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Solution Architect
University of Alberta
Edmonton, CAN
Full-time
Mid · 5+ years experience
Onsite
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Qualifications
- A bachelor's degree in an area of Information Technology, Business, or an area of related study.
- A minimum of five years of expertise across IT disciplines, demonstrating the ability to mentor project teams and provide technical leadership throughout the solution development and delivery life cycle.
- Good understanding of strategic and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of existing and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating models.
- Good understanding of product management, agile principles and development methodologies and capable of supporting agile teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact and risks, taking account of technical and architectural debt.
- Practical experience in delivering projects under project management principles.
- Hands-on experience with different modeling languages (ArchiMate and UML preferred).
- Proficient in translating future-state business capabilities and requirements into solution architecture requirements.
- Proven analytical, planning, organizational, technical, strategic, and relationship building skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Organizationally savvy, with the ability to navigate organizational politics with tact and ease.
- Skilled at influencing, guiding and facilitating stakeholders and peers with decision making.
- Ability to articulate new ideas and concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences alike.
- Skilled at understanding the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of organizational decision making and problem solving.
- Application Instructions
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- This position offers a comprehensive benefits package, and an annual salary range of $83,913 to $140,055.
- The terms and conditions of this appointment are governed by Schedule G of the collective agreement between the University and the Association of Academic Staff of the University of Alberta.
Responsibilities
- Architect Strategic Solutions: Translate complex business needs into secure, scalable, and maintainable architectural blueprints that strictly align with the university's Enterprise Architecture Principles (EAPs).
- Drive Modernization & Mitigate Technical Debt: Continuously assess the IT portfolio to eliminate critical deficiencies, reduce complexity, and leverage emerging technology trends to build a sustainable runway for the future.
- Enforce Fiscal Discipline & Best Practices: Champion "Adopt, Adapt, Develop" methodologies by prioritizing commercial off-the-shelf solutions and defining design patterns that ensure a secure, agile, and highly optimized technology ecosystem.
- Support Technology Governance: Actively guide the university community and IST leadership through IT governance processes, comprehensively evaluating project proposals, prioritizing initiatives, and steering the full solution development lifecycle.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with different modeling languages (ArchiMate and UML preferred).
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