Digital Data Architect (3)

Intellex Systems; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking experienced data architects to drive solution architecture for digital services. The ideal candidates will have extensive experience in leading cross-functional teams and developing agile architectural plans. This remote position within Canada requires a strong background in data governance, database design, and effective communication with diverse stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading cross-functional agile product teams.
• 8+ years as data architect or senior data engineer.
• 5+ years experience with relational and non-relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall architectural plan for digital services.
• Provide technical recommendations and prototypes.
• Analyze impacts and risks related to solution design.

Skills

Agile product development

Data architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Architectural principles

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Data analytics tools

Database management systems

Containerization and orchestration tools

Job description

Our client requires three (3) data architects to lead the solution architecture of digital services by developing citizen-centered, agile-aligned architectural plans. Architects will ensure alignment with a common architectural vision and adherence to technical standards. This includes guiding iterative solution development, balancing team priorities between features and technical tasks, and hands-on development when needed.

Work is remote.

Edmonton, Alberta (Remote within Canada)

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
• Analyzing impacts, exposure, and risk as it pertains to the solution design.
• Facilitate frequent product deliveries to support the creation of the target architecture, while determining tactical approaches for integrations and defining system boundaries and interactions.
• Provide guidance on detailed solution designs, review code changes, and contribute directly to code to implement user stories and technical tasks.
• Identify and promote opportunities to reuse components and capabilities from other digital services to enhance efficiency and consistency.
• Encourage team collaboration and contributions toward leveraging shared digital services and capabilities.
• Offer coaching and mentorship to the product team, and communicate architectural concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences using appropriate materials.
• Contribute to the development of architectural principles, metrics, and standards for service quality, and actively support the continuous improvement of the architecture practice

Mandatory Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related field of study equivalencies will be considered.
• 5 years’ demonstrated experience leading cross-functional agile product teams, providing architectural direction, and mentoring developers and technical leads.
• 8 years’ experience as a data architect, software architect, or senior data engineer, where the proposed resource’s focus has been collaborative work on and / or with cross-functional teams to create new software applications
• 5 years’ experience in leading solution architecture and introducing the overall technical vision for a large-scale Enterprise projects with integrations between systems.
• 4 years’ experience leading domain modelling and database schema design for transactional and reporting systems.
• 5 years’ strong communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and influence decision-making.
• 3 years’ experience aligning data architecture with organizational data strategies and digital service delivery goals.
• 3 years’ experience applying data governance principles to ensure consistency, quality, and compliance in data product delivery.
• 4 years’ experience applying secure development practices and managing identity and access using role-based or attribute-based access control and Zero Trust Architecture principle.
• 2 years’ experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to embed data interoperability and standardization practices into product development workflows.
• 5 years’ experience incrementally transforming existing legacy systems into modern digital services across multiple releases.
• 2 years’ experience with containerization, orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code practices for cloud or hybrid environments
• 2 years’ experience working within a large and complex enterprise public sector environment.
• 5 years’ experience working with both relational and non-relational databases, including schema design and performance optimization.
• 2 years’ experience working within public sector digital service frameworks or enterprise architecture standards.
• 4 years’ experience working as an architect using data analytics tools and methodologies to derive insights from data

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