Enterprise Architect

Role Responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to provide strategic architectural leadership across government and health system initiatives. This role ensures alignment of Information Management/Information Technology solutions with enterprise standards, maximizes return on Information Technology investments, and reduces organizational risk by guiding projects, partners, and stakeholders toward cohesive, reusable, and future-ready architectures.

The Enterprise Architect provides strategic and hands-on technical leadership to support department, government, and health system wide initiatives. This role ensures that information technology solutions are architecturally sound, aligned with business objectives, sustainable, and consistent with Government of Alberta standards and industry best practices.

In this role, you will work closely with business areas, Information Technology operations, Information Technology management, partner organizations, and vendors to guide initiatives from early concept through delivery, ensuring optimal use of Information Technology investments and reducing technical and delivery risk.

Key responsibilities include:

Enterprise Architecture Leadership

• Ensure architectural alignment across projects, government, partners, and jurisdictions.
• Resolve architecture issues, identify dependencies, and monitor IM/IT solutions under development.
• Contribute to IM/IT planning and architecture teams, and ensure key decisions are documented.

Architecture Strategy & Roadmaps

• Maintain current, transition, and future-state roadmaps and define approaches to close gaps.
• Propose refinements to government and health system architectures and maintain asset inventories.

Asset Management & Reuse

• Ensure projects reuse, extend, and contribute IM/IT assets, and identify opportunities to reuse or acquire assets.
• Promote designs that improve integration, report on asset use, and improve asset management processes.

Design Authority & Governance

• Act as a Design Authority (DA) Design Lead, reviewing designs and recommending decisions.
• Lead DA working groups to assess options and develop architecture principles, patterns, and standards.
• Define architecture deliverables across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and advise on methods and best practices.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise standards, identify misalignments, and communicate architectural risks.

Emerging Technology Advisory

• Advise IM/IT leadership on emerging technologies and conduct research and proof-of-concepts.
• Maintain expertise and share findings through reports, workshops, and executive briefings.

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APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

• Systems Thinking: Integrate broader trends, risks, and the political or organizational environment into planning and decision-making. Align strategies and actions with the organization’s vision and long-term goals. Anticipate and address behaviors or dynamics that may hinder progress. Support informed, strategic choices by considering interdependencies across teams and initiatives.
• Creative Problem Solving: Create conditions where innovation can thrive. Encourage fresh perspectives and ensure the right questions are being asked. Remove barriers that limit creativity and continuous improvement. Champion new ways of thinking and doing, turning ideas into practical solutions.
• Agility: Proactively incorporate change into everyday processes and ways of working. Adapt quickly to shifting priorities while maintaining clarity and focus. Remain calm and objective under pressure, supporting others to manage change effectively. Clearly communicate the impacts of change and help teams integrate new approaches into existing work.
• Build Collaborative Environments: Engage a diverse group of stakeholders to achieve shared outcomes. Share resources and encourage collective ownership of results. Navigate conflict constructively through coaching and facilitated discussions. Motivate and guide others with enthusiasm, respect, and inclusion. Value diverse perspectives and leverage them to strengthen decision-making.

Qualifications

Minimum Recruitment Standards

University graduation in computer science or a related discipline plus four years related experience; or equivalent as described.

Equivalency: A related two-year diploma in computer technology or a related discipline from a recognized postsecondary institution and six years related experience; or a related one-year certificate from a recognized post-secondary institution and seven years related experience.

The following experience is required: 

• Overall business knowledge of strategies, guidelines, policies, legislation, and processes of the organization.
• In depth knowledge of enterprise architecture, methods, tools, and frameworks.
• Experience of solution development approaches such as and not limited to software design methodologies and frameworks, cloud infrastructure, container-based development.
• Understanding of all aspects of the software development life cycle.
• Experience with agile development methodologies.
• Experience as a technical leader on development teams.
• Knowledge of industry best practices and processes.

The following experience will be given preference:

• Direct experience leading enterprise-wide architecture/technical initiatives.
• Preference will be given to candidate with over 2 years of experience as Architect or Technical Lead.
   

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Notes

Hours of work are 8:15 AM to 4:30 PM (36.25 hours per week) Monday to Friday.

This is a full-time position located in downtown Edmonton.

Links and information on what we have to offer:

• Working for the Alberta Public Service.
• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP)  
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information.
• Professional learning and development.
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool.
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.