General Experience Expectations:

Gain a detailed understanding of the Technology Restoration Plan project scope directly after onboarding;

Work closely with the Chief of the Project Management Office (PMO), Program Manager, and vendors associated with the project;

Create the technical architecture documents of all the interacting applications in the current integrated solutions that illustrate the current applications, interfaces, and information flow in place;

Document the current architectural standards followed by the mainframe, web, and mobile solutions currently in place;

Create the architectural standards for the technologies to be used in the to-be solutions for the Florida Department of Corrections (Department) infrastructure and security requirement compliance;

Enforce the Department's enterprise architecture models, representations, capabilities, and components to meet the business and technology activities; and

Validate if the proposed technical solutions meet the Department's requirements.

Required Qualifications:

A bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited college or university in IT or other related or four (4) years of equivalent work experience is required. Relevant experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis when applicable.

The Department requires the following experience, skills, and/or knowledge for this position:

1. Five (5) years of experience in participating in the architecting complex IT systems;
2. Five (5) years of experience with technical design using analytical skills;
3. Five (5) years of experience on technical teams in large-scale projects with components of infrastructure improvements and software development;
4. Five (5) years of experience with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC);
5. Five (5) years of experience in building integrations between applications on different hardware platforms;
6. Strong verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills;
7. Strong leadership and motivational skills; and
8. Experience in modeling and graphical representations.

NOTE: In addition to the above list, the selected Candidate must successfully complete a Level II Background Check.

Preferred Qualifications:

The Department prefers the Candidate to have the following experience, skills, and/or knowledge for this position:

1. Experience in modernizing & migrating mainframe applications from legacy systems;
2. Experience in architecting optimal solutions for migrating applications to the cloud, preferably Azure or Amazon Web Services;
3. Experience in containerization of applications; and
4. Building application integrations using Application Programming Interfaces.

Scope of Work/Job Characteristics:

The Enterprise Architect will serve as the principal line of communication for the project team. The duties and responsibilities of this position are as follows:

Serve as the technical liaison between the Department business users and contracted service vendors;

Provide hands-on leadership for the design of re-engineered processes;

Provide periodic reports to internal and external stakeholders regarding the compliance of new solutions and processes with enterprise architecture standards;

Maintain all technical architectural artifacts in a shared repository with documented version history;

Participate in business requirements gathering sessions;

Lead the development of business process improvements, making recommendations based on enterprise architecture standards; and

Work independently as a part of a larger cross-functional team.