DirectClient: City of Austin D/B/A Austin Energy)
Solicitation#DAG2120
Title: IT Planning Architect
Location: 2500 Montopolis Drive, Austin, TX, 78741
Duration: Until 9/30/2021 with possible extension upto 9/30/2022
Last date for submission: June 15, 2021 (9.00 AM-CST)
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES:
The Enterprise Architect (IT Planning Architect) is responsible for the following duties:
Study and understand the existing business, systems, data, and technology landscape at Austin Energy
Assess incoming technology Demands in ServiceNow to develop solution architectures that meet business needs
Gather input from business and technical stakeholders in the development of proposed solution architectures
Present developed high-level architectures to project teams at project kick-off to provide context for the project’s work
Contribute to the development of project charters and requirements documents
Contribute to, review, and approve detailed technical design documents on projects
Contribute to the development and evaluation of requests for proposal (RFPs)
Develop detailed financial net present value (NPV) analyses of various solution options
Contribute to as-built technical diagrams
WORKER SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS (Required)
Minimum (Required):
Years Skills/Experience
8 years Experience in developing architecture across the entire EA stack – business architecture, data and systems architecture, and technical architecture
3 years Experience developing solution architectures to meet business needs
3 years Experience in IT Infrastructure & scripting
1 year Cisco certification: CCIE
Preferred (Optional):
Years Skills/Experience/ Preferred Technical certifications
2 years Knowledge of electric utility operations across generation, transmission and distribution, and retail/customer service segments
2 years Knowledge of electric utility operations across generation, transmission and distribution, and retail/customer service segments
1 year AZ-103 or AZ-900 certification
1 year MS-101 or MS-900 certification
1 year VCDX, VCAP, or VCP Certification
1 year ITIL certification