Job Details:
Job Title: Enterprise/Platform Architect
Job Location: Richmond, VA 23219
Contract Duration: 11 Months (Possibility of extension)
Work Mode: Hybrid (Onsite at least once a month)
Interview Type: Both Web Cam and In Person Interview
Complete Description:
The Client is seeking an Enterprise/platform architect to join the 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 client'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 Esri's GIS tools and platform
Required / Desired Skills:
- Experience in technical, substantive and methodological issues related to design architecture for new or emerging solutions and technologies.
- Experience in defining enterprise metadata standards and an enterprise taxonomy
- 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
- IT and business/industry work experience including architecture design and deployment, systems lifecycle management, and infrastructure planning and o
- Experience with Esri's GIS tools and platforms is highly desired.
- Experience in cloud application (Azure/AWS) /GIS architecture.
- experience in SaaS (Software as a Service) architecture
- Competency with XML constructs and schemas. experience with API protocols and schemas such as SOAP and REST
- Partner with architects, other technical team members and to develop roadmaps and strategies to support agency KPIs
- Create overall application and solution architectures, component designs, and systems integration and implementations for a particular business sol.
#CB, #Dice
What We Do
vTech solution Inc. is a Managed IT Services firm based out of Washington DC with a primary focus on Cloud Computing and Professional Services.
vTech was incorporated in January 2006 under the Commonwealth of Virginia as an IT Professional firm. vTech has experienced constant growth over the years and has developed various IT service capabilities by diversifying its service portfolio to IT Consulting, Enterprise Software Solutions, and Cloud Computing Services to provide complete IT Managed Service offerings.
Currently, we are one of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies and have been consecutively named in INC. 5000 list for the past five years.
Our focus is to enhance the level of success for our clients by efficiently offering the highest quality services. We use the most advanced IT technologies and practices to add value to our client services.
We specialized in core competencies which include Cloud solutions, Network Services, Security Solutions, Customized Application Services, System Integration, AI Tools, and Professional IT Services such as Project Management, Staff Augmentation, and IT Infrastructure Services.
vTech Solution's unwavering dedication to results defines our brand. Our time-tested management processes, quality control methods, and state-of-the-art work environment ensure that our clients' most complex projects are delivered on time, on budget, and message.
"vTech encourages and supports a healthy work-life balance for its employees. It offers a workplace where you can work with dignity and independence. vTech offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. We offer tuition and training expense reimbursement and a flexible work schedule."
