Job Description :
new position 12/13 - spa_pta_141

Client: State of PA - Direct

Rate: $75/hr on C2C

Job Title: Opentext Architect

Location: Harrisburg, PA

Duration: 6 Months

Position Type: Contract

Interview Type: In-Person

Required Skills:

Software Architecture, Development, Testing, and Project Management Required 8 Years

· 4 year college degree or equivalent technical study with advanced study Highly desired

· Knowledge in Enterprise Architecture toolsets, especially for Application Architects (ie: Opentext- Provision) Required

· Excellent understanding of application development methodologies and infrastructure and network architecture Required

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills Required

· Excellent planning and organizational skills Required

· Knowledge of all components of an enterprise technical architecture Required

· Excellent analytical and technical skills Required

· Knowledge of ITIL and have taken ITIL V3 Foundation certified Required

· Knowledge of Oracle and SQL technologies pertaining to application development Required

Job Description:

Senior Architect 2 (SAR2) - 8 years software architecture, development, testing, and project management

Application Architect Job Description

Provides technical expertise and leadership in application design, development, implementation, management, and modernization by applying state-of-the-art industry technology into the overall design thus ensuring operational support of the application.

Responsible for documenting the architecture for all deployed applications.

o Includes connectivity, interfaces, etc. between servers, systems, applications, COTS products, and between agencies. These architectural documents will be critical as the Department looks to maintain, modernize, and enhance the applications.

Responsible for ensuring all applications upgraded, patched, enhanced, and modernized in a timely and proactive manner to meet the Departments standards. As applications are updated, will work with the various areas of OIT, including application development staff and operation support staff, to schedule the work, conduct tests, and evaluate the test results to ensure the updates are compatible with all systems/applications and can be integrated without disrupting the operations of the Department.

Works collaboratively with the various parts of Office of Information Technology (OIT) to enhance the utilization of existing application components to maximize investments and optimize the current infrastructure, thus reducing the cost of operating the information technology systems that support the department.

Understand business drivers and business capabilities (future and current state), and determine corresponding enterprise system designs and change requirements to drive the organization's targeted business outcomes.


As part of the architecture design process this position will work with the application development teams and operational support staff to establish the application development standards that will be used to develop and maintain the application. This includes, but is not limited to, identifying the coding language Net, Java), COTS products, separation of application components, and the number of application development environments that will be used during the application development phases and the application enhancement/maintenance phases. Establishing enterprise development standards will allow application to be more easily supported and reduce the cost to develop and maintain applications.

Skills

Knowledge in Enterprise Architecture toolsets, especially for Application Architects (ie: Opentext- Provision)

Excellent understanding of application development methodologies and infrastructure and network architecture

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Excellent planning and organizational skills

Knowledge of all components of an enterprise technical architecture

Excellent analytical and technical skills

Competencies

Ability to translate future-state business capabilities and requirements into application architecture requirements

Ability to apply multiple technical solutions to business problems

Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies

Proven ability to work well with others
             

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