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About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Quickly develops a holistic view of the organization’s current IT architecture, business operations, in-flight technology modernization initiatives and future plans.
- Conducts workflow analysis, technology assessments, and business-related studies to define business case plans and architecture strategies supporting long term sustainability and growth.
- Works with stakeholders and plays a lead role in defining solutions to address business requirements.
- Creates system design artifacts for both current and future state of the application.
- Works with internal and external partners to define interfaces, data exchange mechanisms and data structures required by the solution.
- Translates high-level product development strategies into network and system requirement specifications and works with other engineering disciplines to develop lower-level detailed implementation requirements.
- Develops systems and system element architecture and design and interface definitions. Defines system implementation approach and operational concept. Develops models and architectural guidelines for current and future system development.
- Author primary architecture artifacts for existing or new products to generate a baseline of technical reference and expertise.
- Provides guidance and strategy for adoption of new technology products and processes optimizing developer, customer, and end-user experience.
- Updates technology roadmaps aligning to higher organizational strategies and vision as needed.
- Conducts trade-off analysis on applications when needed.
- Builds a trusted advisory relationship with various stakeholders.
- Express and defend personal/team dissenting opinions with clarity and diplomacy.
- Proactively and insightfully report/document delivery of value.
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems, Business or related scientific/technical discipline.
- 15+ years of experience. 10 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education.
- Mature written, oral, and visual communication with sensitivity to the perspectives, limitations, and needs of different audiences.
- Demonstrated application architecture experience.
- Ability to distill/optimize/simplify complex concepts, diagrams, and reports for consumption by different audiences.
- Proven knowledge of technology and application landscape at the VA.
- Experience in the design of scalable, resilient, and highly responsive enterprise applications.
- Experience in creating solution blueprints and future state processes.
- Well-versed in DevSecOps culture, processes, measures, and tooling.
- Great interpersonal skills and ability to work independently with minimal guidance/supervision.
- Solid experience with Microsoft and other collaborative tools including Teams, SharePoint, Jira, etc.
- Demonstrated experience in a remote work environment.
Benefits
Comp & perks- Comprehensive benefits for you and your family
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Hard Skills & Tools
application architectureworkflow analysistechnology assessmentssystem designdata exchange mechanismssystem implementationarchitectural guidelinessolution blueprintsDevSecOpsenterprise applications
Soft Skills
written communicationoral communicationvisual communicationinterpersonal skillsindependent workclaritydiplomacyproactive reportingstakeholder engagementcomplex concept simplification