DIGITAL ARCHITECT

Requisition #: R25-3333 (GOAPRDJP00000625)

Location: Remote (within Canada)

Engagement Type: Contract

Number of Resources required: 10

Rate (CAD): Up to $125 per hour / Commensurate with related experience and market competitiveness

Term: 12 months (2025-08-22 to 2026-08-21) with two 12 month extensions available (up to 36-month contract)

Hours per day: 7.25

Security Screening: Standard (Criminal Record Check)

Submission Deadline/Closing Date: July 4, 2025 (12:00 PM Mountain Time)

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Tri-global Solutions Group Inc. is seeking ten (10) Senior Digital Architects to join our talented Service Delivery team at Digital Design and Delivery (a division of Government of Alberta) to support various projects across the ministries.

WORK MODEL: The successful candidate(s) will work remotely; however, may be required to attend meetings or work sessions in Edmonton, AB on reasonable notice provided by the Client (onsite attendance unlikely for out-of-province contractors). Work must be done from within Canada, due to network and data security policies. Applicants must be authorized to work in Canada to apply (e.g., Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident, etc.). Standard Hours of work are 08:00 - 16:30 Alberta time, Monday through Friday excluding observed holidays.

Please review the project overview and requirements below. If you meet the requirements and are interested in submitting for this role, please reply to this job posting.

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Tri-global Solutions Group Inc.

Website: https://tri-global.com

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PROJECT OVERVIEW

The Government of Alberta (“GoA”) has embarked on transforming the work of government to deliver simpler, more efficient, and better services for the citizens of Alberta, thereby ensuring that the needs of Albertans are effectively met in the digital age.

Digital Design and Delivery ("3D") is currently working with the Ministries of Justice, Advanced Education, Indigenous Relations, Seniors, Community and Social Services, Children’s Services, and Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction. 3D may establish working relationships with other Ministries throughout this engagement.

We require ten (10) Digital Architect to work with 3D on service innovation, program review and digital transformation projects across the GoA. The Digital Architect(s) will work as part of cross-functional program review or product delivery teams.

These teams, led by GoA product owners and 3D work collaboratively and collectively participate in a full range of activities including: field research, backlog definition and refinement, and sprint planning and execution. Digital transformation projects review the current state of services, identify future opportunities, and then deliver new services that are efficient, effective and affordable. A Digital Architect provides architectural expertise and strategic guidance and is responsible for overseeing the software architecture of digital services, the alignment of services to a common architecture vision, and the iterative delivery of solutions to create a complete digital service.

The Digital Architect(s) will guide the team in the rapid, iterative delivery of user-centric services with solution designs that align to the overall architectural vision and are in support of technical standards, coding standards, common tools and platforms. The Digital Architect(s) will also guide the product owner and team in balancing the allocation of team capacity between user stories and technical tasks. The Digital Architect(s) may perform some development work if needed. Therefore, a Digital Architect must have a strong technical understanding of current and emerging technologies, balanced with strong business acumen and project leadership skills.

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

The Digital Architect (s) will be required on a full time basis (7.25 hour work day), working across one (1) to two (2) projects. Time, location and frequency of work will vary depending on the needs of the particular project. At the end of each term, it is expected that the Digital Architect (s) may work a maximum of 1,960 hours, unless otherwise agreed upon with the Province. However, a Digital Architect may be required to work fewer or more hours depending on the nature and needs of their work, as directed by the Province.

Services and project deliverables should evolve as the work progresses, in response to emerging user and business needs, as well as design and technical opportunities.

However, the following must be delivered (iteratively) over the course of the project:

• Lead the solution architecture of digital services by:

o Developing the overall architectural plan, ensuring a citizen-centered design and agile software approach;

o Uncovering existing system context;

o Providing recommendations and prototypes for technical discovery and feasibility;

o Providing and being accountable for the solution designs that account for iterative implementation; and

o Analyzing impacts, exposure, and risk as it pertains to the solution design.

• Guide the team in the implementation of digital services by:

o Facilitating frequent delivery of products to ensure that the target architecture is successfully created;

o Determining the tactical approach on each integration and the target state of system boundaries and interactions;

o Identifying opportunities to leverage common components and capabilities of other digital services;

o Encouraging team contribution towards developing opportunities to leverage other digital services;

o Providing guidance on the creation of detailed designs for solution implementation;

o Reviewing code changes;

o Contributing to code changes in order to implement user stories and to complete technical tasks; and

o Providing coaching and mentorship to the product team.

• Contribute to the architectural vision for a platform of user-centric services, particularly as it relates to the use of common components and capabilities to accelerate service delivery.

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

• Provide software architecture information to technical and non-technical audiences by creating materials (documents, diagrams, presentations, etc.) appropriate to the audience.

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

MANDATORY SKILLS

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related field of study equivalencies will be considered.

• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional agile product teams, providing architectural direction, and mentoring developers and technical leads. (5 years+)

• Experience as a software architect, leading the design and delivery of enterprise-scale solutions using modern development stacks in complex organizational environments. (5 years+)

• Experience working with teams that also apply UX design, service design, design thinking, or human-centered design approaches. (2 years+)

• Proven ability to define and communicate solution architecture for large-scale systems, including integrations, modernization strategies, and cloud-native design patterns. (4 years+)

• Strong communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and influence decision-making. (5 years+)

DESIRABLE / NICE TO HAVE SKILLS

• Experience applying secure development practices and managing identity and access using role-based or attribute-based access control and Zero Trust Architecture principle. (4 years+)

• Experience designing and implementing modern web applications, including responsive, accessible front-end development using modern UI frameworks (5 years+)

• Experience designing and managing APIs, including RESTful services and system integrations (4 years+)

• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, deployment, and observability. (2 years+)

• Experience incrementally transforming existing legacy systems into modern digital services across multiple releases. (5 years+)

• Experience with containerization, orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code practices for cloud or hybrid environments (2 years+)

• Experience with distributed systems design, including event-driven architecture, microservices, and domain-driven design. (4 years+)

• Experience working with both relational and non-relational databases, including schema design and performance optimization. (5 years+)

• Experience working within public sector digital service frameworks or enterprise architecture standards. (2 years+)

• Experience working with other architects and/or as part of cross-functional teams to identify efficiencies through common services, reusable components and application programming interfaces (APIs), and contribute to the overall architecture practice designing and implementing application programming interfaces (APIs) and system integrations. (4 years+)

NOT FOR YOU?

Check out our other opportunities at https://tri-global.com or follow us on LinkedIn. We thank all candidates in advance. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

WHY WORK WITH TRI-GLOBAL?

• Empower positive change by enabling our clients to revolutionize innovation and technology, elevating them to a higher level of excellence and efficiency.

• Join an exceptional and committed team that redefines the landscape, forging a distinctive path towards success.

• Engage in stimulating and captivating projects that push boundaries and keep you constantly motivated.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Up to $125.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

• Confirm the following MANDATORY requirements:

• Bachelor in CompSci or related
• Experience leading cross-functional agile product teams, providing architectural direction, and mentoring developers and technical leads. (5 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 (8 years+)
• Experience in leading solution architecture and introducing the overall technical vision for a large-scale Enterprise projects with integrations between systems. (5 years+)
• Lead domain modelling and database schema design for transactional and reporting systems. (4 years+)
• Strong communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and influence decision-making. (5 years+)

REPLY: YES/NO

Experience:

• Convey tech info to non-tech people & advise decision-makers: 5 years (required)
• Lead/mentor teams in agile principles, policies, procedures: 5 years (required)
• transforming legacy systems to modern digital services: 5 years (preferred)
• use containers, orchestration, IaC tools for cloud/hybrid: 2 years (preferred)
• relational/non-relational databases including schema design: 5 years (preferred)
• using public sector or enterprise architecture standards: 2 years (preferred)
• ability to define/communicate largescale system architecture: 5 years (required)
• working with UX, service design, or human-centered design: 2 years (required)
• lead design& architect enterprise solutions w/ modern stacks: 5 years (required)
• Design modern, accessible web apps with UI frameworks: 5 years (preferred)
• Design and manage RESTful APIs and integrations: 3 years (preferred)
• building CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and deploys: 4 years (preferred)
• design distributed systems and event-driven services: 4 years (preferred)
• Collaborate on APIs and reusable components with teams: 4 years (preferred)

Work Location: Remote

Expected start date: 2025-08-22