VDOT Solutions Architect - InfoPeople

We are seeking a skilled professional to create overall application and solution architectures, component designs, and systems integration and implementations for a particular business solution. The ideal candidate will lead efforts in defining, documenting, and estimating enterprise applications.

Responsibilities

• Capture requirements for data, workflow, logical processes, hardware and operating system environment, on-prem, hybrid and cloud topologies, interfaces with other systems, internal and external checks and controls, system inputs and outputs.
• Collaborate with IT staff to assess business needs and requirements and translate them into automated solutions.
• Produce relevant solution design artifacts including technical estimates, conceptual, logical and physical system designs, sequence diagrams, and data models.
• Coordinate new system development to ensure consistency and integration with existing application systems and COTS solutions.
• Analyze and estimate feasibility and compatibility with hardware and other programs; consult with clients to prototype, architect, and design applications to meet needs.
• Collaborate with business areas and cross-functional enterprise architects to fully understand business needs and provide strategic consultation.
• Partner with architects and other technical team members to develop roadmaps and strategies to support agency KPIs.
• Design/Implement Enterprise Security/technology Patterns.
• Consult with teams on initiatives, provide tactical direction, and offer architecture considerations on legacy solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience with SAFe architecture and proven work experience with Agile/Scrum teams.
• Proven experience in developing enterprise and solution level architectural designs.
• Proven experience in overseeing the linking of cross-functional applications between disparate business units and systems.
• Experience with business and technical requirements analysis, business process modeling/mapping, methodology development, and data mapping.
• Knowledge of relational database design and management techniques.
• Good project management skills and/or substantial exposure to project-based work structures, project lifecycle models, etc.
• Strong knowledge of system and software quality assurance best practices and methodologies.
• Competency with XML constructs and schemas.
• Confidence and experience with API protocols and schemas such as SOAP and REST.
• Strong understanding of end-user needs and requirements.
• Excellent understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives.
• Ability to work creatively and analytically in a team environment.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Skills

• Experience in enterprise-level application design and integration: Required, 8 Years
• Experience in Azure (cloud-native and hybrid architecture): Required, 8 Years
• Experience in SaaS (Software as a Service) architecture: Required, 8 Years
• Experience with integration architecture and proven work experience with Agile/Scrum teams: Required, 8 Years
• Experience with Spatial Architecture (ArcGIS specifically): Nice to have, 1 Year