Data Architect - Senior

🚨HIRING: Data Architect 💼Job Title: GOAPRDJP - Data Architect - Senior. 🏢Client: Government of Alberta 📍Location: Edmonton, Alberta (Remote) 🗓️Estimatd Start Date: Nov 02, 2026 🗓️Estimated End Date: Mar 31, 2027 ⏰Hours: 7.25 hrs/day 📅Business Days: 103.00 ⌛Application Deadline Date: Tuesday, Oct 13, 2026 4:00 PM EST ✅ Must Have 🔹8+ yrs designing, planning, implementing, documenting, & supporting enterprise solution databases in large-scale environments (equivalent to GoA). 🔹8+ yrs experience as a Data Architect in large enterprise IT environments. 🔹8+ yrs with enterprise architecture principles, standards, policies, and practices. 🔹6+ yrs performing threat & risk assessments and presenting risk mitigation recommendations to senior leadership. 🔹Proven experience in technical leadership, planning, estimating, and presenting architectural solutions. ⭐Nice to Have 🔹5 yrs designing/implementing enterprise architecture database plans aligned with business capabilities. 🔹5 yrs with cloud computing or big data platforms & infrastructure. 🔹5 yrs developing/implementing SQL databases, data warehouses, and T-SQL querying. 🔹5 yrs prior experience with the Government of Alberta (GoA). 🔹4 yrs with data modeling tools (PowerDesigner, ER Studio, ERwin, BPwin, Rational Rose). 🔹4 yrs managing application development projects using Agile/sprint frameworks. 🔹4 yrs with Enterprise BI & performance management tools (Cognos, MS SQL Services, Power BI, MicroStrategy). 🎓Required Qualifications - Education: Degree in CS, Information Systems, Engineering, Geomatics, or related field. - Experience: 7+ yrs in data architecture/engineering/integration, including 3+ yrs specifically as a Data Architect. 💻Technical Skills: - Hands-on Databricks (Delta Lake, Spark PySpark/SQL, Unity Catalog). - Relational, dimensional, and lakehouse data modeling. - Enterprise integration patterns (REST APIs, ETL/ELT, event streaming, CDC). - Cloud platforms (preferably MS Azure: ADLS, Data Factory, Event H