Solutions Architect

Solutions Architect

This position will be supporting the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.

Functions:

• Agency (Business) & OIT Applications Services, Development & Support
• Colorado Benefits Management System (CBMS)
• Chief Data Office
• Data Center Services
• Database Services
• Deskside Support & Services
• Digital Transformation
• OIT Architecture
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Google Apps for Government
• Mainframe, System & Server Administration
• Network & Voice Services
• Public Safety Communications Network (includes the Digital Trunked Radio System [DTRS])
• Security Operations & Access Control
• Services Engagement

Briefly Summarize the Purpose of This Position:

• The Senior Solutions Architect is assigned to projects or initiatives that involve a major application or set of applications. The Senior Solutions Architect assumes a technical architecture and people leadership role. The Senior Solutions Architect will lead efforts as an expert and work lead on leveraging technology, innovation, and thought leadership to provide scalable solutions to complex and diverse business problems.
• Working across the enterprise, the Senior Solution Architect will work to interpret business requirements into detailed specification documents and research and recommend technical solutions that can be applied to business problems; this will require collaboration with other functional groups across the State and often involves presenting to business executives.

Primary Job Duties:

Duty

Required tasks to full-fill primary responsibility:

• Bring best in class technologies, innovation, and creativity to the table in developing technical solutions to solve complex multi-dimensional problems.
• Perform a wide range of highly technical and advisory duties associated with the design, implementation and support of OIT Applications solutions.
• Provide technology leadership by architecting, prototyping, researching, recommending, documenting, and assisting in implementing and evaluating technical solutions for business issues whether purchased or developed.
• Interpret business, technical, regulatory, and architectural requirements in researching and recommending solutions.
• Review the accuracy of the release notes and technical documentation through collaboration with the applications development areas.
• Coordinate and monitor OIT technologies for capacity planning, data modeling, integration planning and availability measurement.
• Work with the CISO staff to implement appropriate application security controls across all applications development areas.
• Work with CTO staff to establish standards and disciplined techniques for technical activities like creating new code, restructuring existing code, and maintaining version control and security.
• Develop estimates of the teamwork effort needed to deliver application solutions based on the project specifications provided; report progress to management and project managers as requested.
• Interface with vendor technology/solutions, as well as appropriate involvement of OIT architecture, throughout the entire project lifecycle.
• Have ongoing interaction with key stakeholders to advise and ensure that timely, innovative, and appropriate infrastructure and services support agency strategies, projects and outcomes to align with OIT roadmaps, desired future states and overall architectural fit.
• Assign team members to projects and initiatives based on skill set and experience required.
• Participate in architecture, design, and code reviews.
• Act as a work lead for translating business objectives and requirements into functional solutions.
• Design and develop technology solutions based on existing technology.
• Lead brainstorming sessions for process improvements.
• Contribute information on Architect and Senior Architect performance in collaboration with the direct supervisor to provide well-rounded and informed knowledge of each individual team members level of competency and ability to complete the required work.

Provide specific examples of regular, ongoing decisions made by this position related to this duty.

• Identify and establish enterprise standards.
• Identify and establish certified reference architectures and design artifacts.

In performing this duty, provide examples of typical problems or challenges encountered by this position, and the guidance used to resolve the problem.

• Establishes an ongoing vision of what the architecture needs to look like, not just create point-in-time solutions.
• Appropriately guide Architects and Senior Architects to be able to align solutions across multiple services, solutions, and adhere to best practices and standard.
• Proactivley work with organizational leaders and executives to forecast changes in technology roadmaps and onboard new or emerging technologies.
• Contribute to the development of architecture principles and standard processes, assisting in the continual improvement of the architecture capability of the organization (methodology, reference design, etc.)