ARK Solutions, Inc.
Hybrid Role!!!
This is a hybrid position.
The IT/Enterprise Architect will play a critical role in aligning state agencies need with technology solutions that drive innovation and manage/shape the overall IT strategy.
The position has responsibility for system’s
analysis and design review which includes assuring that business problems are
fully understood, detailed requirements are investigated and proposed, and to
collaborate with both internal and external teams to create architecture
design. One of the key responsibilities of the position is to create
architectural models/diagrams of existing agency applications from multiple
disciplines (business, systems, data, and technology) by gathering information
from various sources within an organization and through an iterative approach,
gain the necessary insight to accurately depict the architecture within each
discipline.
The IT/Enterprise Architect will play a critical
role in aligning state agencies need with technology solutions that drive
innovation and manage/shape the overall IT strategy.
Common
responsibilities of the role:
Systematic
review of the business, security, service, and information systems domain
components of a proposed solution to a business (agency) need/problem
Review
enterprise IT Projects for business alignment with state and agency goals,
as well as the alignment with state and agency IT goals, objectives and
strategies
Review
Statewide IT Procurements, inclusive of procurement artifacts (e.g.
Requests for Proposals, Requests for Quotations, Invitations for Bids) and
related enterprise IT project information to assure alignment between
business requests/requirements and available architectural standards,
technologies and solutions.
Review
Statewide IT Procurement Awards to affirm best solutions/vendor to meet
both current and future state/agency needs
Collaborate
with an enterprise-wide stakeholder group to assess, develop, and maintain
the enterprise architecture strategy and governance in alignment with the
client’s goals and objectives
Evaluate
current technology infrastructure and applications to identify areas of
improvement and opportunity
Establish
and uphold state-wide enterprise architecture principles, guidelines, and
best practices to ensure consistency, interoperability, security, and
optimization
Assess
potential risks associated with initiatives as it is related to enterprise
architecture and work with stakeholders to improve, protect and secure
Review,
guide and support enterprise-wide IT projects and IT procurements governed
by enterprise architecture
Evaluate
third-party vendors and solutions crucial to the success of state projects
and procurements, ensuring adherence to standards and integrations to
existing solutions
Implement
architectural standards, guidance and frameworks while keeping up with
emerging technology trends
Skills Matrix:
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
Demonstrated experience working as a senior level technologist in a complex, large- scale organization.
Required
7
Years
Working knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF)
Required
7
Years
Experience of enterprise IT infrastructure, applications, data management/integrations, systems development, and business processes
Required
7
Years
Demonstrated experience with IT governance, and the ability to define IT principles, standards and framework that support the overall governance model
Required
7
Years
Demonstrated experience aligning enterprise architecture practice to business strategy, and the ability to map business strategy to IT capabilities
Required
7
Years
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