Solutions Architect

The Agency's probationary period for this position is three months, during which the candidate is expected to be onsite in Richmond VA 3-4 days per week. After this probationary period, the position may transition to a largely remote posture, with a minimum onsite expectation of 1 week per quarter (to support leadership Town Hall sessions), and additional time as needed occasionally to support specific assignments.

Job Description :

• Create overall application and solution architectures, component designs, and systems integration and implementations for a particular business solution.
• Lead efforts in defining, documenting and estimating the following for enterprise applications.
• Capture requirements for data, workflow, logical processes, hardware and operating system environment, on- prem, hybrid and cloud topologies, interfaces with other systems, internal and external checks and controls, system inputs and output.
• Collaborate with other IT staff to assess business needs and requirements and translate them into automated solutions
• Produce relevant solution design artifacts including but not limited to technical estimates, conceptual, logical and physical system designs, sequence diagrams, and data models
• Coordinate new system development to ensure it is consistent and well integrated with existing application systems and COTS solutions
• Analyze and estimate feasibility and compatibility with hardware and other programs; and will consult with clients to prototype, architect, and design applications to meet needs.
• Collaborate with Business areas and cross- functional Enterprise Architects to fully understand business needs and provide strategic consultation
• Partner with architects, other technical team members and to develop roadmaps and strategies to support agency KPIs
• Design / Implement Enterprise Security / technology Patterns
• Consult with teams as needed on initiatives and provide tactical direction as well as provide architecture considerations on legacy solutions

Qualifications :

• Experience with SAFe architecture and proven work experience with Agile / Scrum teams.
• Proven experience in developing enterprise and solution level architectural designs.
• Proven experience in overseeing the linking of cross-functional applications between disparate business units and systems.
• Experience with business and technical requirements analysis, business process modeling / mapping, methodology development, and data mapping.
• Knowledge of relational database design and management techniques.
• Good project management skills and / or substantial exposure to project-based work structures, project lifecycle models, etc.
• Strong knowledge of system and software quality assurance best practices and methodologies.
• Competency with XML constructs and schemas.
• Confidence and experience with API protocols and schemas such as SOAP and REST.
• Strong understanding of end-user needs and requirements.
• Excellent understanding of the organization's goals and objectives.
• Ability to work creatively and analytically in a team environment.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills

Years Required / Desired Experience

• Required - 8 Years : Experience in enterprise-level application design and integration
• Required - 8 Years : Experience in Azure (cloud-native and hybrid architecture)
• Required - 5 Years : Experience with Docker and Azure cloud services (AKS, Azure Functions, Azure Container Service, Azure App Services, Azure API Management)
• Required - 2 Years : Experience working with Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake
• Required - 8 Years : Experience in SaaS (Software as a Service) architecture
• Required - 8 Years : Experience with integration architecture and proven work experience with Agile / Scrum teams
• Required - 8 Years : Experience with architecture engagement in Agile methodologies (SAFe and Scrum)
• Required - 2 Years : Experience with Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse) and Dynamics365
• Nice to have - 2 Years : Experience with Esri ArcGIS