Enterprise Solutions Architect - on site hybrid
Sacramento, United States | Posted on 09/06/2023
Mid-Level Enterprise Solutions Architect with government Experience(Preferred)
Position Description
Mid-Level Enterprise Solutions Architect will provide subject matter expertise in enterprisearchitecture, business architecture, and capability maps, and context illustrations torepresent business and operations models and support complex projects for publicsector clients. Candidate will help clients convert concepts to solutions that alignwith business and IT goals and strategies with business processes, in order toachieve desired states of value across all enterprise domains. This will be done byapplying organizing principles and methods, IT business systems development andtechnical solutions, and standards and technologies that support complex businessanalysis, solution selection, systems design, and application integration. Knowledgeis expected in public sector business models and performance measurement ofvalue propositions. The full-time Senior Enterprise Architect may also providethought leadership in the development of value chain modelling, value streamdefinition, and strategic contextualization.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Create business capability maps and heat maps to show gaps in realizing strategic intent
- Create context illustrations and diagrams to inform decision makers
- Create illustrations and diagrams to represent transformation, scopes of change, androadmaps for delivering complex change
- Perform top-down analysis of current IT Enterprise Architecture Framework (EAF) forclient.
- Perform top-down assessment of the application and physical architecture torecommend a roadmap to align with EA standards, IT infrastructure standards, and theIT industry’s best practices.
- Recommend improvements to the client to ensure that it can efficiently and adequatelysupport ongoing, evolving, and future operational needs.
- Provide ongoing consultation to the client regarding any aspect of the EAF.
- Prepare and provide project schedules.
- Assess and analyze the current EAF and IT operations.
- Provide the client with recommendations to improve the EAF’s capability to meetoperational needs to conform to defined EA and infrastructure standards and practices.
- Provide the client with a roadmap that details the steps necessary to implement therecommendations.
- Execute requirements analysis, needs assessments, and selection and implementationof integration strategies including lifecycle sustainability.
- Execute knowledge transfer to implementation partner head office team.
- Collaborate with head office to produce polished deliverables to client with qualityassurance.
MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS
- Must have a minimum of seven (7) years of applying EA principles; at least five (5) yearsof that experience must be in a lead capacity.
- Must have a minimum of three (3) years’ experience planning, developing, and creatingEAF plans and roadmaps for integrated business systems, utilizing technologyframeworks such as: the Open Group Architectural Framework; the ZachmanFramework; the Federal Enterprise Architecture; the Gartner Methodology; CaliforniaState Government Agency/Department Frameworks or similar EA frameworks.
- Must possess specific knowledge of methods including architect enterprise strategy,enterprise architecture development and management; business process design and reengineering; investment decision making and support for solution architecturedevelopment/management; and support the attainment of business strategy and itsalignment with processes and information technology strategy.
- Must possess strong knowledge in domains that define an enterprise (business,application, data, security and technology).
- Must have the ability to pragmatically establish an architecture program able to defineand execute incremental strategic roadmap benefits.
- Must have the ability to define, apply, and teach methodology and frameworks relatedto the implementation of EA concepts and solutions such as those defined by The OpenGroup, The CIO Council, NASCIO or other industry models as well as custom methods toaccelerate the delivery of value to clients.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Certifications in project, quality, IT governance, and EA standards (Certified IT Architect,CSSBB, CMQ/OE, PMP, ITIL, TOGAF, COBIT, etc.)
- 2+ years of experience with the State of CA
- Ability to work well under pressure and meet short deadlines
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor's degree in an IT-related or Engineering field
- Experience in medium to large IT and/or system implementation projects
- Experience in dealing with clients at all levels of the organization
- Experience in leading cross-functional / cross-departmental teams
- Experience in any of the following industries is preferred: Transportation, Corrections,Healthcare, Utilities, Justice