Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect

Location : Washington, DC/Alexandria, VA/Carrollton, MD (Hybrid)

Duration : 12 Months Contract

Interview Types: In Person

Job Description

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Align broader strategic vision around business needs, resulting in technology roadmaps.
• Conduct business capabilities mapping and cataloging business processes.
• Confer with business units and application development staff to understand both the business and technical requirements and to define architectural constraints.
• Define and maintain the architectural frameworks/patterns, processes, standards, and guidelines related to all aspects of the Digital Ecosystem. Create and maintain diagrams of as-is and to-be architectures.
• Provide technical and architectural subject matter expertise to various project teams, including development of technology decision-making frameworks and supporting technology decisions throughout the technology lifecycle.
• Establish governance best-practices and standards to streamline the technology implementation lifecycle for both off-the-shelf and homegrown solutions including on premises and cloud (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS) architectures.
• Support the agency s data governance program including development of policies & standards, roles & responsibilities needed to ensure data is managed as an enterprise asset.
• Facilitate technology change management programs and support enterprise technology initiatives.
• Create and assess performance metrics to determine the effectiveness of architecture and governance initiatives.
• Maintain an eye toward continuous improvement of all architecture and governance systems, practices, policies, and artifacts.
• Produce complete and accurate documentation for work based on best practices & client standards.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the authority.

Skills/Experience Required:

• Bachelor s degree in computer engineering, computer science, information systems management, or related field and experience commensurate with the requested level; if no degree, equivalent experience in database administration, IT systems management, or software/cloud/data engineering
• Seven (7) years of professional experience working with technology systems engineering, management, or architecture.
• Two (2) years of professional experience related to enterprise architecture, IT governance, or data governance.
• Two (2) years of professional experience working within large technology enterprises.
• Two (2) years of experience with a recognized enterprise architecture framework (TOGAF, FEAF, Zachman International, etc.).
• Two (2) years of engineering or architecture experience with cloud services on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure or Azure.
• Two (2) years of experience with data management technologies & solutions.
• Familiarity with modern software/cloud technologies including containers, data pipelines, data lakes, CI/CD, integration platforms, DevSecOps, zero trust.
• Familiarity enterprise application platforms including PeopleSoft, Oracle Fusion, Adobe Experience Platform, ServiceNow, Power Platform.

Additional Skills:

• Proficient in MS Office suite, MS Visio, or other technology visualization software
• Strong visual communication skills: technical schematics and architecture diagrams, slide decks, data visualization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for explaining technical concepts to a variety of audiences, including experience developing as-is and to-be documentation of enterprise technology environments, developing policy and procedure documents, and project charters.
• Ability to alternate focus from big-picture, enterprise, strategic viewpoints to tactical, detailed perspectives.
• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess business requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to determine work requirements and perform work without supervision.
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks within restrictive timeframes.
• Detail-oriented, able to work independently, self-motivated, proactive team player.

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