Position: Senior Enterprise Architect - E Health

Rate: $106-$128/HR

Location: HYBRID ONSITE/EDMONTON, AB

Requisition Closing Date: May 11, 2025 8:00 AM MST

POSITION SUMMARY:

Role Description: Senior Enterprise Architect - E Health - GOA

Responsibilities:

This role is responsible for understanding and describing the Health System and translating it into an overall architecture vision, strategy and a set of architecture principles. This includes the active communication and promotion of the vision, strategy and principles. This role is also responsible for defining the enterprise architecture framework to avoid redundancy, have integrated, cost-effective solutions and provide a common foundation for all system, service and infrastructure developments.

Enterprise IT Alignment and Advice

• As part of the Refocusing Healthcare Initiative, Alberta Health is establishing a Shared Services Entity (SSE) to provide IT and corporate back-office support to newly formed healthcare agencies: Acute Care Alberta (ACA), Primary Care Alberta (PCA), Assisted Living Alberta (ALA) and Recovery Alberta (RA). The SSE will also provide IT services to Covenant Health and the acute care service delivery organization currently known as Alberta Health Services.

• To support the IT operationalization of the SSE, and ensure alignment with Alberta Health IT Operating Model, Alberta health seeks a Senior IT Architect Consultant with extensive experience in healthcare IT architecture, governance, and transformation strategy.

• The consultant will be responsible for defining IT governance structures, developing Shared Service Contracts, supporting the development of Service Level Agreements, and providing IT architecture expertise for both new and ongoing digital health initiatives.

IT Architecture Strategy and Governance

• Provide expert IT Architecture guidance to support the operationalization of the Alberta Health's IT Operating Model within the refocused healthcare systems.

• Establish and support the IT governance structure of the SSE to ensure a smooth transition to Alberta Health's IT Operation model.

• Oversee the rationalization and alignment of IT systems between Alberta Health and SSE, ensuring seamless integration and interoperability.

• Collaborate with Ministry of Technology and Innovation (T&I) and the SSE to review, refine, and implement an effective IT Architecture governance model.

Mandatory Qualifications: (Must have Minimum 5 years of all of the following)

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, IT or related field of study.
• Experience in documenting application architectures in an enterprise IT environment equivalent in size and complexity to the Government of Alberta.
• Experience in planning, designing, implementing and supporting platform solutions in an enterprise IT environment equivalent in size and complexity to the Government of Alberta.
• Experience leading complex (multi-stakeholder and multi-technology) projects.
• Experience working in IT within the Healthcare industry
• Experience providing strategic advice related to organizational structure, roles, and skillsets required to ensure successful delivery of public sector outcomes
• Demonstrated experience with data integration between clinical applications in the Canadian eHealth environment.
• Experience in contributing or developing application architecture standards and guidelines.
• Experience with Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)
• Experience with written and verbal communications including specific experience in drafting strategic business and technical documentation.

NOTES ON LOCATION:

HYBRID EDMONTON - 3 DAYS/WK IN OFFICE

• Standard Hours of work are 8:15 to 4:30 with a 1 hr lunch break Alberta time, Monday through Friday excluding holidays observed by the province.

• Location: ATB Place North 10025 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5J 1S6

• The expectation will be for the resource to work from the office 3 days a Week

Estimated Start Date: JUNE 2025

Estimated End Date: MAY 2027

Maximum Duration of Extensions: 1 x 12 months

Rate Range: $106 - $128hr

Based on Experience and Competitiveness