Digital Architect

We are hiring a Digital Architect to lead solution architecture for digital services across four projects within the Justice Digital Program Services team, which provides reusable components and common services to help product teams “go faster” and enables digital at scale for the Government of Alberta. This role requires deep expertise in citizen‑centered design, agile software approaches, and platform architecture, and is 5 days onsite per week at [phone removed] ST, Edmonton, Alberta, CAN, T5J 3W7.

Role Snapshot

• Job Title: GOAPRDJP00000951 – Digital Architect

• Client: Government of Alberta

• Work Location: [phone removed] ST, Edmonton, Alberta, CAN, T5J 3W7 (Onsite, 5 days/week)

• Estimated Start Date: [phone removed]

• Estimated End Date: [phone removed]

• Business Days: 748

• Maximum Extension Term: 24 Months

• Hours: 7.25 hours/day

• Application Deadline: Friday, 12 June 2026, 4:00 PM EST

• Contact Emails:

• [email removed]

• [email removed]

Mandatory Documents

• Updated Resume in Word format

• Skills Matrix and References

• Expected hourly rate

• Visa Status

• LinkedIn ID

Scope

The Justice Digital Program Services team provides reusable components and common services to help other product teams “go faster”. It supports alignment across digital services and enables digital at scale.

Deliverables should evolve as work progresses, in response to emerging user/business needs and design/technical opportunities. However, the following must be delivered (iteratively) over the course of the project.

Key Duties

The Digital Architect will be required on a full‑time basis (7.25‑hour work day), working across four projects.

Lead the Solution Architecture of Digital Services

• Develop the overall architectural plan, ensuring:

• Citizen‑centered design

• Agile software approach

• Uncover existing system context.

• Provide recommendations and prototypes for technical discovery and feasibility.

• Provide and be accountable for solution designs that account for iterative implementation.

• Analyze impacts, exposure, and risk as it pertains to the solution design.

Guide the Team in Implementation of Digital Services

• Facilitate frequent delivery of products to ensure the target architecture is successfully created.

• Determine the tactical approach on each integration and the target state of system boundaries and interactions.

• Identify opportunities to leverage common components and capabilities of other digital services.

• Encourage team contribution towards developing opportunities to leverage other digital services.

• Provide guidance on the creation of detailed designs for solution implementation.

• Review code changes.

• Contribute to code changes to implement user stories and complete technical tasks.

• Provide coaching and mentorship to the product team.

Architectural Vision & Standards

• Contribute to the architectural vision for a platform of user‑centric services, particularly regarding:

• Use of common components

• Capabilities to accelerate service delivery

• Contribute to development of principles, metrics, and standards for service quality and delivery.

• Provide software architecture information to technical and non‑technical audiences by creating materials appropriate to the audience:

• Documents

• Diagrams

• Presentations

• Actively participate in the development and continuous improvement of the architecture practice.

• The Province and Contractor shall determine changes to Services and Materials as required through the Artifacts.

Key Notes

• Expectation: Resource to work from the office 5 days per week.

• All resumes are screened; only shortlisted candidates with required skills will be contacted.

• Email is the best way to reach them.

How to Apply

Send the following to [email removed] OR [email removed] by Friday, 12 June 2026, 4:00 PM EST:

• Updated Resume in Word format (Mandatory)

• Skills Matrix and References (Mandatory)

• Expected hourly rate (Mandatory)

• Visa Status (Mandatory)

• LinkedIn ID (Mandatory)

Without these mandatory documents, we cannot submit a candidate.

If you are not interested, please forward this to any Digital Architects with experience in Justice/Digital Programs, Government of Alberta, citizen‑centered design, agile architecture, reusable components/common services, platform architecture, integration strategy, code review/contribution, and coaching product teams on architecture experience.