Senior IT Solution Architect

Responsibilities

Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior IT Solutions Architect for a 12 Month Contract for a Remote PST monthly onsite role in the Bay Area of California. Overview: The Solutions Architect delivers solution blueprints that include the conceptual, logical, and physical layers of the process, application, information, integration, security, and infrastructure views of the architecture. Partnering with Project and Program Managers, the Solutions Architect is the primary technical decision makers on projects. Overall risk mitigation and total cost of ownership are managed from an enterprise standpoint. Senior Solution Architects have accountability and responsibility for solutions that are of complex scope and with significant risk and high impact across multiple functions. They work autonomously. They address complex problems that span functions and may manage the technical aspects of projects or initiatives that are high complexity and risk. They provide guidance, coaching and mentoring to non-architect technical staff of lesser experience. Roles and Responsibilities:

• Solution Design and Road mapping: Works in partnership with a project manager to orchestrate the architecture design and is accountable for the overall technical quality of solutions; Follows the IT Methodology, producing, contributing to, and providing signoffs on deliverables as defined
• Future State Planning and Road mapping: Works with Business Architects and Technology Architects to contribute to planning and road mapping activities
• Standards and Governance: Participates in the governance processes as defined by client architecture practice
• Capabilities Assessment and Technology Oversight: Partners with the Technical Architects in the health evaluation of the technology within the architect's focus area and assists in the development of improvement plans for their area of focus
  
  

Requirements

• 10 years in IT
• 7 years of solution architecture and project implementation experience, including heavy use of SAP WM, EAM, PM, MM and/or PP modules
• Expert in the solution architecture discipline, processes, concepts and best practices
  
  

Utility experience - Asset Management and Work Management:

• Electric Substation asset management
• Electric distribution work management
• Electric Substation engineering tools and technology (CAD and Design tool
• Process design, information modeling and or system solution architecture development with project or portfolio focus in at least one of the following: SAP WM/EAM Application Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Information Architecture, Data Management, Security, or Infrastructure
• Extensive experience designing and architecting complex SAP solutions with one or more of the following SAP modules: Supply Chain Management (SCM), Project Systems (PS), Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S), Work Management (WM), Material Management(MM), Asset Management (EAM), or Plant Maintenance (PM); Experience with Production Planning (PP) and Sales and Distribution (SD) would also be helpful
• Supply Chain Management (SCM), Project Systems (PS), Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S), Management (MM)
• Operational support for applications, systems, or infrastructure
• Experience with enterprise architecture tools
• Experience providing direction to design and engineering staff
• Experience providing direction to one or more architects
  
  

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

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