Enterprise/Platform Architect

local candidates. Richmond, VA Enterprise/Platform Architect Rate: $85 an hr. C2C USC, GC Virginia Dept of Transportation Req# (723723) • *Local candidates only please. • *Candidate must also be able to work onsite at least twice a month. Position Title: Enterprise/Platform Architect Position Status: Contract Schedule: HYBRID Overview: Our client is looking for an Enterprise/Platform Architect for a HYBRID position based out of Richmond, VA. Responsibilities: • 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 • 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. • ligns 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. Requirements: • 10 Years Experience in technical, substantive, and methodological issues related to design architecture for new or emerging solutions and technologies. • 10 Years Experience with various aspects of enterprise architecture with knowledge of one or more formalized frameworks such as NASCIO, TOGAF, FEAF. • 10 Years Experience applying application/software/systems development methodologies including agile approaches. • 10 Years IT and business/industry work experience including architecture design and deployment, systems lifecycle management, and infrastructure planning. • 10 Years Experience in cloud application (Azure/AWS) / GIS architecture. • 10 Years Competency with XML constructs and schemas. Experience with API protocols and schemas such as SOAP and REST. • 10 Years Create overall application and solution architectures, component designs, and systems integration and implementations for a particular business solution. • 7 Years Partner with architects, other technical team members and to develop roadmaps and strategies to support agency KPIs. • 5 Years Experience in SaaS (Software as a Service) architecture. • 4 Years Experience in defining enterprise metadata standards and an enterprise taxonomy. Apply tot his job