emergiTEL is hiring for Senior Digital Architect
Location: Edmonton, Alberta – 100% Onsite (5 days per week)
Client: Public Sector
Contract Duration: 3 Years (with possibility of 24-month extension)
Start Date: ASAP

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JOB OPPORTUNITY

Job Title: Senior Digital Architect

Detail Information Contract Duration 3 Years (possibility of 24-month extension) Location Edmonton, Alberta – 100% Onsite (5 days per week) Client Public Sector Start Date ASAP

Position Overview

The Court Technology Services (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.

The Senior Digital Architect will be required on a full-time basis (7.25-hour workday), working across multiple applications, projects, operational initiatives, and strategic technology priorities. Services and project deliverables should evolve as the work progresses in response to emerging business needs, operational priorities, technical opportunities, and modernization objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Lead Solution and Enterprise Architecture Activities

• Develop current-state and target-state architecture roadmaps across business, application, data, integration, security, and technology domains.

• Define architecture principles, standards, patterns, guardrails, and reusable components.

• Produce architecture artifacts including solution designs, integration models, decision records, technical assessments, and implementation roadmaps.

• Assess technical feasibility, operational readiness, sustainability, and long-term support implications.

• Analyze risks, dependencies, security impacts, and architectural trade-offs associated with proposed solutions.

• Support architecture governance activities and technical reviews.

Guide the Implementation and Support of Digital Services

• Provide hands-on technical leadership to development teams, application analysts, support teams, and vendors.

• Review technical designs, code implementations, integrations, deployments, and solution configurations.

• Contribute directly to technical implementation activities where required.

• Establish integration approaches, interface patterns, and target application boundaries.

• Support DevOps, cloud platform, automation, CI/CD, and environment management activities.

• Mentor technical resources and promote architecture best practices across delivery and support teams.

Lead Business and Systems Analysis Activities

• Facilitate discovery sessions, workshops, and stakeholder consultations.

• Elicit, analyze, validate, and document business and technical requirements.

• Produce process models, user stories, requirements documentation, impact assessments, and solution options.

• Support prioritization of initiatives, enhancements, defects, and modernization opportunities.

• Translate business objectives into actionable technical requirements and delivery plans.

Support Application Management Services (AMS) and Operational Excellence

• Provide architecture and technical oversight for court applications operating within AMS.

• Participate in major incident reviews, problem management activities, service reviews, and change advisory processes.

• Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt, improve reliability, and strengthen operational support models.

• Support release planning, deployment governance, environment strategies, and production readiness reviews.

• Assist with transitions of applications from project delivery into sustainable support operations.

Contribute to Architecture Governance and Standards Development

• Participate in Architecture Review Board (ARB) reviews and technical governance processes.

• Evaluate project and vendor deliverables against architecture standards, security requirements, and approved patterns.

• Support the development and maintenance of architecture standards, reference architectures, design patterns, and technical policies.

• Review architecture exceptions, dispensations, and compliance assessments.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of architecture governance practices.

Support Vendor, Procurement, and Delivery Oversight

• Review vendor solution proposals, estimates, technical designs, and deliverables.

• Provide technical input into procurement activities, statements of work, and architecture evaluations.

• Ensure vendor solutions align with CTS standards, supportability requirements, and long-term strategic objectives.

• Support knowledge transfer, documentation reviews, and transition planning activities.

Support Data, Analytics, and AI Initiatives

• Define architecture approaches for analytics, data integration, reporting platforms, and AI-enabled services.

• Support secure and compliant use of AI technologies within court environments.

• Contribute to data governance, information architecture, and platform modernization initiatives.

• Identify opportunities to leverage common capabilities and reusable services across applications, data, and AI solutions.

Communicate Technical Information Effectively

• Create architecture documents, diagrams, presentations, standards, recommendations, and executive briefings appropriate for both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Present findings, recommendations, risks, and options to project teams, operational stakeholders, governance committees, vendors, and senior leadership.

• Support decision-making through clear articulation of technical implications, opportunities, and trade-offs.

Continuously Improve the CTS Architecture and Delivery Practice

• Promote reuse, standardization, simplification, and operational sustainability across the portfolio.

• Identify emerging technologies and modernization opportunities that support Court Technology Services objectives.

• Contribute to the evolution of architecture, delivery, support, and governance practices across Applications, Data, AI, and AMS functions.

Required Skills & Experience

Education

• University degree or college diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, or a related discipline.

• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Experience

• 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or digital architecture roles.

• Demonstrated experience developing current-state and target-state architecture roadmaps.

• Proven experience defining architecture principles, standards, patterns, and guardrails.

• Experience producing solution designs, integration models, decision records, technical assessments, and implementation roadmaps.

• Experience assessing technical feasibility, operational readiness, and sustainability.

• Experience analyzing risks, dependencies, security impacts, and architectural trade-offs.

• Experience providing hands-on technical leadership to development teams, analysts, and vendors.

• Experience reviewing technical designs, code implementations, integrations, and deployments.

• Experience with DevOps, cloud platforms, automation, CI/CD, and environment management.

• Experience facilitating discovery sessions, workshops, and stakeholder consultations.

• Experience eliciting, analyzing, and documenting business and technical requirements.

• Experience producing process models, user stories, and requirements documentation.

• Experience with Application Management Services (AMS) and operational excellence.

• Experience with Architecture Review Board (ARB) reviews and governance processes.

• Experience with vendor solution proposals, procurement, and delivery oversight.

• Experience with data, analytics, and AI architecture initiatives.

• Public sector experience is a strong asset.

Technical Skills

• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, or similar).

• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).

• Experience with integration patterns, APIs, and middleware.

• Experience with data architecture, data governance, and analytics platforms.

• Experience with AI/ML architecture and secure AI adoption.

• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, and automation tools.

• Strong documentation and architecture artifact authoring skills.

Knowledge & Competencies

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong stakeholder engagement and presentation skills.

• Ability to translate complex technical information for non-technical audiences.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliverables.

• Strong leadership, mentoring, and coaching skills.

• Ability to work effectively in a multi-vendor/staff environment.

Work Requirements

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.

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

Hours

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

• Full-time basis (7.25-hour workday).

Equipment

• Court Technology Services will provide the equipment.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a senior enterprise or solution architect with 10+ years of experience leading architecture activities across business, application, data, integration, security, and technology domains. They bring proven experience developing architecture roadmaps, defining standards and patterns, and producing architecture artifacts. They are equally comfortable providing hands-on technical leadership to development teams and presenting to executive stakeholders. Experience in public sector environments, court/justice systems, or regulated industries is a strong asset. The candidate is highly collaborative, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities while maintaining high-quality standards.