data architect

Job Description Role : Data Architect ? Senior Client: Government of Alberta ? Justice Project: Justice Information Management System (JIMS 3.0) Location: Primarily Remote ? Canada; Edmonton onsite meetings as required Onsite Requirement: Approximately 15% of total hours Hours: 36.25 hours/week Contract: Approximately 1,805.25 hours, with potential extension up to 24 months Role Overview The Government of Alberta ? Justice is seeking a Senior Data Architect to support the Justice Information Management System (JIMS 3.0) project. JIMS 3.0 is a major data integration and modernization initiative designed to consolidate multiple existing court-data reporting marts into an integrated Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) and supporting data marts and reporting views. The Senior Data Architect will be responsible for defining the data architecture, developing dimensional data models, profiling and analyzing source data, designing data mappings, supporting ETL development, and ensuring data quality and governance. The resource will work closely with technical teams, business stakeholders, and enterprise architecture teams to transition existing court-data environments toward the JIMS 3.0 target architecture. The ideal candidate will have strong Kimball dimensional modeling, data warehouse, SQL, Azure/cloud, data architecture, and public-sector experience . Experience with JOIN, JIMS, court data, and Justice environments is highly desirable. Key Responsibilities Data Architecture & Enterprise Architecture Define, document, and manage data architecture principles, strategies, standards, models, guidelines, and plans. Develop current-state and future-state data architecture and transition plans. Ensure data architecture aligns with Government of Alberta Enterprise Architecture (GAEA) and IMT strategies. Define enterprise data requirements and architectural standards. Provide data architecture guidance and consulting to project teams. Participate in architectural and solution design reviews. Identify opportunities to improve data reuse, sharing, governance, and standardization. Ensure data architecture reduces unnecessary data redundancy. Support the enterprise architecture team with data architecture initiatives. Data Modeling & Data Warehouse Apply Kimball dimensional modeling principles to design enterprise data marts. Develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models. Identify and define appropriate Facts, Dimensions, measures, attributes, keys, and relationships . Review and update existing data models. Develop data structures required for the JIMS 3.0 EDW. Define data warehouse and data-mart architecture patterns. Create detailed data mapping and transformation specifications. Ensure historical data is appropriately preserved and managed. Data Profiling & Analysis Perform detailed profiling of source data and database tables. Analyze existing JIMS and related data marts. Identify data-quality issues, inconsistencies, redundancies, and gaps. Analyze business rules and relationships within court data. Map source data to target EDW structures. Validate data definitions and business rules with stakeholders. ETL & Data Integration Design, develop, and test ETL/ELT Location Edmonton , AB Work location On site Salary $ 90,100 YEAR annually Terms of employment Full time Starts as soon as possible vacancies 1 vacancy Source Talent.com #633230366259357656 Various locations Edmonton, AB