Enterprise Architect

Job Title : Enterprise Architect

Job Location : Tallahassee, FL USA Onsite

GENERAL EXPERIENCE EXPECTATIONS:

• A minimum of seven (7) years of IT work experience in multiple IT areas and two (2) to three (3) years of relevant enterprise-wide architecture experience in one (1) or more speciality areas.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

The Department is seeking a full-time, on-site Enterprise Architect

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related or four (4) years of equivalent work experience is required. Relevant experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis when applicable.

The Department requires the following experience, skills, and/or knowledge for this position:

• Five (5) years of experience in participating in the architecting complex IT systems;

• Five (5) years of experience with technical design using analytical skills;

• Five (5) years of experience on technical teams in large-scale projects with components of infrastructure improvements and software development;

• Five (5) years of experience with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC);

• Five (5) years of experience in building integrations between applications on different hardware platforms;

• Strong verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills;

• Strong leadership and motivational skills; and

• Experience in modeling and graphical representations.

NOTE: In addition to the above list, the selected Candidate must successfully complete a Level II Background Check.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

The Department prefers the Candidate to have the following experience, skills, and/or knowledge for this position:

• Experience in modernizing & migrating mainframe applications from legacy systems;

• Experience in architecting optimal solutions for migrating applications to the cloud, preferably Azure or Amazon Web Services;

• Experience in containerization of applications; and

• Building application integrations using Application Programming Interfaces.

SCOPE OF WORK/JOB CHARACTERISTICS:

The Enterprise Architect will serve as the principal line of communication for the project team. The duties and responsibilities of this position are as follows:

• Gain a detailed understanding of the Technology Restoration Project (TRP) scope directly after onboarding;

• Work closely with the Chief of Project Management Office (PMO), Program Manager, and vendors associated with the project;

• Create the technical architecture documents of all the interacting applications in the current integrated solutions, depicting applications, interfaces, and information flow currently in place;

• Document the current architectural standards followed by the mainframe, web, and mobile solutions currently in place;

• Create the architectural standards for the technologies to be used in the to-be solutions for the Department’s infrastructure and security requirement compliance;

• Enforce the Department’s enterprise architecture models, representations, capabilities, and components to meet the business and technology activities;

• Validate if the proposed technical solutions meet the Department’s requirements;

• Serve as the technical liaison between Department business users and contracted service vendors;

• Provide hands-on leadership for the design of re-engineered processes;

• Provide periodic reports to internal and external stakeholders on the compliance of new solutions and processes in relation to enterprise architecture standards;

• Maintain all technical architectural artifacts in a shared repository with version history;

• Participate in business requirements gathering sessions;

• Lead the development of business process improvements with recommendations for enterprise architecture standards; and

• Work independently as part of a larger cross-functional team.