Solution Architect

Contract opportunity for an experienced Solution Architect providing architecture leadership and hands-on development for a public-sector digital education platform.

- Initial term of approximately 12 months, with one possible extension of up to 12 months.

- Remote work permitted, with infrequent Edmonton attendance potentially requested and discussed case by case.

## What & Why:

Our client is seeking a Solution Architect to support an established agile cloud-development initiative and related applications. The platform supports the digital delivery of curriculum and educational resources. You will guide its technical architecture, contribute directly to software development, manage technical risks and help maintain responsive, scalable and reliable applications.

## Who:

You will work with an agile development team and business stakeholders, providing technical direction, mentoring developers and translating requirements into functional and technical designs. The environment includes AWS, serverless applications, C#/.NET, DynamoDB, modern JavaScript frameworks, RESTful APIs and CI/CD tooling.

## You:

You are an architect who remains comfortable writing, reviewing, testing and deploying code. You can explain architectural decisions, guide developers and take responsibility for the quality and maintainability of a cloud application. Your project history demonstrates architecture work on AWS software-development initiatives, hands-on delivery with the specified technology stack, and experience supporting enterprise-scale applications.

Critical Experience Requirements:

- You must meet one of these education and architecture-experience pathways:

- A university degree or two-year diploma in computer science or a related discipline from an accredited institution, plus at least five years as an architect on software development projects; or

- A one-year certificate in computer science or a related discipline from an accredited institution, plus at least seven years as an architect on software development projects.

- At least three years as an architect on software development projects using C#, .NET, AWS DynamoDB and VS Code.

- At least three years in an architect role on AWS software development projects.

- At least three years developing, building, testing and deploying solutions using Angular 2.0+ and/or React.

Nice to Have:

- Architecture of AWS cloud-native serverless applications using microservices.

- Experience with both Angular and React, with clear examples for each.

- Solution architecture for comparable enterprise-scale cloud platforms.

- Strong DynamoDB expertise and experience with other NoSQL databases.

## Compensation:

Hourly contract compensation will be discussed based on experience, engagement structure and alignment with the client’s requirements. Expense reimbursement is not available for this assignment.

## Next Steps:

If the sound of this opportunity excites you, and you’re confident that it’s a good fit for your experience and career goals, then we’d love to hear from you! Please send your updated resume to us by applying to this posting and one of our awesome team of recruiters will be in touch.