Enterprise/Platform Architect (731002)

Location

Richmond, VA | United States

Job description

Title : Enterprise/Platform Architect (731002)

Location : Richmond, VA

Client : Virginia Information Technology Agency

Note:  Note: It is a hybrid position.So Local Richmond, VA candidates only

Job description :

• The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Information Technology Division (ITD) is seeking an enterprise/platform architect to join the VDOT Enterprise Architecture team. This individual will work with key members to balance and prioritize current operational demands, disruptions, and opportunities with the longer-term strategic vision of the organization. Furthermore, the enterprise/platform architect provides technology guidance, road maps, principles, standards, and best practices.
  

Responsibilities

• Provides direction, guidance, and definition of IT Platform architecture to effectively support VDOT’s IT and business strategy. Supports all architectural disciplines and champions architectural initiatives.
  
• Reviews existing business processes and establishes metrics to improve business processes, as well as support of all architectural disciplines under their direction.
  
• Works on highly complex projects that require in-depth knowledge across multiple specialized architecture domains.
  
• Aligns architecture strategy with business goals.
  
• Defines, explains, and advocates technology strategy.
  
• Develops and communicates architectural policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures.
  
• Promotes the EA process, outcomes, and results to the organization and senior leadership.
  
• Reviews and/or analyzes and develops architectural requirements as needed for the organization.
  
• Ensures the conceptual completeness of the technical solutions.
  
• Leads teams in developing technology plans.
  
• Consults with project teams to fit projects to enterprise architecture, as well as to identify when it is necessary to modify the enterprise architecture.
  
• Ensures recommendations are based on business relevance, appropriate timing, and deployment.
  
• Collaborates with project management and IT leaders to ensure progress towards architectural alignment with project goals and requirements.
  
• Preferred experience includes Esris GIS tools and platform.
  
• Document the data architecture and environment in order to maintain a current and accurate view of the larger data picture.
  
• Strong understanding of relational data structures, theories, principles, and practices.
  
• Strong familiarity with meta data management and associated processes.· Hands-on knowledge of enterprise repository tools, data modeling tools, data mapping tools, and data profiling tools.
  

Required Skills

• Experience in technical, substantive and methodological issues related to design architecture for new or emerging solutions and technologies
  
• Experience in cloud application (Azure/AWS) /GIS architecture
  
• Experience with various aspects of enterprise architecture with knowledge of one or more formalized frameworks such as NASCIO, TOGAF, FEAF
  
• Experience applying application/software/systems development methodologies including agile approaches
  
• Create overall application and solution architectures, component designs, and systems integration and implementations for a particular business system.
  

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