Enterprise Architect

Enterprise ArchitectMultiyear contract - must work on siteJob Location: Tallahassee, FL (On-Site Required)Job Duration: Contract through June + annual extensions (Multi-year contract)Job Overview: Enterprise Architect for major modernization project. Will be moving applications from Mainframe to the cloud.Job Responsibilities:Creating the technical architecture documents of all the interacting applications in the current integrated solution, depicting applications, interfaces, and information flow currently in place.Documenting the current architectural standards followed by the mainframe, web, and mobile solutions currently in place.Creating optimized, flexible, and sustainable standard operating environment documents for various types of applications (web-based, mobile, etc.) and infrastructure components (compute resources, connectivity components) to minimize the spread of tools and environments.Creating the architectural standards for the technologies to be used in the to-be solution for infrastructure and security requirement compliance.Creating the technical architecture documents for the interacting applications in the to-be integrated solution, depicting the Department's applications, modernized legacy system from a vendor, interfaces, and information flow.Creating methods for compliance architecture, such as data storage, metadata management, and change control. Determining and implementing build versus buy strategies, mentor personnel, and views of the overall business strategy.Evaluating internal functions, business development strategies, and IT processes and suggesting improvements to optimize business workflows.Creating business architecture models to reflect the strategies and goals and creating and implementing the business units’ visions and goals.Be involved in every stage of discovery, development, and implementation of an optimal architecture for the modernized legacy system.Validating and verifying compliance of vendor solution.Evaluating systems to ensure an overall robustness and determine if there are any discrepancies and vulnerabilities.Review, create and maintain concurrency of architecture documents ensuring matching with the system implemented.Oversee, review, and ensure that the Vendor’s solution design is in compliance with the standard operating environments considering all facets of IT infrastructure.Setting the direction and approach for integrating information applications and programs.Cataloging, developing, coordinating, communicating, and maintaining the architectural models and relevant documentation.Enforcing the overall enterprise architecture models, representations, capabilities, and components to meet the Department’s business and technology activities.Evaluating the vendor’s solutions to reduce the total cost of ownership of the new system considering development and operational costs in IT and the business units.Identifying needs and organizing training for existing legacy system staff to improve staff’s knowledge and skills required to manage the modernized system.Providing business architecture and systems processing guidance. Ensuring the efficiency, security, and support of the Department’s goals.Work closely with the Information Security Manager to ensure all security requirements are met or exceeded.Job Requirements:Enterprise Architect on very large modernization projects.Excellent verbal and written communication.Broad technical experience (Mainframe to Cloud).10+ years technical experience