Short Description:
The Senior Architect is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing application infrastructure to provide highly-complex, reliable, and scalable applications and systems to meet the organization’s objectives and requirements.
Complete Description:
Franklin County Children Services needs a senior architect to help in upgrading our Active Directory to a new domain, update Exchange to 2010, upgrade from Windows XP to Win 7, implement SCCM to provision over 600 computers over 7 locations, and design and manage the overall architectural integration of these technologies. Senior-level project management is also desired because the candidate may be tasked with managing all or portions of the multiple projects. Knowledge-sharing with current staff is essential. Documenting all designs and processes is essential. Candidate must also be very experienced in Cloud-based systems implementations.
All candidates must be local to central Ohio and have first-rate communication skills, both verbal and written.
FCCS's time frames are to have all of these projects completed by end of 2014 preparatory to moving to mostly Cloud-based systems in 2015, such as Microsoft Office 365 and Dynamics AX.
Interviews will begin July 8th.
The Senior Architect is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing application infrastructure to provide highly-complex, reliable, and scalable applications and systems to meet the organization’s objectives and requirements. Senior Architects are familiar with a variety of the application technologies, environments, concepts, methodologies, practices, and procedures and rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Senior Architects are able to perform a variety of complicated tasks with minimal or no direct supervision. They have proven experience defining systems and application architecture and provide vision, problem anticipation, and problem solving ability to organization. They consult with the client to define needs or problems, conduct research, perform studies and surveys to obtain data, and analyze problems to advise on or recommend solutions, utilizing knowledge of theory, principles, or technology of specific discipline or field of specialization.
Years of Relevant Experience:
10-12 years architectural planning in Fortune 500 or major industrial shops designing complex systems. Must be familiar with more than one industry established architectural frameworks.
Desire project management experience includes PM certifications and large project management experience.
Preferred Education:
4 year college degree in computer science or related field with advanced study preferred.
Role Description:
•Manages, organizes, and administers systems analysis and preparation of applications and operating systems programming to process data and solve problems by use of computers.
•Establishes priorities and schedules, and oversees and reviews work of systems analysis personnel and programming personnel.
•Reviews feasibility studies and time and cost estimates of new or revised systems.
•Assists in the development of standards, procedures, and operating systems applications.
•A combination of directly-related technical training and hands-on experience.
•Works with stakeholders and management to ensure projects are completed on time and according to organization standards.
•Consults with personnel in other information systems groups to coordinate activities.
•Consults with management to clarify systems and programs intent, identify problems, suggest changes, and determine extent of application systems changes required.
•Participates in developing a project plan and schedule with key milestones, contingency plans, workflow charts or diagrams, considering factors, such as resource requirements, computer storage capacity and speed, extent of peripheral equipment, and intended use of output data.
•Manages conversion of workflow charts to language that can be processed by computer and entering of program codes and test data into computer.
•Analyzes test runs on computer and supervises correction of coded program and input data.
•Manages the revision of existing programs to increase operating efficiency or adapt to new requirements.
•Compiles documentation of program development and subsequent revisions.
•Trains subordinates in systems analysis, feasibility studies, programming, and program coding.
•Prescribes standards for terms and symbols used to simplify interpretation of programs.
•Collaborates with computer manufacturers and other users to develop new programming methods.
•Prepares records and reports.
Skills:
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
Expert architectural design centered on infrastructural components such as Active Directory, Exchange, Windows OS upgrades, SCCM, Cloud-based systems
Required
12
Years
Project management or key contributor of/to large-scale projects in complex, multi-location environments.
Required
7
Years
Executive-level communication skills, both written and verbal, for documenting all facets of work, regular updates and status, daily to team members.
Required
7
Years
Advanced degrees in technology or science desired with focused technology certifications in Microsoft products and technologies also highly preferred
Highly desired
Architectural framework experience in Zachman or similar major industry recognized tools
Highly desired
5
Years
PM experience managing these types of projects
Highly desired
5
Years