IT Infrastructure Architect

About This Position

Job Description:

IT Infrastructure Architect

Purpose:

This position proactively and holistically lead and support architecture activities that guide the development and management of solutions as well as provide the leadership facilitation analysis and conceptual and logical design tasks required for the development of the domain area. Translating department and technical requirements into architectural blueprints and documenting all solution architecture design and analysis are critical to ensure City IT products and solutions meet the needs of constituents and align to a strategy that will prepare the City for future success.

Duties Functions and Responsibilities:

Essential duties and functions pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.

• Develops the vision strategy conceptual and logical designs roadmaps and other architectural deliverables for the domain area (e.g. business data solutions infrastructure etc.)
• Defines the principles that guide technology decisions for the enterprise in their domain.
• Designs the implementation of a technical architecture based on business requirements and IT strategies as well as rectify gaps and pain points within the current state.
• Works on high-level projects ensuring processes align with the domain focused architectural strategy and business strategy
• Guides project team members in the implementation of the architecture
• Serves as the deepest technology expert in their respective domains and as such are involved in or lead technology strategy migration integration and evolution of the technical infrastructure
• Collaborates closely with other architects and engineers to ensure alignment of domain architectures and activities with the broader enterprise architecture and strategy
• Leads and contributes to the domain technical and business discussions relative to future architecture direction.
• Analyzes the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.
• Leads the evaluation and selection of technology and products as well as the design of standard configurations for given domain.
• Leads and facilitates the domains architecture governance process based on Enterprise Architectures governance structure.

Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:

May provide leadership work assignments evaluation training and guidance to others.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

Must possess required knowledge skills abilities and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate with or without reasonable accommodations that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Knowledge of leading architecture practices and critical architecture deliverables.
• Knowledge of system development life cycle (SDLC) methodologies (e.g. waterfall spiral agile software development rapid prototyping incremental).
• Knowledge and/or experience participating in architecture governance forums.
• Knowledge and/or exposure to how information and technology has been applied to create value for an organization (regardless of industry). Preferably different types of technologies.
• Knowledge of domain specific processes procedures critical supporting activities and risks.
• Knowledge of computer science information technology standards and controls and technology frameworks and trends.
• Knowledge of architecture methodologies (e.g. SABSA Zachman TOGAF) and modeling languages (such as UML and ArchiMate).
• Knowledge and experience designing conceptual and logical design and translating work between different levels of abstraction.
• Knowledge of various development languages (e.g. Java Go Python JavaScript HTML CSS).
• Knowledge of various database technologies (e.g. MySQL MongoDB Oracle).
• Ability to lead financial analysis architecture evaluation solutions delivery orchestration project management road mapping risk management interdependency management agile methodologies information security cloud computing infrastructure data architecture skills.
• Ability to apply multiple technical solutions to enable future-state business capabilities that in turn drive targeted