Enterprise Architect

Yakshna Solutions, Inc., (YSI)is a CMMI Level 3 assessed, ISO 9001, 20000:1, 27001 certified, woman-owned small business enterprises, headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, USA. YSI provides professional IT solutions and services to business corporations and government organizations. YSI is committed to serve its business communities as a leading IT vendor providing innovative, quality, and cost-effective IT business solutions and services.

We offer a competitive benefits package that includes the following: 401(k), health, dental, and vision insurance, Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, paid time off, training, and professional development assistance.

YSI is seeking a highly qualified an Enterprise Architect. The selected candidate will be able to communicate effectively (written/verbal), possess strong interpersonal skills, be self-motivated, and be innovative in a fast-paced environment.

Job Responsibilities:

YSI is seeking an enterprise/platform architect to join our client’s 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 client’s 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.

· Aligns 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

Required Skills and Qualifications:

· Experience in technical, substantive, and methodological issues related to design

architecture for new or emerging solutions and technologies. (10 Years)

· Experience in defining enterprise metadata standards and an enterprise taxonomy (4 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 with Esri's GIS tools and platforms preferred (3 Years)

· Experience in cloud application (Azure/AWS) /GIS architecture (10 Years)

· Experience in SaaS (Software as a Service) architecture (5 Years)

· Competency with XML constructs and schemas. experience with API protocols and schemas such as SOAP and REST (10 Years)

· Partner with architects, other technical team members and to develop roadmaps and strategies to support agency KPIs (7 Years)

· Create overall application and solution architectures, component designs, and systems integration and implementations for a particular business SOLS (10 Years)

Salary $140,000-145,000 Annually with benefits

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $140,000.00 - $145,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Compensation package:

• Yearly pay

Experience level:

• 10 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• This position is NOT remote. This is an onsite position in Richmond, VA. Are you willing and able to meet this requirement?

Experience:

• design architecture for new or emerging solutions: 10 years (Preferred)
• defining enterprise metadata standards: 4 years (Preferred)
• formalized frameworks such as NASCIO, TOGAF, FEAF: 10 years (Preferred)
• application/software/systems development /Agile methodology: 10 years (Preferred)
• architecture design and deployment: 10 years (Preferred)
• Esri's GIS tools: 3 years (Preferred)
• cloud application (Azure/AWS) /GIS architecture: 10 years (Preferred)
• SaaS (Software as a Service) architecture: 5 years (Preferred)
• XML constructs, API protocols/schemas such as SOAP/REST: 10 years (Preferred)
• developing roadmaps with other team members to support KPI's: 7 years (Preferred)
• component designs, systems integration: 10 years (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Richmond, VA 23219: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $140,000 - $145,000