend the contract for up to twenty-four (24) months on the same terms and conditions. The Digital Architect may 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. At the end of each term, it is expected that the Digital Architects may work a maximum of 1,960 hours, unless otherwise agreed upon with the Province. However, a Digital Architect may be required to work fewer or more hours depending on the nature and needs of their work, as directed by the Province. Services and project deliverables should evolve as the work progresses, in response to emerging user and business needs, as well as design and technical opportunities.

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

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;
• 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;
• 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.