Remote Work - Need Infrastructure Principle Architect

Location: Remote for daily – 1 time a week on site for collaboration meeting in Reston, VA sometimes DC

Duration = 12mos to perm

ONLY ACCEPTING CANDIDATES FROM DC, MD, Northern VA, WV – commutable to DC within an hour

This is for an Infrastructure Architect

Prefer strong AWS

Prefer some type of Architect Modeling Tool Experience (they use Orbus)

Purpose

This is a Principle level Architect (enterprise experience)

Drives enterprise optimization by introducing capabilities (inclusive of all functions) for their domain of responsibility utilizing in-depth knowledge and expert skills to advance domain strategies. Translates business needs for the domain into architectural solutions that meet performance, reliability and security expectations. Applies enterprise roadmaps, principles, standards, and practices to drive their domain strategies and execution.

Essential Functions

Architecture and Strategy Development: Leads preparation of infrastructure architecture viewpoints and models depicting current, target, and interim states.

• Use current state viewpoints to identify and analyze pain points and opportunities (PPOs).
• Lead advanced modeling and analysis to meet the strategic needs of the organization with respect to system, information, functional/non-functional needs, performance and security/regulatory requirements.
• Create and utilize architecture patterns and ensure alignment with IT strategies and reference architectures.
• Ensure target state alignment and integration across architecture domains. Ensure upstream alignment / traceability to business needs via business architecture and downstream alignment / traceability with solution building blocks.
• Leads the extension / enhancement of infrastructure architecture strategies, standards, and guidelines.
  
  

Architecture Consulting: Serve as consultative resource to Infrastructure, Operations & Security (IO&S) leadership and CareFirst technical teams, business units, and external partners that are creating/developing/maintaining system designs in areas such as infrastructure, security, operations, integration, disaster recovery, and network management spanning multiple heterogeneous platforms. Advises Infrastructure leadership on transitioning to hybrid cloud architecture and impact on existing capabilities, process and skillsets.

Architecture Management and Planning: Leads design, engineering and implementation of assets for internal use in solutions to improve solution quality; collaborate through implementation phase.

• Leads peer reviews and represent the infrastructure architecture domain in briefings to the Architecture Review Board.
• Oversees publishing and maintenance of viewpoints / work products in the architecture repository, ensuring they are organized, accurate, and accessible.
• Dispositions stakeholder comments / feedback received via project and non-project channels.
• Ensures that regulatory and compliance issues are addressed in solutions.
• Leads infrastructure assessments for most complex new / proposed projects for architecture impacts in support of annual planning, resource estimation, and alignment with IT strategy and enterprise architecture.
• Provide input to project, product, and enterprise technology roadmaps.
• Provide regular reporting on progress, issues, and opportunities related to infrastructure architecture.
  
  

Solution / Vendor Selection: Represent the infrastructure architecture domain in the drafting of RFIs/RFPs and the evaluation / scoring of vendor proposals.

• Leads collaboration with other teams (business and technical), key stakeholders, and partners to understand needs to maximize architecture impact and address technical limitations.
• Leads the evaluation/selection of a solution design that aligns with IT strategies, standards, and guidelines.
  
  

Infrastructure Operations Support: Provide technical leadership and direction on infrastructure and system integration matters, diagnosis / prevention of production problems, and assistance with communication of incident impacts to business and customers.

• Serve as primary representative / expert on core technologies for Disaster Recovery integration with the changing technical landscape.
• Develop and implement Operating and Service Level Agreements as well as implementation of ITIL processes, procedures and disciplines.
  
  

Practice Improvement: Leads the development / enhancement of infrastructure architecture methods and tools. Ensures the alignment / integration of infrastructure architecture processes / deliverables with those of other architecture domains and SDLC disciplines. Leads development of infrastructure related communications / education materiel for use with stakeholders and architecture / SDLC partners.

Emerging Technology and Innovation: Leads research emerging domain trends to determine their relevancy and fit for the organization.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education Level: Bachelor's Degree

Education Details: Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Experience: 10 years Experience in Architecture Domain

In Lieu of Education

In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.

Experience developing integrated roadmaps aligned with business, product, and architecture strategies.

Experience elaborating architecture strategies to develop comprehensive action plans for adoption.

Experience developing future state vision, strategies, roadmaps, patterns and standards.

Experience development of domain strategies and roadmaps (i.e., application, infrastructure, security, or similar).

Experience collaborating with procurement, legal and audit on vendor/technology selection.

Proficiency in MS Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, and Visio.

Preferred Qualifications

Advanced degree

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities (KSAs)

Ability to motivate and influence others so that project objectives are met in a timely manner. , Expert

Ability to collaborate with stakeholders to develop high quality solutions. , Expert

Ability to coach, delegate, and develop architects and engineers., Expert

Ability to managing cross-domain architecture solutions and issues., Expert

Expertise with domain related architecture frameworks, methods and tools., Expert

Effective organizational, interpersonal/relationship management, analytical, communications (written and verbal) and collaboration., Expert

Experience using architecture modeling tools (i.e., Orbus Infinity or similar).

The incumbent is required to immediately disclose any debarment, exclusion, or other event that makes them ineligible to perform work directly or indirectly on Federal health care programs. Must be able to effectively work in a fast-paced environment with frequently changing priorities, deadlines, and workloads that can be variable for long periods of time. Must be able to meet established deadlines and handle multiple customer service demands from internal and external customers, within set expectations for service excellence. Must be able to effectively communicate and provide positive customer service to every internal and external customer, including customers who may be demanding or otherwise challenging.

Licenses/Certifications

Certified System Architect Upon Hire Pref

Professional certification(s) relevant to infrastructure architecture (i.e., AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty, ITIL 4 Specialist, ITIL 4 Strategist, or similar).