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DHS Architect

Health and Human Services Delivery Center is in need of modernizing their IT infrastructure and data application systems. Our cloud strategy will need to encompass upgrades to and replacement of legacy on-premises systems to next generation architecture through acquisition of vendor-hosted systems or custom development in an enterprise hybrid cloud environment. There is an elevated need for the development and coordination of a cloud strategy and architecture, including requirements and performance standards to meet or exceed management and customer specifications in a cost-effective manner.

This position will deliver plans and technical roadmaps enabling business transformations and workload migrations, as well as leadership in infrastructure migration methodologies and techniques including application migrations into Azure.

The primary objective of this engagement is for the selected candidate to serve as the Azure Cloud Solutions Architect responsible for critically evaluating the business requirements; designing and planning best-fit architecture and technology solutions to address those requirements; and guide the HHSDC Solutions Management teams in implementing the solutions. The successful candidate will pay close attention to aligning its solutions with IT Strategy, business goals, existing technology landscape, technology advancements in the industry, and user experience in designing the solution.

The Architect is a senior level resource with advanced, specialized knowledge and experience in Microsoft’s Azure Cloud, including compute, storage, and application fabric, as well as services for infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), software as a service (SaaS) and serverless. The selected contractor must have proven project experience in the development, testing, and maintenance of Azure based production systems.

This position will work with IT managers, business analysts, application developers, DBAs, network, and system staff to achieve project objectives - delivery dates, cost objectives, quality objectives, and program area customer satisfaction objectives.

The contractor will be required to:

• Manage assignments and track progress against agreed upon timelines.
• Plan, organize, prioritize, and manage work efforts, coordinating with the HHSDC Solution Management and other teams.
• Act as a partner consultant to the project team and be responsible to assess task quality and provide ongoing feedback to project members.
• Collaborate across the IT organization to define and apply enterprise level standards in solution architecture.
• Participate in status reviews, process reviews, deliverable reviews, and quality assurance work product reviews with the appropriate stakeholders.
• Participate in business and technical requirements gathering.
• Perform research on potential solutions and provide recommendations to the HHSDC Solution Management teams.
• Develop and implement solutions that meet business and technical requirements.
• Participate in testing of implemented solution(s).
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and customer representatives.
• Give presentations for the IT and project stakeholder groups, as well as other offices and agencies involved with this project.
• Develops and maintains meticulous technical and procedural documentation.
• Ensure project compliance with relative federal and commonwealth standards and procedures.
• Conduct training and transfer of knowledge sessions for system and code maintenance.
• Complete weekly timesheet reporting in People Fluent/VectorVMS by COB each Friday.
• Complete weekly project status updates in Daptiv if necessary. This will be dependent on a project being entered in Daptiv.
• Provide weekly personal status reporting by COB Friday submitted on SharePoint.
• Utilize a SharePoint site for project and operational documentation; review existing documentation.

Required skills include the ability to design, develop, and implement cloud and hybrid solutions that run on Microsoft Azure, including compute, network, storage, monitoring, and security to provide reliable and scalable applications and systems to meet the…