Enterprise/ Technical Architect

Enterprise/ Technical Architect

Location: Baltimore MD.

Initial Assignment Duration: 6 months

Work Location: Pratt Street, hybrid

Rate: DOE

US Citizen, Green Card, TN, GC EAD, and H4 EAD only, No Third-party agencies Corp to Corp

• Core Skills for the Architect:
• Onboard the API Architecture
• Own the architecture, process mapping, work the future state, and review that with the arch review board
• Solution architecture background towards application development
• Moving towards cloud-based - should have cloud AWS arch experience
• Salesforce and Appian exp
• Data management
• TOGAF

Role Summary

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience

• Minimum five years of design and implementation experience in IT, with deep knowledge in a minimum of two of the following (or similar) technical disciplines: infrastructure and network design, application development, application programming interfaces (APIs), middleware, servers and storage, database management and operations, clustering technologies, virtualization, cloud technologies, and Active Directory and protocols

• Exposure to multiple, diverse technical configurations, technologies, and processing environments

• Understanding of product management, agile principles, and development methodologies and capability to support agile teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact, and risks, taking account of technical and architectural debt.

Skills

• Excellent people skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation

• Strong leadership skills

• Good understanding of design principles and common design patterns

• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills in a technical context.

• Excellent people skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation

• Strong leadership skills

• Excellent analytical and technical skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Excellent planning and organizational skills

• Knowledge of many, if not most, components of an enterprise technology architecture

• Knowledge of IT service management (ITSM) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)

• Knowledge of different modeling languages (such as UML and ArchiMate)

• Knowledge of IT standards and controls

• Understanding of information principles and processes

• Understanding of financial models and budgeting

• Understanding of network and security architecture

• Understanding of system development life cycle methodologies (e.g., waterfall, spiral, agile software development, rapid prototyping, incremental, synchronize and stabilize, and DevOps)

• Relevant vendor or industry certifications

Competencies

• Organizationally savvy, with an understanding of the political climate of the enterprise and how to navigate obstacles and politics.

• Ability to understand the long-term (“big picture”) and short-term perspectives of situations and how they relate to achieving targeted business outcomes.

• Ability to estimate the financial impact of technology alternatives.

• Ability to apply multiple technical solutions to enable future-state business capabilities that, in turn, drive targeted business outcomes.

• Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of existing, new, and emerging technologies that enable and drive new business designs and models.

• Demonstrated ability to work well with others and be viewed as a leader by colleagues.

Characteristics

• Trusted and respected as a thought leader who can influence and persuade business and IT leaders and IT development teams.

• Technology neutral: remains unbiased toward any specific technology or vendor choice and is more interested in results than personal preferences.

• Displays intellectual curiosity and integrity.

• Motivated and driven by achieving long-term business outcomes.

• Ability to balance the long-term (big picture) and short-term implications of individual decisions.