Job Title: Solution Architect
Location: Remote position, but candidates must be Local to Colorado
Duration: 9 Months
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership in architecting, prototyping, researching, and implementing technical solutions that address business challenges. Ensure that solutions align with OIT’s enterprise strategy and meet regulatory and architectural requirements.
- Perform a broad range of advisory duties related to the design, implementation, and support of OIT applications. Evaluate and design data strategies, integration architectures, and data models, ensuring they align with the OIT architecture standards.
- Maintain currency in emerging technologies and trends through research and industry engagement. Bring innovative solutions and best practices in data integration, warehousing, and lakehouse strategies to the table.
- Collaborate with OIT’s functional teams to plan and execute initiatives that adhere to OIT’s architecture principles. Communicate complex technical plans in a clear and compelling manner, translating them into business value-added proposals.
- Track and evaluate the effectiveness of implemented solutions, recommending alternatives where necessary. Anticipate the training needs of end users and support staff, ensuring smooth adoption and maintenance of the solutions.
- Engage with IT industry leaders and maintain strategic alliances to position OIT as a premier service provider within the State of Colorado.
Primary Skills:
- Demonstrated ability to bring creative, innovative solutions to complex technical problems, leveraging best-in-class technologies.
- Expertise in evaluating and designing data strategies, integration architectures, and data models that meet business and technical requirements.
- Strong ability to lead technology initiatives, collaborate with stakeholders, and effectively communicate complex technical solutions to non-technical audiences.
- Understanding of OIT’s funding model and ability to align technology initiatives with budgetary constraints and long-term service sustainability.
- Commitment to staying current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in data integration, warehousing, and lakehouse strategies.
Qualifications:
-Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
-Minimum of 5 years of experience in solution architecture, with a focus on data integration, data warehousing, and enterprise architecture.
-Proven experience in leading technology initiatives and delivering high ROI solutions in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.
-Strong understanding of OIT architecture principles, regulatory requirements, and best practices in IT service delivery.