Senior Technical Architect - Remote / Telecommute

Job Description : Responsibilities :

Responsibilities :

• Research and evaluate latest technology trends.
• Architect new IT services, develop solution paper and test plans.
• Evaluate current services and recommend remedial actions where required.
• Assist in determining hardware / software requirements.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplined teams on proof of concept and limited production roll outs.
• Provide quality control on production implementations.
• Communicate operation guidelines and policies to the clients.
• Apply and interpret how the operation guidelines enhance the department’s way of doing business.
• Review new services and technology requests by business area and assess their impact on the operational environment, giving recommendations for remediation.
• Assist in developing project plans, schedules, and estimates pertaining to architectural deployment and services delivery.
• Assist in developing task lists and resource assignments within the context of architectural planning and deployments.
• Assist with implementation of IT infrastructure.
• Document technical recommendations and provide technical advice and guidance to management, operations and project team members and within shared IT services.
• Ensure change management processes are followed.
• Make recommendations to project team members pertaining to issues, risks and client satisfaction.
• Provide tracking and reporting of time and status on all work as required.

Must Have :

• Proposed resource must meet or exceed one of the following.
• University graduation : Computer Science(CS), Computer Engineering (CE), Information Technology (IT) OR related discipline & 4yr related experience;
• or 2yr diploma : CS, CE, IT OR related discipline & 6yr related experience or 1yr certificate : CS, CE, IT OR related discipline & 7yr related experience;

or current active professional certification OR accreditation in related discipline from a recognized issuing body & 7yr related experience. (Yes / No)

• Experience designing, planning, implementing and supporting infrastructure and application solutions in an architecture capacity for an environment equivalent in size and complexity to the government sector. (4 Years)
• Experience developing on cloud platforms and utilizing cloud services in development and in solutions.(1Year)
• Experience in IT infrastructure architecture and the relationships among the components that make up an IT service from end-user devices to servers, networks, storage, applications and data. (1 Year)
• Experience supporting an enterprise IT environment. (3 Years)
• Experience working directly on site with end user troubleshooting technical computer related issues including software and hardware.(3 Years)

Nice To Have :

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to interact professionally with a diverse group.
• Ability to learn quickly, problem solve / troubleshoot, work independently and in a team. (Yes / No)
• Ability to manage stress and conflict. (Yes / No)
• The ability to establish and maintain working relationships with team members, management and vendors. (Yes / No)
• Direct involvement in developing best-practices documentation (for example, operational procedures, network diagrams, etc) (5 Years).
• Experience assisting clients to execute strategies with technology, process, organizational design and IT operations (5 Years).
• Experience in completion of migration of applications and other technologies from one environment to another E.G. Moves between data centers, moves to different platforms, moves to the cloud from on-premise installations (3 Years).
• Experience in defining technical architecture, building technical environments, supporting software development processes and initiatives, software configuration and database management. (5 Years)
• Experience leading an organization through a large scale technology change impacting all levels of the organization. (5 Years)
• Experience using MS Office 2010 products or higher versions. (5 Years)
• Experience working in or for the public sector. (5 Years)

Mandatory Training Courses :

• Once hired the resource will be required to complete all mandatory training which includes but not limited to Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and Security awareness training.
• There may also be some optional courses as well.
30+ days ago