Senior Enterprise Architect - (GOAPRDJP00000693)

Please send your resume at anila.dada@amyantek.com if you are interested in this 6 month contract (10/01/2025 to 03/31/2026) contract role. Please feel free to forward if you are not interested. This is with Govt of Alberta.

Position title: Senior Enterprise Architect - (GOAPRDJP00000693)

Work Status: This resource will primarily work remotely; however, the resource may be required to attend meetings or work sessions in office on reasonable notice from the province

Work Location: 7000 - 113 ST, Edmonton, Alberta, T6H 5T6

• This is a hybrid role where the resource will primarily work remotely; however, the resource may be required to attend meetings or work sessions in office on reasonable notice from the Province. At the time of providing such notice, the Province will advise of the expected duration of any such meetings or work sessions. However, time to travel and any associated expenses to and from Edmonton and/or travel within Alberta will be at no cost to the Province.

• The expectation will be for the resource to work from the office 1 day a Week

Must Have:Proposed resource must meet or exceed one of the following:

• University graduation-Computing Science (CS), Information Technology (IT), Engineering (ENG), Management Information Systems (MIS) or related discipline & 6-yrs progressive related experience;
• 2-yr diploma-CS, IT, ENG, MIS or related discipline & 8-yrs progressive related experience;
• 1-yr certificate-CS, IT, ENG, MIS or related discipline & 9-yrs progressive related experience;
• 10-yrs progressive related experience

Work Experience

• 3 years’ experience developing on cloud platforms and utilizing cloud services in development and in solutions.
• 5 years’ experience in defining technical architecture, building technical environments, supporting software development processes and initiatives, software configuration and database management.
• 5 years’ experience in gathering requirements from a diverse group of stakeholders across ministries or departments
• 3 years’ experience in multiple architecture domains e.g. business, application, technology, data/information, security, and privacy.
• 5 years’ experience with process improvement, documentation and requirement gathering
• 3 years’ experience with triaging technical issues/problems and troubleshooting.
• 5 years’ experience with written and verbal communications including specific experience in drafting strategic business and technical documentation.

Nice to have:

• 1 years’ experience collecting requirements, analyzing, designing or implementing M365 products and services, either on-premises or in a cloud infrastructure-as-a-service environment.
• 1 years’ experience collecting requirements, analyzing, designing or implementing Microsoft Power Platforms products and services, either on-premises or in a cloud infrastructure-as-a-service environment.
• 5 years’ experience in designing, building, testing, deploying, and supporting applications in an enterprise IT environment equivalent in size and complexity to the Government of Alberta
• 5 years’ experience in designing architecture to support remote work and/or field-based workers.
• 3 years’ experience in developing new IT services including the development of service definitions, service measurements, cost models, processes, implementation and operational hand over.
• 1 years’ experience Experience in IT infrastructure architecture and the relationships among the components that make up an IT service from end-user devices to servers, networks, storage, applications and data.
• 3 years’ experience in the design, development and implementation of complex IT solutions.
• 3 years’ experience with IT service management, IT service management applications, IT application development and maintenance projects.
• 3 years’ experience with User Acceptance Testing processes on large, complex, multi-stakeholder environment
• 2 years’ experience working within an agile development environment.
• 3 years’ perform IT and/or business-related analysis, diagnosis, problem-solving, use case or scenario development, communication, presentations, planning, estimating, and documentation.

Project Name:

Remote Desktop Analyst - Operations / Azure Virtual Desktop

Scope:

The Remote Access Technical Architect provides support to the Service Manager and Service Owner to assist with day to day operational duties ensuring the services are operating at peak efficiency, and that the Service architecture is configured to minimize costs, and optimize the user and management experience. The Architect must understand the technical capabilities of the Azure Virtual Desktops (AVD) environment and be able to work in a collaborative manner with both the Service Provider and other technical teams in the GoA.

Duties:

• Ability to learn new technologies quickly
• Research industry trends and new capabilities for Azure Virtual Desktop.
• Develops documentation for audit, standard operating procedures, change management, knowledge articles.
• Evaluates risk and implements controls in order to satisfy the requirements of compliance documents such as, Statement of Sensitivity (SOS) and Security Threat Risk Assessment (STRA).
• Provides technical support and analysis to various projects to ensure the implementation of a high-quality solution.
• Contribute to develop the technical skills of the team through cross training, formal training, and stretch assignments, to ensure they align with the IT strategic direction of GoA.

Service Development

• Work with Service Manager/Owner on architectural design and Service Roadmap.
• The Remote Access Architect will work with the third party service provider to ensure incremental continuous service improvement (CSI).
• Work with Third Party Service provider and GoA technical teams on upkeep and maintenance of all relevant Remote Access Services infrastructure. Ensure renewal of applicable certificates and recommend potential upgrades when available.
• Will review current disaster recovery plan and ensure completion of all DR activities during annual testing. Work with service providers and service owner group on DR options that may improve accessibility, customer experience, and/or service cost.
• Work with Service Manager on evaluating Application utilization within all AVD Services. Taking into consideration utilization, licensing, and performance. Maintain Application highlighting Application owners, support teams, and any complications associated with the applications.
• Work with Service Manager on evaluating and surveying Remote Access Services use cases associated with external agencies, boards, and commissions. Create recommendations for improved and more cost effective service delivery for user groups when applicable.
• Work with Service Manager to review and create content for Remote Access Services Sharepoint site as well as Knowledge Base articles.

Monitoring, Data Analysis and Reporting

• Assist third party support providers with developing monitoring tools and regular reporting in order to communicate service performance, troubleshooting details and capacity requirements.

Cloud and Onprem Infrastructure oversight

• Work with the MRA Vendor to assist with administration and support of the AVD environment utilizing management tools and collaborate with other teams to solve issues/concerns.
• Will review current cloud and onprem AVD infrastructure and document configurations within Remote Access Services Sharepoint site. Regular review and updating of infrastructure details will be completed annually.

Work with third party service provider and GoA technical teams on upkeep and maintenance of all relevant Remote Access Services infrastructure.

• Ensure renewal of applicable certificates and recommend potential upgrades when available.
• Will review current disaster recovery plan and ensure completion of all DR activities during annual testing. Work with service providers and service owner group on DR options that may improve accessibility, customer experience, and/or service cost.
• Review and evaluate Remote Access Services current security posture. Assist with reviewing all Vulnerability Reports and work with Service Manager, third party service provider and GoA technical and security teams to mitigate all identified vulnerabilities. Ensure any cybersecurity exceptions associated with the service are regularly reviewed, updated, and eliminated when possible.
• Provides technical support and analysis to various projects to ensure the implementation of a high quality solution.

Anticipated Interviews Dates

• Will be held between September 29 to October 1

Scoring Methodology:

• Financial/Pricing: 20%
• Resource Qualifications: 20%
• Interview Process: 60%

SUBMISSION MUST INCLUDE:

• RESUME
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