Job Title: Digital Architect

Location: Remote Edmonton, AB (Remote)

Employment Type: Contract | Initial 3 Months, Potential Extension up to 24 Months

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Digital Architect to support a public-sector client's digital transformation, service innovation, and modernization initiatives. The successful candidate will provide solution architecture leadership within cross-functional Agile teams, helping deliver user-centric digital services while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, technical standards, and modern delivery practices.

This is a hands-on architecture role requiring strong technical expertise, business acumen, and the ability to work closely with product owners, developers, UX/service designers, and other stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead solution architecture for digital services, including architectural planning, technical discovery, feasibility assessment, and solution design.
- Analyze existing systems, integrations, dependencies, risks, and impacts to develop practical modernization strategies.
- Guide Agile product teams in delivering solutions iteratively while maintaining alignment with the target architecture.
- Define integration approaches, system boundaries, interfaces, and opportunities to reuse common components and capabilities.
- Provide detailed technical guidance to development teams and review code changes where required.
- Contribute hands-on development support for user stories and technical initiatives when needed.
- Coach and mentor product team members on architecture, technical design, and development practices.
- Support the development of architecture principles, standards, metrics, and quality practices.
- Prepare architecture documentation, diagrams, presentations,



and other materials for both technical and business audiences.
- Collaborate with product owners and teams to balance feature delivery with technical priorities and architectural needs.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, reviews, demos, and retrospectives.

Mandatory Skills & Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 15+ years of experience as a Software/Digital Architect leading solution design and delivery.
- 15+ years of experience leading or working with cross-functional Agile product teams.
- 14+ years of experience defining and communicating solution architecture to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- 12+ years of experience working with UX, service design, or design teams within cross-functional product environments.
- 15+ years of robust communication and stakeholder engagement experience.
- Strong understanding of modern software architecture, technical standards, and Agile delivery.
- Ability to work across business and technical teams and translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Comfortable reviewing code and contributing to development activities when required.

Preferred Skills

- 14+ years of experience designing and managing APIs, including RESTful services.
- 14+ years of experience applying secure development practices and managing security considerations.




- 12+ years of experience implementing CI/CD pipelines with automated testing.
- 15+ years of experience modernizing or incrementally transforming legacy systems.
- 12+ years of experience with containerization, orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code.
- Experience with relational and non-relational databases.
- Experience working within public-sector digital service or government technology environments.

Why Join Us

- Work on meaningful digital transformation and modernization initiatives.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary Agile teams.
- Work with modern technologies, architecture practices, and digital delivery approaches.
- Professional growth opportunities and training support.
- Inclusive, equitable, and respectful workplace culture.

About NetworkPedia

NetworkPedia is a certified women-owned technology and talent solutions company, providing IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, managed services, and specialized recruitment across North Americas and beyond. Our mission is to empower organizations with secure, scalable, and innovative technology while building inclusive teams that reflect the communities we serve.

As a trusted partner, we deliver expertise across networking, cloud, IT service management, and security operations, along with staffing solutions for niche technology roles. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in all our hiring practices and ensure that our opportunities are open to all qualified applicants, without discrimination on the basis of age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or disability.

How to Apply

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All applications are routed to our central recruitment email: [email protected]

📌 Digital Architect (Alberta)
🏢 NetworkPedia
📍 Alberta