Applications Architect

DESCRIPTION

Serve as the lead technical resource providing strategic oversight and planning for applications architecture and design.

Coordinate the development of new software system applications; provide technical expertise in software architecture; document and design software specifications for software engineers;

produce software prototypes to demonstrate application of design. Analyze, define, and document requirements for data, workflow, logical processes, hardware and operating system environment, and network connectivity, other systems interfaces, internal and external checks and controls, and outputs.

Lead development of system prototypes to demonstrate application of design principles. Assign technical experts for all major project reviews;

monitor trends in system architecture and software development and engineering; and recommend training in software development technologies.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES :

• Build and introduce complex technical documents, procedures, reports, briefings and proposals.
• Develop and advocate data management policies, standards, practices and security measures to ensure effective and consistent data management operations.
• Develop methods of ensuring that the data incompatibilities among systems are systematically eliminated.
• Effectively diagnose, isolate and expediently resolve complex problems pertaining to data infrastructure
• Effectively monitor program / project development
• Evaluate and make recommendations regarding data integrity.
• Provide an enterprise-wide perspective into IT-related decisions.
• Identify complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Knowledge of industry data standards and architectures; knowledge of design and integration principles of complex, knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. / FOUO
• Knowledge of and application of Services Oriented Architecture and Agile Development Methods
• Knowledge of problem analysis, structured analysis and design, and programming techniques.
• Knowledge of systems design, development, and interconnectivity
• Able to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Able to resolve issues in a professional manner, lead working groups, negotiate, and create consensus.
• Determine how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes
• Identify measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
• Knowledge of missions and needs, and considerable knowledge of Intelligence Community missions, needs, and information sharing requirements.

QVine Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer M / F / D / V