Enterprise/ Platform Architect

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*Local candidates only please
*Candidate must also be able to work onsite at least once a month
*Contractor will be responsible for purchasing parking through VDOT’s Parking Management Office or procuring their own parking

Our client 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.
• experience includes Esri's GIS tools and platform.

Skills:

• Experience in technical, substantive and methodological issues related to design architecture for new or emerging solutions and technologies - Required (10 Years)
• Experience in defining enterprise metadata standards and an enterprise taxonomy - Required (4 Years)
• Experience with various aspects of enterprise architecture with knowledge of one or more formalized frameworks such as NASCIO, TOGAF, FEAF - Required (10 Years)
• Experience applying application/software/systems development methodologies including agile approaches - Required (10 Years)
• IT and business/industry work experience including architecture design and deployment, systems lifecycle management, and infrastructure planning - Required (10 Years)
• Experience with Esri's GIS tools and platforms - Highly desired (3 Years)
• Experience in cloud application (Azure/AWS) /GIS architecture - Required (10 Years)
• Experience in SaaS (Software as a Service) architecture - Required (5 Years)
• Competency with XML constructs and schemas. Experience with API protocols and schemas such as SOAP and REST - Required (10 Years)
• Partner with architects, other technical team members and to develop roadmaps and strategies to support agency KPIs - Required (7 Years)
• Create overall application and solution architectures, component designs, and systems integration and implementations for a particular business sols - Required (10 Years)

Phaeton Solutions, LLC is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), making decisions without regard to , , , creed, , , , marital status, , , veteran status, , or any other protected class. U.S. Citizenship and/or authorization to work within the U.S. is required for most positions.