Job Description: Essential Functions:
- 30% Leads preparation of Enrollment domain architecture viewpoints and models depicting current, target, and interim states.
- Use current state viewpoints to identify and analyze pain points and opportunities (PPOs).
- Lead advanced modeling and analysis to meet the strategic needs of the organization with respect to system, information, functional/non-functional needs, performance and security/regulatory requirements.
- Create and utilize Enrollment architecture patterns and ensure alignment with IT strategies and reference architectures.
- Ensure target state alignment and integration across architecture domains.
- Ensure upstream alignment / traceability to business needs via business architecture and downstream alignment / traceability with solution building blocks.
- Leads the extension / enhancement of domain architecture strategies, standards, and guidelines.
- Identify and support development of reusable domain patterns.
- 20% Leads design, engineering and implementation of assets for internal use in solutions to improve solution quality; collaborate through implementation phase.
- Leads peer reviews and represent the architecture domain in briefings to the Architecture Review Board.
- Oversees publishing and maintenance of viewpoints / work products in the architecture repository, ensuring they are organized, accurate, and accessible.
- Disposition stakeholder comments / feedback received via project and non-project channels.
- Ensures that regulatory and compliance issues are addressed in solutions.
- 15% Leads collaboration with other teams (business and technical), key stakeholders, and partners to understand needs to maximize architecture impact and address technical limitations.
- Leads the evaluation/selection of a solution / product design that aligns with IT / Domain strategies, standards, and guidelines.
- 10% Leads research emerging domain trends to determine their relevancy and fit for the organization.
- 10% Leads vendor evaluations and selection process broadly; leads vendor evaluation and selection for domain-specific tooling.
- Represent the architecture domain in the drafting of RFIs/RFPs and the evaluation / scoring of vendor proposals.
- 10% Leads the development / enhancement of architecture domain methods and tools.
- Ensure the alignment / integration of domain architecture processes / deliverables with those of other architecture domains and SDLC disciplines.
- Leads development of domain related communications / education materiel for use with stakeholders and architecture / SDLC partners.
- 5% Leads domain assessments for most complex new / proposed projects for architecture impacts in support of annual planning, resource estimation, and alignment with IT strategy and enterprise architecture.
- Provide input to project, product, and enterprise technology roadmaps.
- Provide regular reporting on progress, issues, and opportunities related to architecture domain.
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree.
- Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
- 10 years Experience in Architecture Domain.
- In Lieu of Education.
- In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- bility to motivate and influence others so that project objectives are met in a timely manner.
- bility to collaborate with stakeholders to develop high quality solutions.
- bility to coach, delegate, and develop architects and engineers.
- bility to managing cross-domain architecture solutions and issues.
- Expertise with domain related architecture frameworks, methods and tools.
- Effective organizational, interpersonal/relationship management, analytical, communications (written and verbal) and collaboration.
Licenses/Certifications:
- Certified System Architect Upon Hire Preferred.