Senior Architect 2/SAR2

Senior Architect 2/SAR2

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Position Title: Columbus, OH - IT - JFS - Senior Architect 2/SAR2
Senior Architect 2/SAR2

Duration: 5 Months+

Location: 4200 E. Fifth St, Columbus, OH -43219
Agency: JFS

Interviews: TEAMS
Duration: end of fiscal year

Enterprise Architect Role:

• JFS is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect who leverages Design thinking process to solve complex problems across business units focusing on customer experience and business outcomes.
• The Enterprise Architect will be working with business and IT strategists/process owners/SMEs comprising of Business Unit managers across Health and Human Services, Employment Services and various admin areas like Finance and IT managers and staff across the different pillars in OIS.

Responsibilities include:

• Partnering with Business, creating Business Capability Models, Customer Journey Maps and facilitating Business Strategic Planning discussions in collaboration with Business Relationship Managers and Senior Leadership ensuring alignment with organization’s goals and objectives.
• Partnering with IT staff and technology experts and creating IT Strategies, establishing technology standards and guidelines for design and implementation of projects
• Analyze market trends, conduct market research and evaluate technologies, create comparison matrix based on high level requirements and provide technology recommendations to Business and IT Senior leadership.
• Maintain a holistic view of the organization’s strategy, processes, information and technology assets.
• Provide architectural input and technical consultation services to implement the strategies and guidelines in projects
• Collaborate effectively with technical leads / application architects, infrastructure architects to ensure that their solutions align with target architectures and technology roadmaps.
• OIS is embarking on RPA, Conversational UI, Cloud Smart strategy, Data and Predictive Analytics and Modernization projects in Human Services, Employment Services and Internal offices.
• Provide strategic consultation to assigned line-of-business (LOB) customers for business and IT strategies as well as in researching, enabling the use of standard technologies based on customer requirements.
• Assess near-term needs, using structured interview processes, to establish business priorities; consult with technical subject matter experts and develop alternative technical solutions; advise on options, risks, costs vs. benefits, and impact on other business processes and system priorities.
• Conduct informal learning sessions for the organization on developed strategies and cutting-edge technologies

• Require Technical Architecture skills and experience in Chatbots, Virtual Assistants, IBM Watson Assistant, Predictive Analytics, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) using Automation anywhere, Cloud services such as Microsoft Windows Azure, Salesforce and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enable digital business transformation and provide guidance for modernization efforts.
• Participate in enterprise architecture development, including business architecture, information architecture, application portfolio and technical architecture and create models to drive informed business and IT decisions.
• Facilitate development of cross-LOB (enterprise) solutions that combine knowledge of business processes and issues, general technological options, and process facilitation techniques.
• Collaborate with the enterprise program management office on reporting project status, issues, risks and benefits.
• Plan, Initiate and spearhead proof of concept initiatives using emerging technologies
• Technical writing leveraging Word, Powerpoint, Visio, Avolution ABACUS, Sharepoint

Skills and Credentials:

• Experience developing strategic technology plans and roadmaps, business capability models and customer journey maps
• Ability to present and communicate both business and technical concepts
• Ability to lead and conduct emerging technology analysis initiatives
• Experience in leading efforts to create technology solutions and architectures impacting critical areas of the business
• Strong leadership and negotiation skills with business and technical groups
• Ability to establish and maintain a high-level of customer trust and confidence.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills; ability to create original concepts and theories for a variety of projects.
• Ability to think critically and solve problems
• Demonstrated technology skills across multiple IT domains (e.g. application, security, infrastructure)
• Strong consultative skills at a cross-functional level

Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information systems or related discipline, or equivalent and extensive related project experience; Master’s degree preferred.

• TOGAF Certification preferred

• Seven to nine years of experience in IT, with two years Enterprise Architecture experience and five years Solution Architecture experience

• Experience with process redesign methods (such as business process re-engineering, Six Sigma or total quality management) and tools (such as Abacus, System Architect or Mega).

• Minimum of five years of hands-on design and implementation experience in IT, with knowledge in a minimum of two of the following technical disciplines:

• Application development

• Network design

• Middleware

• Servers and storage

• Database management

• Operations

• Solution Architecture Experience using Kony Mobile Fabric (Mobile & PWA), Automation Anywhere (RPA), Microsoft LUIS (NLP), Salesforce (Force.com) is preferred

• API Management experience is preferred

• Enterprise Architecture experience using ABACUS EA tool is preferred