The Minnesota Department of Human Services is seeking a part-time Enterprise Architect to provide advanced IT strategy and planning work.
The successful responder will provide technical guidance, road maps, principles, standards, and best practices focused on enabling business and IT leadership to make investment decisions.
The role involves working independently with little or no supervision and driving to resolution in situations with high ambiguity and confusion.
Responsibilities
Ensure alignment with CMS's Medicaid Enterprise Systems (MES) modularity vision and federal standards, including the Medicaid Enterprise Certification Lifecycle (MECL).
Define the 'as is', 'to be', and 'future' architecture.
Provide oversight of infrastructure, security, data, and application architecture.
Analyze and translate business, information, and technical requirements into an architectural blueprint that outlines solutions to achieve business objectives.
Develop a consensus-based enterprise solution that is scalable, adaptable, and in sync with ever-changing business needs.
Develop a road map for the evolution of the enterprise application portfolio from current to future state, including operating in a bi-modal manner.
Provide advice and guidance to IT leadership and management teams on the latest architecture principles and approach.
Ensure alignment with CMS's Medicaid Enterprise Systems (MES) modularity vision and federal standards, including the Medicaid Enterprise Certification Lifecycle (MECL).
Provide knowledge transfer.
Required Qualifications
Five (5) years' experience in an Enterprise Architect role.
A Master's degree substitutes for three years of experience, or a Bachelor's degree substitutes for two years, or an Associate's degree substitutes for one year.
Four (4) engagements lasting more than three (3) months in an Enterprise Architect role.
Preferred Qualifications
Comprehensive knowledge of hardware, software, application, and systems engineering.
Systems thinking – the ability to see how parts interact with the whole ('big picture' thinking).
Knowledge of IT governance and operations.
Knowledge of financial modeling as it pertains to IT investment.
Interpersonal and leadership skills – servant leadership, collaboration, facilitation, and negotiation skills.
Communication skills – both written and verbal.
Ability to explain complex technical issues in a way that non-technical people may understand.
Project and program management planning and organizational skills.
Time management and prioritization.
Required Skills & Technologies
Primary Skills
Enterprise Architecture
IT strategy
Technical guidance
Secondary Skills
Knowledge of IT governance
Financial modeling
Interpersonal skills
Leadership skills
Communication skills
Project management
Time management
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