Job Title: IT Solution Architect
Location: Denver, CO/REMOTE
Candidate Must Be Local - Must currently live in Colorado
Duration: 7+ Months
The IT Solution Architect will be responsible for the following:
- Solutions Architecture:
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Interpret business, technical, regulatory, and architectural requirements in researching and recommending solutions.
- Evaluate and select appropriate technologies and platforms, with a focus on security, accessibility and compliance.
- Ensure solutions adhere to architectural standards and best practices, including security and accessibility policies and guidelines.
- Participate in the technology selection and provide recommendations.
- Collaborate and recommend standard operating procedures and policies.
- 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.
- Identify and manage potential risks associated with proposed solutions, including but not limited to security risks.
- Review, analyze and document solutions are designed for performance and can scale to meet future demands.
- Review, analyze and document cost effectiveness and optimization within proposed solutions.
- Build and Apply Institutional Knowledge
- Promote the understanding of OIT Architecture and industry standard patterns and practices.
- Collaborate with other OIT architecture staff to ensure consistent delivery of quality industry-standard solutions.
- Capture and share best-practice knowledge with the solution architect community.
- Ensure that intellectual assets created during the delivery process are captured and evolved in the knowledge base in a manner that is reusable and relevant, including delivery and process models, sample project plans, sample deliverables, estimating and cost models, resource allocations.
- Consult on new projects to determine best architecture for the app/workload, estimated costs to host app, publish designs/recommendations
- Support IT Innovation in the Enterprise and Vendor Engagements
- Maintain currency in technologies and trends through research.
- Maintain awareness of current and future work efforts across the enterprise and identify opportunities for implementing innovative solutions.
- Research and recommend solutions that meet the requirements of the customers and align with annual agency work plans, OIT’s enterprise strategy, and the OIT Playbook.
- Track initiatives evaluate the effectiveness of the planned solutions and recommend alternative solutions when needed.
- Anticipate the training needs of end users and support staff who will maintain the solution in production.
- Demonstrate the benefits (increased operational efficiencies, decreased costs, etc.) of a solution to an agency unit.
- Identify technology solutions compliant with digital accessibility regulations and accessibility evaluations in product testing (e.g., usability testing, use case tests).
- Coordinate with OIT internal operations teams to consider the implications (to infrastructure, security, etc.) of introducing solutions.
- Understand advanced data migration techniques.
- Understand the enterprise perspective of OIT operations across the supported agencies.
- Technical Leadership:
- Act as a technical expert and advisor in determining optimal solutions based on business requirements.
- Provide guidance on technology trends and emerging solutions, with consideration for their security and accessibility implications.
- Collaborate with other architects and solution engineers to maintain a consistent architectural vision.
- Stakeholder Management:
- Effectively communicate with stakeholders at all levels, including technical teams, business users and project sponsors, to gather requirements, manage expectations and ensure proposed solutions align with project goals and/or business requirements.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders through active listening, transparent communication and proactive issue resolution.
- Facilitate collaboration and consensus among diverse stakeholder groups with potentially conflicting priorities.
- Translate technical concepts and solutions into clear, concise language for non-technical stakeholders.
- Documentation:
- Create and maintain solution architecture documentation for recommended solutions.
- Document technical designs and implementation plans as part of recommending a solution.
- Ensure documentation is clear, concise and up-to-date.
Qualifications
The IT Solution Architect should possess the following qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or a related field.
- Proven experience as a Solution Architect or in a similar role.
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles and frameworks.
- Experience with a variety of technologies and platforms, including but not limited to various operating systems and databases.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
