Senior Applications Architect

Program Management & Systems Acquisition Position Title: Program Management & Systems Acquisition Provides daily management of project activities Identifies issues and risks and develops issue and risk mitigation strategies Facilitator between a State agency and IT contractor Responsible to oversee that work is performed in accordance with the Contract Task Orders (in-scope, satisfies performance, on-time delivery, and within cost ceiling) Manages schedule to include critical paths, task activities, performance dates Oversees testing to meet acceptance criteria Develops solutions for improved efficiency (e.g., cost reduction and improved performance levels) Monitors progress and provides timely status reports Demonstrates excellent writing and oral communications skills Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business or other related discipline Master’s degree or project management professional (PMP) certification is preferred Experience Minimum of five (5) years of experience in project management Minimum of five (5) years of experience managing IT related projects and must demonstrate a leadership role in at least three successful projects that were delivered on time and on budget Preferred Skills Minimum of five (5) years of experience within the past eight (8) years on software development projects for large-scale client/server architectures developed in the Visual Studio .NET software development environment Five (5) years’ experience managing projects using the following technologies: Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2010+ Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Microsoft ASP .NET Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Windows Forms Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Microsoft SQL Server 2005+ or IBM DB2 Senior Applications Architect Position Title: Senior Applications Architect Duration: 5 years Position Duties Manages major projects that involve providing professional support services and/or the integration, implementation and transition of large, complex systems Provides design and development of e-government solutions, and is responsible for technical design and implementation of the architecture Designs, develops, and maintains infrastructure and backend applications Provides expertise on defining the role of broadband and wireless applications Provides definition of current State architecture blueprints Provides expertise with web servers, gateways, and application servers and content management systems Provides experience in web application technologies and middleware solutions Researches new technologies and products for their applicability to business processes Develops analysis of alternatives with recommended best value solution Ensures that development efforts are well planned and in agreement with standards Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or other related scientific or technical discipline Master’s degree preferred Experience Minimum of 10 years of experience planning, designing, building, and implementing IT application systems Must have led or been chief architect in a major IT applications implementation Must have a strong background in software engineering principles and techniques Minimum of six (6) years of experience in designing medium to large-scale sites and management of at least five Internet projects Preferred Skills Minimum of six (6) years’ experience within the past ten (10) years in the Visual Studio .NET software development environment Five (5) years’ experience in at least four (4) of the following technologies: Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2010+ Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Microsoft ASP .NET Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Windows Forms Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Microsoft SQL Server 2005+ or IBM DB2 Applications Development Expert Position Title: Applications Development Expert Duration: 5 years Preferences / Qualifications Preference for a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field or equivalent work experience Experience Minimum of seven (7) years of IT and business/industry work experience Minimum of three (3) years as Technical expert in IT organization Coaches and mentors more junior technical staff Provides technical input into the most complex and high impact IT decisions Accountable for the most complex enterprise-wide applications and issues, translating highly complex concepts for peers and customers Preferred Experience Minimum of five (5) years’ experience within the past seven (7) years in the Visual Studio .NET software development environment Five (5) years’ experience in at least four (4) of the following technologies: Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2010+ Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Microsoft ASP .NET Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Windows Forms Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Microsoft SQL Server 2005+, or IBM 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