Enterprise Architect - iQuasar
Rockville, MD
About the Job
Job Description:
Responsibilities:
o Define, document, and implement the architectural components.
o Perform research, identify business and information technology trends and best practices, and recommend appropriate solutions, methodologies, and strategies for achieving organizational goals.
o Provide comprehensive advanced technical architectural guidance to the project development and project management teams.
o Communicate architectural suggestions and decisions to the development leads and teams.
o Ensure Enterprise Architecture is in compliance with the HHS Enterprise Architecture.
o Develop implementation guidelines for Government-approved architecture changes and communicate to the relevant stakeholders.
o Provide technical guidance to successfully implement the technical roadmap(s), system architecture(s), and designs across the IT enterprise.
o Participate in pilot projects to provide clarifications or to review adjustments to various system architectures based on industry standards.
o Participate in technical and business discussions relative to future architecture direction.
o Participate in developing policies, standards, guidelines and procedures.Promote the EA process, outcomes and results.
o Review exceptions and makes recommendations to architectural standards at the enterprise/program level.
o Consult with project teams to ensure compatibility with existing solutions, infrastructure and services.
o Coordinate architecture implementation and modification activities.
o Perform ongoing architecture quality review activities relative to specific project/programs they are responsible for.
o Research and evaluate emerging technology, industry and market trends to assist in project development and/or operational support activities.
o Advised on expenditures based on the size, scope, and cost of hardware and software components.
o Develop IT application and system business cases.
o Work closely with security specialists to ensure adequate security solutions are in place throughout all systems and platforms to mitigate identified risks sufficiently, and to meet business objectives and regulatory requirements.
o Analyze business impact and exposure, based on emerging security threats, vulnerabilities and risks.
o Communicate security risks and solutions to business partners and IT staff.
o Participate in the development of the program's application architectural strategy in alignment with business goals.
o Analyze the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.
o Assess the capacity and resource utilization of application and search tools, components, network, application platforms, application/integration/database servers, storage, security and management hardware and software.
o Approve and modify the designs and architectures by reviewing end-user topology, security, performance, and interoperability requirements.
o Consult on application or infrastructure development projects to fit systems or infrastructure to the technical architecture.
Qualifications
o Applicants selected will be subject to a Public Trust background security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information. US Citizens or Permanent Residents preferred.
o Minimum 5-10 years of experience as a customer-facing Technical Architect for a complex system
o Applicants selected will be subject to a Public Trust background security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information. US Citizens or Permanent Residents preferred.
Responsibilities:
o Define, document, and implement the architectural components.
o Perform research, identify business and information technology trends and best practices, and recommend appropriate solutions, methodologies, and strategies for achieving organizational goals.
o Provide comprehensive advanced technical architectural guidance to the project development and project management teams.
o Communicate architectural suggestions and decisions to the development leads and teams.
o Ensure Enterprise Architecture is in compliance with the HHS Enterprise Architecture.
o Develop implementation guidelines for Government-approved architecture changes and communicate to the relevant stakeholders.
o Provide technical guidance to successfully implement the technical roadmap(s), system architecture(s), and designs across the IT enterprise.
o Participate in pilot projects to provide clarifications or to review adjustments to various system architectures based on industry standards.
o Participate in technical and business discussions relative to future architecture direction.
o Participate in developing policies, standards, guidelines and procedures.Promote the EA process, outcomes and results.
o Review exceptions and makes recommendations to architectural standards at the enterprise/program level.
o Consult with project teams to ensure compatibility with existing solutions, infrastructure and services.
o Coordinate architecture implementation and modification activities.
o Perform ongoing architecture quality review activities relative to specific project/programs they are responsible for.
o Research and evaluate emerging technology, industry and market trends to assist in project development and/or operational support activities.
o Advised on expenditures based on the size, scope, and cost of hardware and software components.
o Develop IT application and system business cases.
o Work closely with security specialists to ensure adequate security solutions are in place throughout all systems and platforms to mitigate identified risks sufficiently, and to meet business objectives and regulatory requirements.
o Analyze business impact and exposure, based on emerging security threats, vulnerabilities and risks.
o Communicate security risks and solutions to business partners and IT staff.
o Participate in the development of the program's application architectural strategy in alignment with business goals.
o Analyze the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.
o Assess the capacity and resource utilization of application and search tools, components, network, application platforms, application/integration/database servers, storage, security and management hardware and software.
o Approve and modify the designs and architectures by reviewing end-user topology, security, performance, and interoperability requirements.
o Consult on application or infrastructure development projects to fit systems or infrastructure to the technical architecture.
Qualifications
o Applicants selected will be subject to a Public Trust background security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information. US Citizens or Permanent Residents preferred.
o Minimum 5-10 years of experience as a customer-facing Technical Architect for a complex system
o Applicants selected will be subject to a Public Trust background security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information. US Citizens or Permanent Residents preferred.
Source : iQuasar