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Digital Strategy Architect
Regular Full Time (Excluded)
About Us
One of BC’s Top Employers, the City of Coquitlam offers meaningful career opportunities to make a difference within the local community. As the sixth largest city in BC, we are home to more than 150,000 residents. Our diverse municipality is a great place to work as it continues to grow through innovative urban design, inspiring arts, culture and recreation programs, and state-of-the-art transportation systems. Our brand is built on managing our resources in a responsible and sustainable manner, while supporting a vibrant, growing regional urban centre. We envision a bright future in Coquitlam that we hope includes you!
About You / What We Are Looking For
The City of Coquitlam is currently seeking a Digital Strategy Architect to help shape and implement innovative digital initiatives to enhance the City’s presence and engage our local community! In this exciting and brand new role to the City, you can look forward to collaborating with internal clients to understand their system requirements, identifying various data, hardware, or software components to meet end user needs and select appropriate design solutions to ensure the compatibility of system components. You will also be responsible for advising on project and network system design elements. As the Digital Strategy Architect, you will ensure the City’s digital infrastructure and assets are designed to support user needs, while factoring in digital security, as well as operational and financial optimization on behalf of the City.
Other primary responsibilities of this position include:
- Evaluating existing systems and considering current or emerging technologies to determine effectiveness, and suggesting changes to meet organizational requirements;
- Defining and assessing objectives, scope, issues, or organizational impact of information systems;
- Advising on the design and roadmap for cybersecurity posture, considering industry best practices and existing threats;
- Verifying stability, interoperability, portability, security, or scalability of system architecture;
- Developing network system and data architecture, system integration, or distributed system architectures;
- Documenting design specifications, installation instructions, and other system-related information;
- Establishing functional or system standards to address operational requirements, quality requirements, and design constraints and effectively training system users in system operation or maintenance;
- Completing models and simulations, using manual or automated tools, to analyze or predict system performance under different operating conditions;
- Directing the analysis, development, and operation of existing digital infrastructure and assets; and
- Leading, facilitating and interviewing internal staff, external partners and service providers to document understandings, gaps and pain points, educate on technical risks and impacts, as well as, obtaining approval for recommendations;
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field along with a minimum of 4 years related experience, paired with a strong understanding of digital architecture and infrastructure, or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills required to provide updates on project status through presentations and reports;
- Excellent interpersonal skills needed to collaborate with various internal and external stakeholders;
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically.
Preferred Qualifications
- A certificate in system, hardware or enterprise architecture would be a preferred asset, such as CISO or other related security certifications
- Strong knowledge of current and emerging system architecture technologies
- Ability to perform security threat and risk assessments, security incident analyses and develop system architectures
- Proficiency in documenting design specifications and installation instructions
- Ability to evaluate systems’ architecture and suggest changes
- Knowledge of establishing functional and system standards
- Ability to complete or support models and simulations to predict system performance
- Ability to direct the analysis, development, and operation of existing digital infrastructure and assets
- Ability to train technical resources in system operation or maintenance
What We Offer:
This excluded position has an annual salary range of $109,539 - $123,217 (2024 rates). The rate of pay is based on a variety of factors including qualifications, knowledge, experience and skills.
You will have the chance to join a rapidly growing and diverse team dedicated to supporting the local community, and be able to engage in variety of learning and development opportunities. Additionally, there is an opportunity to participate in an earned day off/flex day program. This position is based in Coquitlam with some flexible, hybrid work options available. The City offers an attractive vacation and extended benefits package, including the ability to contribute to the Municipal Pension Plan.
Accessibility / Equal Opportunity Employer
The City of Coquitlam is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer working towards enhancing equitable practices in our recruitment and retention processes. As an organization we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment to support our growing and diverse work force. To learn more about what equity, diversity, and inclusion means, and the City’s efforts in support of these principles, please visit coquitlam.ca/edi for more information.
If at any time during the application or recruitment process you require additional assistance or an accommodation, please contact our team for confidential support. Staff can also provide in-person support if required.
Applicants under consideration may be required to undergo a police information check (with no adverse reports).
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Please apply online at www.coquitlam.ca/careers by 11:55 pm on May 12, 2024.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Employment Length: Permanent
Education Requirement: Bachelor’s degree
Job Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
Rate: $109,539.00 to $123,217.00 Year
