Data Architect

Job Posting Title: Data Architect - Digital Architect

Description: Project Overview

Job Posting Start Date: 11/02/2026

Job Posting End Date: 11/01/2027

Client Location: Edmonton, AB The Data Digital Architect will primarily work remotely; however, the Digital Architect may be required to attend meetings or work sessions in Edmonton on reasonable notice , up to 10% of total hours The Digital Architect will primarily work remotely; however, the Digital Architect may be required to attend meetings or work sessions in Edmonton on reasonable notice from the Province, up to 10% of total hours

Work Experience

1. Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional agile product teams, providing architectural direction, and mentoring developers and technical leads.
2. Experience as a data architect, software architect, or senior data engineer, where the focus has been collaborative work on and/or with cross-functional teams to create new software applications.
3. Experience leading solution architecture and introducing the overall technical vision for large-scale enterprise projects with integrations between systems.
4. Experience leading domain modelling and database schema design for transactional and reporting systems.
5. Strong communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and influence decision-making.

NICE TO HAVE

Work Experience

• Experience aligning data architecture with organizational data strategies, digital service delivery goals, and emerging AI-enabled business capabilities.
• Experience applying data governance principles to ensure data consistency, quality, compliance, metadata management, and responsible use of data for analytics and AI solutions.
• Experience applying secure development practices and managing identity and access using role-based or attribute-based access control and Zero Trust Architecture principles.
• Experience architecting solutions that leverage relational and non-relational databases, analytics platforms, and AI technologies, including data modeling, performance optimization, and delivery of actionable insights.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to embed data interoperability and standardization practices into product development workflows.
• Experience incrementally transforming legacy systems into modern digital and data-driven services across multiple releases, leveraging cloud-native and AI-enabled technologies where appropriate.
• Experience with the Government of Alberta's Information Technology/Information Management policies, standards and guidelines.

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