Solution Architect

Overview

On Site
Contract - W2
Contract - 6+ month(s)

Skills

Cloud
BiZZdesign

Job Details

Solution Architect

Location: Des Moines, IA- Hybrid

Insurance background a plus!

  • Build and maintain end-to-end ArchiMate models (Strategy/Motivation, Business, Application, Data, Technology, Implementation & Migration
  • Job Descriptions and Justification: BiZZdesign / ArchiMate Architect (Enterprise Modeling Lead)
  • The client is maturing an enterprise-level Adaptive Architecture practice aligned to SAFe and a product operating model. This architect will own our BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio / HoriZZon repository, elevate ArchiMate 3.x as the common notation across strategy, business, application, data, technology, and implementation, and publish decision-ready views from the boardroom to the ARTs.
What you'll do
  • Modeling & Viewpoints
  • Build and maintain end-to-end ArchiMate models (Strategy/Motivation, Business, Application, Data, Technology, Implementation & Migration).
  • Produce consumable viewpoints for execs and engineers (capability maps, value streams, operating model views, system context/C4 L2-L3, interface catalogs, API/event catalogs, NFR views, roadmaps).
  • Create BPMN-aligned process views and trace them to capabilities, applications, and data.
  • Repository Ownership & Governance
  • Curate metamodel conventions, element dictionaries, naming/ID standards, and relationship policies.
  • Stand up quality checks (orphans, duplicates, relation integrity, layering rules) and a publish cadence via HoriZZon.
  • Manage libraries of templates, patterns, and reference architectures, drive reuse.
  • Tooling Integration & Automation Integrate BiZZdesign with Azure DevOps/GitHub (work items elements), CMDBs, cloud catalogs (AWS/Azure), and data sources (CSV/Excel/REST).
  • Automate imports/exports and reports (e.g., interface maps, dependency graphs, tech risk heatmaps).
  • SAFe Enablement & Flow Support LPM, Solution/Enterprise Architects, and ARTs: pre-PI runway views, PI-planning dependency maps, enabler linkage, and NFR visibility in pipelines.
  • Maintain a "living" architecture runway and impact analysis for epics, features, and enablers.
  • Coaching & Evangelism
  • Coach architects/engineers on ArchiMate viewpoints and modeling hygiene.
  • Run a modeling guild; deliver short clinics and office hours.

What you've done

  • 5 8+ years in Enterprise/Solution Architecture or Enterprise Modeling, with 3+ years hands-on BiZZdesign (Enterprise Studio + HoriZZon).
  • Deep command of ArchiMate 3.x viewpoints and relationships; able to translate messy reality into clear, consumable views. Built capability maps, value streams, application and data portfolios, interface catalogs, tech roadmaps, reference architectures, and migration plans.
  • Practiced in SAFe (Portfolio/ART context), tying epics/enablers/NFRs to the architecture runway.
  • Comfortable with BPMN, C4-style context/container views, and mapping to ArchiMate.
  • Experience integrating modeling tools with DevOps/ALM and CMDB/cloud sources; basic scripting (e.g., Python, REST) a plus.
  • Cloud literacy (AWS and/or Azure), API management, event-driven patterns familiarity.
  • Excellent facilitation: can run working sessions and publish decision-ready viewpoints fast.

Nice to have

  • ArchiMate Practitioner certification (The Open Group).
  • BiZZdesign training/certification or equivalent portfolio.
  • Regulated industry background (e.g., healthcare/finance).
  • Data modeling (conceptual/logical), lineage, and catalog integrations.
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