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The Technical Architecture Specialist is the technical expert centered on a technology, technologies or a portfolio of applications. The Technical Architecture Specialist is the technologist who coordinates with other parties in setting the technical approach and direction and implementation for work. The Technical Architecture Specialist provides technical design expertise, defines what technical requirements are needed to support defined business requirements, participates in detailed design and code reviews, reviews system performance issues, reviews test plans, and provides technical guidance to the Application Team and Test Team members. The Technical Architecture Specialist is responsible for collaborating with the Team Lead(s) to coordinate project schedules, budgets, request management, and work authorization. The expert level Technical Architecture Specialist will interface with Executive Sponsors, Group Leads, and Lead Functional Architects to convey infrastructure requirements, plan, and schedule deployment of tasks, and resolve any issues that impact the deployment of the Application Delivery systems.
Defines test plans and criteria for acceptance for the technical components of an application.
Ensures business requirements are supported by the technical architecture.
Assists in leading technical direction of software; coordinating and presenting proposals to Group Leads, Leads, and the client.
Defines and evaluates logical and physical data models.
Assists in development of overall system technical architecture - including software and hardware.
Defines test plans and criteria for acceptance for the technical components of an application.
Analyzes, determines, and documents technical requirements and change request impact analysis.
Participates in detailed design and product test execution as required.
Develops technical programming standards.
Ensures business requirements are supported by the technical architecture.
Conducts structured walk-throughs or inspections for technical areas; resolve issues.
Assists in defining technical programming standards.
Communicates accurate and useful status updates.
Manages and reports time spent on all work activities.
Follows quality standards.
Able to work in a team environment
Completes assigned tasks.
Strong communication skills; both written and spoken.
Performs integration of various architectures across multiple enterprises
Develops overall system technical architecture, including software and hardware.
Performs review of technical designs, code, and component test plans.
Resolves and/or assists in resolving cross application technical issues.
Conducts structured walk-throughs or inspections for technical areas; resolve issues.
Anticipates and resolves issues specific to the team.
Determines time estimates and schedule for own work and resolve issues in a timely manner.
Identifies and tracks issues, risks and action items.
Plans and delivers development architecture environments in coordination with the
Environmental Support Specialist.
Assists in managing and directing team s technical architecture processes.
Provides assistance in scheduling design work for Lead Technical Architecture Specialist.
Develops and documents expert practices/ standards.
Possesses strong analysis, presentation, documentation, and quality assurance skills.
Analyzes, determines, and documents technical requirements and impact analysis for technical and development architectures.
Explains defect priorities and enhancement classifications to client and customer when needed.
Maintains awareness of new technological developments in industry and processes - implement concepts appropriately.
Leads or participates in setting the service levels for the application.
Defines overall system logical architecture.
Provides standard, well-structured work planning that defines scope, resources, milestones, quality, risk, tasks, and acceptance criteria.
Prepares contingencies, scenarios, scenario plans and action items to resolve issues.
Leads efforts in providing technical expertise, guidance, and training to the Application and Test Teams.
Communicates effectively with IT staff, client organization and software hardware suppliers.
Leads efforts in designing technical strategy, direction and approach, technical architecture, data architecture, development architecture, performance tuning, performance and capacity analysis, technical standards, technical reliability and flexibility.
Designs and defines overall system technical architecture - including software and hardware within the framework and constraints of technical architecture.
Evaluates alternative designs.
Maintains control of specific tools and assets.
Owns the technical architecture for a portfolio of applications, including the interpretation and application of the technical architecture.
Plans, designs, develops, and/or executes of technical architecture.
Assists with the preparation of estimates for new technology applications and maintenance of existing applications as part of Service Management.
Provides experience in utilizing the project architecture. Acknowledged as highly competent in one or more technologies.
Communicates accurate and useful status reports and other management on a timely basis.
Coordinates and conducts project architecture, infrastructure review meetings, and portfolio review meetings with Group Lead, Lead Functional Architects, and Team Leads.
Integrates issues and identifies impact.
Communicates and resolves application interface issues.
Communicates to team members the relations between their work assignments and the organizational and/ or program strategy, objectives,business and technology needs of the application / system.
Shares knowledge across teams with both similar and non-similar applications, specifically focusing on Technical Architecture
Interprets and communicates technical architecture to the Technology Application Architecture Team(s).
The candidate should have all the following requirements:
IT expertise in development and support of large, complex, mission critical, enterprise software systems
Provide a highly stable and supportable environment improving all aspects of the Enterprise system
Provide ongoing assessment of the operational state of the network, compute, and security
operations and drive continuous improvements.
Continuously evaluate the evolving needs of the Enterprise systems and ensure sufficient
capacity is planned and in place to meet the needs of the agencies and customers.
Lead the identification and mitigation of risks, troubleshoot, and provide resolution to
complex end to end scenarios involving multiple external agencies, products, protocols,
networks and technology stacks
Develop and document standards, policies, processes, roles, and responsibilities to support
the operations
Maintain and enhance documentation of architecture, infrastructure, and system trouble
shooting methods
Develop, measure, and maintain KPI s for the core network, compute, and security
operations and supporting reports, dashboards, and executive summaries.
Unique combination of expertise in Solution Management applications
Understanding of OO concepts and design patterns
Good understanding of TFS, build and deployment process
Problem solving and critical thinking
Must be able to work independently
Can communicate effectively with multiple team members at a given time
Strong team building, vendor and customer relations skills