Azure Solutions Architect

VDOT's probationary period for this position is three months, during which the candidate is expected to be onsite in Richmond VA 3-4 days per week. After this probationary period, the position may transition to a largely remote posture, with a minimum onsite expectation of 1 week per quarter (to support leadership Town Hall sessions), and additional time as needed occasionally to support specific assignments.

Responsibilities:

• Create overall application and solution architectures, component designs, and systems integration and implementations for a particular business solution.
• Lead efforts in defining, documenting and estimating the following for enterprise applications.
• Capture requirements for data, workflow, logical processes, hardware and operating system environment, on-prem, hybrid and cloud topologies, interfaces with other systems, internal and external checks and controls, system inputs and output.
• Collaborate with other IT staff to assess business needs and requirements and translate them into automated solutions
• Produce relevant solution design artifacts including but not limited to technical estimates, conceptual, logical and physical system designs, sequence diagrams, and data models
• Coordinate new system development to ensure it is consistent and well integrated with existing application systems and COTS solutions
• Analyze and estimate feasibility and compatibility with hardware and other programs; consult with clients to prototype, architect, and design applications to meet needs.
• Collaborate with Business areas and cross-functional Enterprise Architects to fully understand business needs and provide strategic consultation
• Partner with architects, other technical team members to develop roadmaps and strategies to support agency KPIs
• Design/Implement Enterprise Security/technology Patterns
• Consult with teams as needed on initiatives and provide tactical direction as well as provide architecture considerations on legacy solutions

Qualifications:

• Experience with SAFe architecture and proven work experience with Agile/Scrum teams.
• Proven experience in developing enterprise and solution level architectural designs.
• Proven experience in overseeing the linking of cross-functional applications between disparate business units and systems.
• Experience with business and technical requirements analysis, business process modeling/mapping, methodology development, and data mapping.
• Knowledge of relational database design and management techniques.
• Good project management skills and/or substantial exposure to project-based work structures, project lifecycle models, etc.
• Strong knowledge of system and software quality assurance best practices and methodologies.
• Competency with XML constructs and schemas.
• Confidence and experience with API protocols and schemas such as SOAP and REST.
• Strong understanding of end-user needs and requirements.
• Excellent understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives.
• Ability to work creatively and analytically in a team environment.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Skill Matrix:

• Experience in enterprise-level application design and integration Required 8 Years
• Experience in Azure (cloud-native and hybrid architecture) Required 8 Years
• Experience in SaaS (Software as a Service) architecture Required 8 Years
• Experience with integration architecture and proven work experience with Agile/Scrum teams Required 8 Years
• Experience with Spatial Architecture (ArcGIS specifically) Nice to have 1 Year