• Local Richmond, VA candidates only please
• Candidate must also be able to work onsite at least once a month

JOB DESCRIPTION
• We are seeking an enterprise/platform architect to join the Enterprise Architecture team.
• This individual will work with key members to balance and prioritize current operational demands, disruptions, and opportunities with the longer-term strategic vision of the organization.
• Furthermore the enterprise/platform architect provides technology guidance, road maps, principles, standards, and best practices.

Responsibilities
• Provides direction, guidance, and definition of IT Platform architecture to effectively support IT and business strategy.
• Supports all architectural disciplines and champions architectural initiatives.
• Reviews existing business processes and establishes metrics to improve business processes, as well as support of all architectural disciplines under their direction.
• Works on highly complex projects that require in-depth knowledge across multiple specialized architecture domains.
• Aligns architecture strategy with business goals.
• Defines, explains, and advocates technology strategy.
• Develops and communicates architectural policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures.
• Promotes the EA process, outcomes, and results to the organization and senior leadership.
• Reviews and/or analyzes and develops architectural requirements as needed for the organization.
• Ensures the conceptual completeness of the technical solutions.
• Leads teams in developing technology plans.
• Consults with project teams to fit projects to enterprise architecture, as well as to identify when it is necessary to modify the enterprise architecture.
• Ensures recommendations are based on business relevance, appropriate timing, and deployment.
• Collaborates with project management and IT leaders to ensure progress towards architectural alignment with project goals and requirements.
• Preferred experience includes Esri’s GIS tools and platform.
• Document the data architecture and environment in order to maintain a current and accurate view of the larger data picture.
• Strong understanding of relational data structures, theories, principles, and practices.
• Strong familiarity with meta data management and associated processes.· Hands- on knowledge of enterprise repository tools, data modeling tools, data mapping tools, and data profiling tools.

Skill Required /Desired Amount of Experience
• Experience in technical, substantive and methodological issues related to design architecture for new or emerging solutions and technologies. Required 10 Years
• Experience in defining enterprise metadata standards and an enterprise taxonomy Required 4 Years
• Experience with various aspects of enterprise architecture with knowledge of one or more formalized frameworks such as NASCIO, TOGAF, FEAF Required 10 Years
• Experience applying application/software/systems development methodologies including agile approaches Required 10 Years
• IT and business/industry work experience including architecture design and deployment, systems lifecycle management, and infrastructure planning Required 10 Years
• Experience with Esri’s GIS tools and platforms Highly desired 3 Years
• Experience in cloud application (Azure/AWS) /GIS architecture. Required 10 Years
• experience in SaaS (Software as a Service) architecture Required 5 Years
• Competency with XML constructs and schemas. experience with API protocols and schemas such as SOAP and REST Required 10 Years
• Partner with architects, other technical team members and to develop roadmaps and strategies to support agency KPIs? Required 7 Years
• Create overall application and solution architectures, component designs, and systems integration and implementations for a particular business sols Required 10 Years
• Strong understanding of relational data structures, theories, principles, and practices.
• Strong familiarity with metadata management and associated Required 5 Years
• Document the data architecture and environment in order to maintain a current and accurate view of the larger data picture Required 5 Years

Please Submit Resumes in Word Format

Job Type: Contract

Pay: Up to $90.00 per hour

Schedule:
• 8 hour shift

Experience:
• SaaS (Software as a Service) architecture: 5 years (Required)
• XML constructs and schemas.: 10 years (Required)
• API protocolsprotocols and schemas such as SOAP and REST: 10 years (Required)
• develop roadmaps and strategies to support agency KPIs?: 7 years (Required)
• Create overall application and solution architectures: 10 years (Required)
• systems integration&implementations for business sols: 10 years (Required)
• relational data structures, theories, principles: 5 years (Required)
• Document the data architecture and environment: 5 years (Required)
• formalized frameworks such as NASCIO, TOGAF, FEAF: 10 years (Required)
• enterprise metadata standards and an enterprise taxonomy: 4 years (Required)
• technical,substantive &methodological issues: 10 years (Required)
• cloud application (Azure/AWS) /GIS architecture.: 10 years (Required)

Work Location: In person