Information Technology Solutions Architect
Location: Olympia, Washington
Description: State of Washington is currently interviewing Information Technology Solutions Architect right now, this position will be depute in Washington. Detailed specification about this position opportunity kindly read the description below. The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) is a department of the Washington State Supreme Court. Established by state statute in 1957, the! mission of the AOC is to advance the efficient and effective operation of the Washington State judicial system.
The AOC carries out its mission through formulation of policy and legislative initiatives, court technology development, educational programs, and program support for 428 Washington judges and their staff. The AOC draws its employees from a wide range of professions including legal, information technology, research, education, and judicial administration.
The agency is administered by an executive team that is committed to maintaining a dedicated and diverse workforce that provides the highest quality of customer service and continuously develops strategies for improving the performance and effectiveness of the court system in Washington.
This announcement will remain open until filled, with the 1st review of applications to begin May 29, 2013. Candidates are encouraged to apply early. AOC reserves the right to close the recruitment at any time.
NOTE: Due to legislative action, a 3% temporary salary r! eduction is in effect from July 1, 2011 to June 29, 2013 for most state positions, including this position. Salary listed above does NOT reflect this reduction.
Duties:
Information Technology Solutions Architect Job Overview
Converts business requirements into a design that will become the blueprint for the solution being created to solve an identified business problem. Ensures that technology solutions are cohesive, align with the organization’s technology standards, strategic IT roadmaps, and meet the customer needs. Employs effective reusable application design and software engineering strategies and best practices. Participates in solution design reviews and other project related checkpoints. Provides options and recommendations for technical designs and solutions to internal and external stakeholders and AOC executive leadership.
Reports to the Architecture and Strategy Manager. Positions in this classification interact with executive lead! ership, agency management, external stakeholders, all levels of division staff, and staff assigned to specific projects. As a member of the agency staff, provides input to ISD planning and budgeting. Work is done under general direction, and as assigned by management. Decision-making is according to broadly defined guidelines and procedures, and some areas require interpretation and/or development of possible approaches.
Key Responsibilities
Solution Planning
- Serves as the solution lead to assess available project information to understand the scope of project, the current IT and business environment, objectives and priorities of the organization.
- Validates and/or defines and documents the proposed, high-level solution.
- Analyzes technical risks and advises on risk mitigation strategies.
- Identifies resource skills needed to deliver the proposed solution.
- Provides information and expertise to the Project Manager an! d Business Analyst to assist with development of a high-level project s! chedule, resource plan for the project, and project costs.
- Prepares for the delivering of the application or system by evaluating and selecting the methodologies and tools.
- Analyzes available assets (frameworks, reference architectures, etc) to bridge the gap between the as-is architecture and the to-be architecture.
- Understands and applies knowledge of complex technology environments and solution architecture practices across the necessary analysis, technical architecture, and design tasks to develop well-integrated, cost-effective solutions for the business problems in the assigned projects.
- Works with the Business Analyst to document/refine requirements (functional and non-functional) and to addresses compliance requirements.
- Establishes high-level models that guide solution architecture design, sub-architecture, or deployment; and reviews with all interested parties.
- Adheres to IT stan! dards. Collaborates with Enterprise Architects and Project Managers to optimize and balance long range architectural objectives and project constraints while maintaining customer value streams.
- Defines and documents the actions needed to close architecture gaps in support of business objectives.
- Participates in reviews of the designs, prototypes, and other technical deliverables to ensure they fulfill requirements and meet standards.
- Refines architectural decisions, at a project level, related to the infrastructure, data architecture, application architecture, patterns and designs, and security; to include:
Identifying services to be developed and integrated into IT solutions.
- Ensures the end-to-end service architectural roadmap to address the standard service and customization options.
- Defines and implements plans to address the service's integrati! on points with other services.
- Leads th! e overall design and works with the development teams during micro design.
- Provides guidance and oversight on the work performed by the development team. Duties include providing basic guidance to development and testing staff for assigned daily duties, monitoring work product and quality, and assisting project managers in project planning.
- Ensures the progression of the solution development through to implementation and customer acceptance and rollout to production.
- Participates in solution design reviews and other project related checkpoints.
- Analyzes, learns, and applies new technology and architecture trends in alignment with the AOC Enterprise Architecture direction.
- Continuously enhances the AOC solution architecture knowledgebase by creating reusable common patterns and solutions.
- Independently prepares written materials and gives oral presentations to project stakeholder groups and AOC leade! rship to communicate and educate stakeholders on solution recommendations and technology options.
- Performs other work as assigned.
Please refer to job description.
Qualifications:
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in information technology discipline, Master’s degree or post-graduate work preferred, AND
10 years of progressively responsible experience working in the development and design of IT systems, to include:
- Providing architectural guidance to developers/teams as an Architect or Lead Developer/Engineer.
- Working across expansive and multiple areas of software, hardware, networking, and integration of diverse technology areas (such as mainframe (Z/OS), Z/Linux, WebSphere & Java, BizTalk and Microsoft .net, DB2 and SQL Server, etc based applications).
- Managing small teams of high performance professionals.
Supplemental Information:
To be considered for this position, please submit:
- A cover letter specifying how you meet the qualifications of the position (no more than two pages).
- A chronological resume including: dates and total months/years in each position held for each previous employer.
- Completed AOC application form .
Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts
Attention Human Resources Office
1206 Quince St SE
P.O. Box 41170
Olympia, WA 98504-1170
email: Employment@courts.wa.gov
or fax 360-586-4409.
Application materials will be screened for the purposes of determining who will be selected for an interview.
For a more information about this position or other AOC opportunities, please go to our website at www.courts.wa.gov/employ .
The AOC is committed to the practice of equal employment opportunity ! and non-discrimination for all persons without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. Persons of disability needing assistance in the application process, or those needing this announcement in an alternative format, please contact Erica Munro, AOC Human Resource Office, at (360) 705-5286 or fax (360)586-4409, or via email to Employment@courts.wa.gov
SPECIAL NOTE:
All employees hired by the Administrative Office of the Courts are required to be fingerprinted for a criminal history background check with continued employment with the AOC contingent upon the results of this background check.
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