Digital Architect

Digital Architect We are seeking an experienced Digital Architect to support service innovation program review and digital transformation initiatives across multiple enterprise programs. The Digital Architect will work as part of cross-functional product delivery or program review teams collaborating closely with product owners designers developers and stakeholders.

These teams operate in an agile iterative environment collectively participating in activities such as user and field research backlog definition and refinement sprint planning and delivery execution.

Digital transformation initiatives focus on reviewing current-state services identifying future opportunities and delivering new or enhanced digital services that are efficient effective affordable and user-centric.

The Digital Architect provides architectural leadership and strategic guidance ensuring digital services align with a shared architectural vision while supporting the iterative delivery of complete high-quality digital solutions.

Role Summary

The Digital Architect is responsible for overseeing the software architecture of digital services ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards technical best practices and long-term platform strategies.

This role blends hands-on technical expertise architectural leadership and business acumen. The Digital Architect guides teams in balancing feature delivery with technical sustainability and may contribute directly to development when required.

Tasks

Scope of Services

Full-time engagement across one (1) to two (2) concurrent projects

Contract term: 12 months with potential extensions up to 24 additional months

Expected annual effort: up to 1960 hours (subject to project needs)

Work schedule location and frequency may vary depending on project requirements

Deliverables evolve iteratively based on user needs business priorities and technical opportunities.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

Solution Architecture Leadership

Lead the architecture of digital services using agile user-centered design principles

Develop and maintain the overall solution architecture plan

Analyze and document existing system context and dependencies

Conduct technical discovery and feasibility assessments

Create architectural recommendations prototypes and solution options

Ensure designs support iterative implementation

Identify and assess architectural risks impacts and exposures

Implementation Guidance & Delivery Support

Guide teams to deliver working digital products frequently and incrementally

Define integration approaches system boundaries and interaction patterns

Identify opportunities to reuse shared components platforms and capabilities

Encourage collaboration across teams to leverage existing digital services

Review and guide detailed technical designs

Review code changes to ensure architectural integrity

Contribute directly to development when needed to support delivery

Coach and mentor team members on architecture and engineering best practices

Strategic & Practice Contributions

Contribute to a shared architectural vision for a scalable user-centric digital platform

Support the development of architecture principles standards metrics and quality guidelines

Communicate architecture concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences

Produce clear documentation diagrams and presentations tailored to stakeholder needs

Participate in the continuous improvement of architecture practices and ways of working

Required Skills & Experience

Strong experience in software architecture for digital services

Proven experience working in agile / product delivery environments

Deep understanding of modern application architectures integrations and platforms

Hands-on experience with contemporary development technologies and frameworks

Ability to balance technical excellence with business and delivery priorities

Strong leadership collaboration and communication skills

Experience coaching and mentoring cross-functional teams

Nice-to-Have

Experience working on large-scale or enterprise digital transformation initiatives

Experience contributing to shared platforms or reusable service architectures