Technical Architect - Edmonton, Canada - Global Pharma Tek

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    Title: Technical Architect – Intermediate
    Location: Edmonton AB– (Remote)
    Duration: Months Contract + possible extension
    Working Hours – (Standard Hours of work are : – : Alberta time, Monday through Friday)

    Duties:
  • Research and evaluate latest technology trends.
  • Architect new IT services, develop solution paper and test plans.
  • Evaluate current services and recommend remedial actions where required.
  • Assist in determining hardware/software requirements.
  • Collaborate with multi-disciplined teams on proof of concept and limited production roll outs.
  • Provide quality control on production implementations.
  • Communicate operation guidelines and policies to the clients.
  • Apply and interpret how the operation guidelines enhance the Customer's way of doing business.
  • Review new services and technology requests by business area and assess their impact on the operational environment, giving recommendations for remediation.
  • Assist in developing project plans, schedules, and estimates pertaining to architectural deployment and services delivery.
  • Assist in developing task lists and resource assignments within the context of architectural planning and deployments.
  • Assist with implementation of IT infrastructure.
  • Document technical recommendations and provide technical advice and guidance to management, operations and project team members and within shared IT services.
  • Ensure change management processes are followed.
  • Make recommendations to project team members pertaining to issues, risks and client satisfaction.
  • Provide tracking and reporting of time and status on all work as required.
  • Must Have Skills:
  • Experience designing, planning, implementing and supporting infrastructure and application solutions in an architecture capacity for an environment equivalent in size and complexity to the Government of Alberta. years
  • Experience developing on cloud platforms and utilizing cloud services in development and in solutions. years
  • 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. years
  • Experience supporting an enterprise IT environment. years
  • Experience working directly on site with end user troubleshooting technical computer related issues including software and hardware. years
  • Nice to Have:
  • Direct involvement in developing best-practices documentation (for example, operational procedures, network diagrams, etc.). years
  • Experience assisting clients to execute strategies with technology, process, organizational design and IT operations. years
  • Experience in completion of migration of applications and other technologies from one environment to another. Moves between data centers, moves to different platforms, moves to the cloud from on-premise installations years
  • Experience in defining technical architecture, building technical environments, supporting software development processes and initiatives, software configuration and database management. years
  • Experience leading an organization through a large scale technology change impacting all levels of the organization. years
  • Experience using MS Office products or higher versions. years
  • Experience working in or for the public sector. years