Capio Group is looking for an experienced Senior Enterprise Architect!
Full-time employee - Remote
Salary: $130,000 - $140,000
About Us:
Capio Group is a California-based Information Technology Consulting firm serving the public sector since 2010. We assist the Government in delivering large, complex systems and solutions. Capio Group is a small, but quickly growing firm that mixes good ideas, with great people, to achieve extraordinary results for our clients. We offer the salary and benefits of the bigger companies, with the added bonus of a flexible workplace and a great work-life balance.
Scope of Work:
Capio Group is looking for a Senior Enterprise Architect to provide Enterprise Architecture (EA) services to operate strategically and provide industry subject matter expertise and have specific knowledge of methods including governance, enterprise architecture strategy, development and management, business process design and reengineering, and support the attainment of business strategy and its alignment with processes and information technology strategy. At the client’s discretion, the Senior Enterprise Architect will provide services tailored to support various project and initiative objectives, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Strategic Alignment:
- Establish connections with all existing roadmaps to align the project objectives with broader strategic objectives.
- Facilitate, create, and maintain project and initiative-specific deliverables, such as plans and roadmaps, tailored to the project or initiative specific needs and goals.
- Proactively identify and plan for any new enterprise or shared services required to support project or initiative requirements and scalable for enterprise needs.
- Strategic Support:
- Guide and support the project's strategic vision, collaborating with cross-functional teams to anticipate and adapt to changes throughout the project lifecycle.
- Ensure alignment between the project architecture and the business strategy driving the initiative, as well as with planned solutions, IT products, and enterprise shared services.
- Guide and contribute to the creation of enterprise architecture models that reflect the project's business objectives and map data and technology to support these goals.
- Collaborate with product discovery teams to understand emerging product needs that can support the project's initiatives.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to identify business process improvements and reengineering opportunities.
- Evaluate the integration of existing and new products, define their roles within the overall architecture, and identify requirements for potential enterprise or shared services to address upcoming challenges and opportunities.
- Assess current and future technologies required to meet the project's goals and requirements, considering their fit within the broader enterprise, and coordinate IT governance approvals.
- Foster strong working relationships with internal business programs and product managers.
- Utilize project management tools and standards for effective communication and project management.
- Utilize client’s modeling tools and standards for the development of enterprise architecture artifacts.
- Adhere to product delivery standards, methods, and practices, which may include Agile methodologies (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban), and provide strategic support to both internal teams and vendor partners.
- Contribute to overall governance processes, including enterprise governance and IT governance, to ensure alignment with project objectives.
- Create and contribute to the development of enterprise architecture framework, guidelines, and standards.
- Architecture Assurance:
- Conduct and document evaluations of proposed solution architecture and project architectural artifacts to validate alignment with the client’s EA approach and standards.
- Document architecture assurance findings in the enterprise architecture repository.
- Ensure project architecture alignment with state and federal compliance requirements and the architectural frameworks (MITA).
- Ensure adherence of project architectural artifacts to the established enterprise architecture repository standards and processes.
- Facilitate communication and usage of the enterprise architecture repository to the project team.
Mandatory Experience:
- Within the last 10 years, a minimum of seven (7) years of FTE experience applying Enterprise Architecture principles. At least five (5) years of that experience must be in a lead capacity
- Possess a bachelor’s degree in an IT- related or Engineering field. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year for year basis.
A copy of the diploma must be provided upon request; if the degree is not in English it must be accompanied by a translation performed by a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). - Within the last 10 years, a minimum of six (6) years of FTE experience developing major components of the enterprise architecture plan including strategic drivers, current and target architectures, roadmaps, and deliverables.
- Within the last 10 years, a minimum of five (5) years of FTE experience with communicating project technologies that require governance approvals and describing how the technology impacts the Enterprise.
- Within the last 10 years, Seven (7) years of FTE experience implementing and/or analyzing end-to-end solutions ensuring that standards and best practices of enterprise architecture are being applied to project deliverables and the overall Enterprise solution.
- Must be able to provide a client/user end reference contact information for each applicable project meeting the requirements and two client references to sign attachments upon request. The reference contact must be a representative of the company for which the project was developed and have performed a management or supervisory role.
- A minimum of two (2) years of experience with Agile methodologies in delivering services and products to align with project/business outcomes.
- A minimum of two (2) years of experience with developing strategic direction and architectural strategy and translating direction to system owners, data owners, and PMO team.
- A minimum of two (2) years experience collecting and organizing information and creating roadmaps that support the overall enterprise governance processes and IT governance.
- A minimum of two (2) years experience with utilizing Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA) in architecture assurance.
- A minimum of two (2) years experience with analyzing and understanding business functions and information workflows with data dependencies, to support the development of solution roadmaps at an Enterprise level.
Skills Required
- At least seven years of full-time experience applying enterprise architecture principles within the last 10 years, including at least five years in a lead capacity.
- Bachelor's degree in an IT-related or Engineering field, or equivalent qualifying experience substituted year for year.
- At least six years of full-time experience within the last 10 years developing major enterprise architecture plan components, including strategic drivers, current and target architectures, roadmaps, and deliverables.
- At least five years of full-time experience within the last 10 years communicating project technologies requiring governance approvals and describing their enterprise impact.
- Seven years of full-time experience within the last 10 years implementing or analyzing end-to-end solutions and ensuring enterprise architecture standards and best practices are applied.
- Ability to provide client or user reference contact information for each applicable project and two client references upon request.
- At least two years of experience with Agile methodologies in delivering services and products aligned with project or business outcomes.
- At least two years of experience developing strategic direction and architectural strategy and translating it to system owners, data owners, and PMO teams.
- At least two years of experience collecting and organizing information and creating roadmaps supporting enterprise and IT governance processes.
- At least two years of experience using Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA) in architecture assurance.
- At least two years of experience analyzing business functions and information workflows with data dependencies to support enterprise-level solution roadmaps.
What We Do
Since 2010, we have lived our mission by combining good ideas with great people to achieve extraordinary results! Our teams are working with some of the largest government agencies in California, helping them to solve their greatest challenges. We are a small firm dedicated to big ideas and enjoy the rewards that come from hard work and commitment to our client base. We work together to innovate Every decision Capio Group makes is dictated by the needs of our clients and fueled by the passion of our employees. We are who you need us to be and will work by your side throughout the life of your project and beyond to tackle your biggest challenges. Capio Group is your “partner in change” as we grow and innovate together. We embrace education At Capio Group, we are a team of experts who are both teachers and learners. Not only do we listen and learn from you, but we also invest in the continuing education of our team so we can discover the best tools, technologies, and methods to support your business solutions. We are driven by data Relying solely on instinct or best practices to make decisions without performing any data-driven analysis can lead to ineffective budget expenditures and can have serious impacts on the progress and success of a project. Capio Group provides proof of concept design solutions so we can work accurately and efficiently to meet the time and budget requirements of our clients.
