Responsibilities

Candidates can look forward to regular client contact, a role in business development and proposal writing/methodology creation, and a

• Architect and deliver optimal solutions that are aligned with an EA perspective.
• Create synergies and reuse within and across projects.
• Establish Reporting team architectural standards and strategies as the norm.
• Lead projects through gating reviews.
• Confer with stakeholders to define business requirements for complex systems development – from both functional and non-functional perspectives (i.e. the concept of operations, performance, test, cost, schedule, training, support and disposal).
• Collaborate with other architects –data architects, technical architects, business architects, domain architects, or enterprise architects — and marry their various requirements into one solution.
• Model business and systems processes based on findings through use case scenarios, workflow diagrams, and data models.
• Evaluate alternative architectures with respect to their composition, e.g. people, hardware, software, facilities, policies, documents, risks, and cost.
• Create systems models, data models, specifications, diagrams and charts to provide architectural expertise, direction, and assistance to project and development teams.
• Validate the architecture’s compliance with the requirements and verifies the system’s compliance with the architecture.
• Develop, document, and communicate plans for investing in systems architecture, including analysis of cost reduction opportunities.
• Contribute to technology strategy and planning. Conduct research on emerging technologies in support of systems development efforts, and recommend technologies that will increase cost effectiveness and systems flexibility.
• Participate in the architecture roadmap activities.
• Review new and existing systems design projects and procurement or outsourcing plans for compliance with standards and architectural plans.
• Develop, document, communicate and enforce system standards as necessary.
• Provide guidance to junior members of the team.

Skills/Experience

• • Education – Bachelor’s degree in the field of computer science or systems engineering (Master’s degree preferred).
  • Professional training and/or certifications using Amazon Web Services, Oracle, Linux, Java, and Microsoft tools and technologies desired.
  • 10+ years of general experience in systems design and integration
  • Architecture Experience – 5 years minimum across multiple disciplines (Requirements Engineering, Risk management, Technology planning, design, development, System Integration, or Quality Assurance).
  • Extensive experience in developing strategic solution architecture plans.
  • Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities.
  • Superior written and oral communication skills; ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language.
  • Excellent architecture and technical support documentation skills.
  • Proven experience in systems and network design and development.
  • Strong understanding of information processing principles and practices.
  • Experience with “on-premise to cloud” migrations or IT transformations
  • Experience architecting/operating solutions built on AWS
  • Technical knowledge of Cloud Computing, DevOps, and Microservices.
  • Strong knowledge of COTS evaluation principles and practices.
  • Ability to conduct research into emerging technologies and trends, standards, and products as required.
  • Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
  • Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment;
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Strong consultative skills
  • Highly self-motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail.
  • Strong leadership skills and customer service orientation.
  • Lifelong Learner – what is learned today will be obsolete tomorrow; demonstrated continuous learning
  • Willingness/ability to work off-shifts (evening, night-time, weekend) as needed