Senior Solutions Architect - REMOTE

Michael Baker International; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Remote; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior IT Solutions Architect to lead the development and maintenance of their IT architecture. This role involves providing technical leadership and consulting across the organization, ensuring that strategic decisions align with project planning. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in systems design, project management, and strategic planning. Join a team that values innovation and collaboration, where your contributions will help shape the future of technology solutions. This is a unique opportunity to work on complex challenges and make a significant impact in the engineering and consulting field.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of experience in Solution Architecture.
• Proven experience in systems design and development.
• Strong understanding of enterprise applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the high-level design plan for IT architecture.
• Provide architectural consulting expertise across the organization.
• Collaborate with end users to define business requirements.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Strategic Planning

Business Requirements Gathering

Systems Design and Development

Information Processing Principles

Project Planning and Management

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

TOGAF Certification

Tools

Oracle

Azure

Exchange

Teams

SharePoint

Job description

WHO WE ARE

Supported by more than 4,000 employees in nearly 100 locations across the United States, we provide a full continuum of engineering and consulting services, including design, planning, architectural, environmental, construction and program management. Our clients include U.S. federal, state and municipal governments, foreign allied governments, and a wide range of commercial clients. Michael Baker is committed to delivering a standard of excellence that fosters a culture of innovation, collaboration and technological advancement to help solve our clients' complex challenges.

SUMMARY

The Senior IT Solutions Architect's (ITSA) role is to develop and maintain the high-level design plan for the overall logical and technical IT architecture. This individual will provide technical leadership and consulting across the organization, from strategic decision making down to the project planning level. The ITSA will gain organizational commitment for all high-level infrastructure plans and initiate and participate in projects to evaluate technologies and methods for implementing these plans.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy & Planning

• Maintain in-depth knowledge of the company's strategic business plans.
• Provide architectural consulting expertise, direction, and assistance to Systems Analysts, Systems Engineers, and other Systems Architects.
• Document and develop in-depth knowledge of company's existing IT architecture/infrastructure, and technology portfolio.
• Develop and manage an infrastructure capacity plan.
• Develop, document, communicate, and enforce a technology standards policy.
• Conduct research on emerging technologies in support of infrastructure development efforts and recommend technologies that will increase cost effectiveness and infrastructure flexibility.
• Develop, document, make recommendations, and communicate plans for investing in IT infrastructure, including analysis of cost reduction opportunities.
• Design, develop, and oversee implementation of end-to-end integrated systems.
• Develop and execute test plans to check infrastructure and systems technical performance. Report on findings and make recommendations for improvement.

Operational Management

• Collaborate with end users and senior management to define business requirements for complex systems development and gain buy-in for all infrastructure plans.
• Review new and existing IT projects, systems designs, and procurement/outsourcing plans for compliance with IT standards and architectural plans.
• Provide guidance to junior members of the team.

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

• 7-10 years' work experience.
• Extensive experience with developing strategic plans.
• Hands-on experience with business requirements gathering/analysis.
• Proven experience in systems design and development.
• Strong understanding of information processing principles and practices.
• Solid grounding in core enterprise applications, including Oracle, Azure, Exchange, Teams, SharePoint.
• Strong knowledge of hardware and software evaluation principles and practice.
• Proven project planning and management experience.
• Good knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws.
• Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities.
• Exceptional understanding of the organization's goals and objectives.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Foster a spirit of teamwork and unity that: allows for differing points of view to be shared openly, encourages collaboration, cohesiveness, and supportiveness, and deals with conflicting ideas and perspectives in an expeditious and healthy manner.
• Lead staff to meet the organization's expectations for productivity, quality, and goal accomplishment.
• Manage staff's work schedules including assignments, job rotation, training, vacations, and paid time off, telecommuting, cover for absenteeism, and overtime scheduling to meet team, department and company goals.
• Make business decisions that are financially responsible, accountable, justifiable, and defensible in accordance with organization policies and procedures.
• Establish and maintain relevant controls and feedback systems to monitor the operation of your area(s) of responsibility.

EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

• 7-10 years of Solution Architecture experience
• Bachelor's degree in the field of computer science, information systems, or computer engineering
• TOGAF certification preferred

COMPENSATION

The approximate compensation range for this position is $120,000 to $165,000. This compensation range is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation is dependent upon factors such as education, qualifications, experience, skillset, and physical work location.

About us

Michael Baker International, a leading provider of engineering and consulting services, including design, planning, architectural, environmental, construction and program management, has been solving some of the world's most complex infrastructure challenges for more than 80 years with a legacy of expertise, experience, innovation and integrity.

Based in Pittsburgh and with nearly 100 offices nationwide, we partner with clients on everything from roads, bridges, tunnels, mass transit, and airports, to water treatment plants, arctic oil pipelines, environmental restoration and specialized overseas construction. We serve as a trusted adviser to the communities we serve, making them safer, more accessible, more sustainable and more prosperous.

We provide visionary leadership in facilitating transformational change for our clients. Our work delivers differentiating innovations and dedicated experts who challenge the status quo and share a world of diverse experience and an impassioned entrepreneurial spirit. We deliver quality of life.

We Make a Difference.

Michael Baker International is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Michael Baker International provides equal employment opportunity for all persons, in all facets of employment. Michael Baker International maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply for any open position for which they feel they are qualified and all will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected status.

EEO is the Law. Applicants to and employees of Michael Baker International are protected under Federal law from discrimination.

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The Senior IT Solutions Architect's (ITSA) role is to develop and maintain the high-level design plan for the overall logical and technical IT architecture. This individual will provide technical leadership and consulting across the organization, from strategic decision making down to the project planning level.