Technical Architect

Remote Opportunity

Works independently designing, developing and/or enhancing new software products and/or systems/platforms. May lead a large development team in the design of highly complex software systems. Acts as highest-level technical expert, addressing problems of systems integration, compatibility, and multiple platforms. Ensure that the common operating environment is compliant with the Agency enterprise architecture and applicable reference models. Evaluate analytically and systematically problems of workflows, organization, and planning and develop appropriate corrective action. Responsible for project completion and may provide daily supervision and direction to staff. Performs feasibility analysis on potential future projects to management.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

* Designs and guides implementation of large scale or complex information systems.
* Provides technical analysis for overarching strategic architecture then designs, creates, and monitors the implementation of end-to-end integrated systems.
* Analyzes various system architecture, design, interfaces and API documents to document system capabilities and identify gaps.
* Communicates to team members the architectural vision for a program or project.
* Responsible for dictating design choices to software developers, including but not limited to: platforms, coding and technical levels. Experience in establishing and enforcing standards and practices.
* Oversees the development team, manages the full life cycle of the software development process.
* Ensures that all systems and software development adhere to standards for programming including: user interface, configuration management, system interfaces, etc.
* Participates in the planning and development of requirements, design, program specifications, interface requirements, and input/output file layouts.
* Develops and maintains System Design Documents and provides expertise in the development of policies for standardizing systems.
* Conducts research on new technologies in the field of systems development and create and make recommendations for investing in such systems that will increase cost effectiveness and flexibility.
* Tasked with a balanced and focused development of the system and its maintenance despite requirements changes.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent relevant experience, Master's Degree preferred
Certifications/Licensures:
Relevant Work Experience: 15+ years of experience working as a Systems Architect on software or technology implementation project (or 8+ years of experience with an advanced degree)

Other Job Specific Skills

* Extensive experience in taking program requirements and is able to create an architecture vision having experience in high volume and high availability networks and systems.
* Extensive software development experience and thorough knowledge of a variety of programming languages and logic.
* Ability and willingness to monitor software under development meets architecture criteria.
* Experience in technical project management.
* Extensive experience in design and development of IT architectures.
* Extensive experience in large scale design and development of distributed, stateless applications.
* Experience must include a wide range of work in creating diagrams and documentation with all components that comprise IT systems including network topology.
* Experience working with an application development team in an agile software development environment.
* Experience and knowledge of multi-tier and cross-platform architectures.
* Attention to detail, and a commitment to quality work.
* Strong communication skills.
* Experience with architecting enterprise solutions based on REST web services.

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