Enterprise Architect - Woodlawn
Nimbus is looking for an Enterprise-level System Architect to join our team at CMS that provides IT Architecture and Advisory Support services to various CMS business units and Program Offices.
We are looking for candidates that possess exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities and an exceptional understanding of CMS' goals and objectives.
You should possess superior written and oral communication skills and strong interpersonal and consultative skills.
Demonstrated ability to present ideas in user-friendly language.
Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a complex environment.
In this role you will be required to Interface on a regular basis with CMS Business Owners, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), other CMS components, and/or contractors (eg Developer/Maintainer, Virtual Data Centers/Security) to align with various CMS strategic initiatives.
You will serve as a subject matter expert in CMS enterprise technical reference architecture (TRA).
You will identify, recommend, and support cost-effective technology solutions based on user/client needs, cost, size, resources, data needs, and required integration with existing applications, systems, or platforms.
You will research, identify, select, and test technology products required for solution delivery.
You will establish, implement, and document technology integration or migration strategies.
Oversee implementation of end-to-end integrated systems.
You would know how to leverage modern technologies and development techniques to build data services frameworks; Micro-services, Web-services, API, API standards, and management of API.
Knowledge of cloud services (Amazon Web Hosting) and virtualization (containers) technology.
Familiarity with popular Open Source Technologies is required.
You will provide technical leadership across CMS programs from strategic decision-making down to the project planning level.
Provide consulting service to management and end-users to further infrastructure development.
Provide architectural expertise, direction, and assistance to Systems Analysts, Systems Engineers, other Systems Architects, and software development teams.
The Enterprise architect will demonstrate competencies across three key dimensionsDerives Future State Technology ArchitectureWorks with peers (eg, enterprise, business, information, solutions, and security architects that work across our client) to analyze enterprise business context (business strategy and trends), as well as change requirements in other enterprise architecture viewpoints (such as business, information, and solution) to derive the future state technology architecture.
This includes defining the requirements, principles, and models that guide technology decisions for the enterprise.
Leads the analysis of the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies, legacy, and technical debt, and recommends solutions for improvement.
In addition, leads the analysis of the technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the enterprise as well as on the enterprise technology architecture.
Coaches, mentors and collaborates with technical subject matter experts and peers to develop technology architecture that enables and drives new business capabilities and operating models.
Drives digital innovation by leveraging innovative new technologies and approaches to renovate, extend, and transform the existing core technology base and IT estate.
Defines high-level migration plans to address the gaps between the future and current state, typically in sync with the IT budgeting or other capital planning processes.
Analyzes and Evaluates TechnologyUnderstands technology trends and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to enable new and evolving business and operating models.
Guides technology investment decisions based on analysis and evaluation to drive targeted business outcomes.
Helps the enterprise architect define metrics to measure and demonstrate enterprise technology value.
Assists with designing the governance, assurance, and standards activities associated with ensuring enterprise technology architecture compliance of projects and products.
Oversees and facilitates the research, evaluation, and selection of hardware and software technology and product standards, as well as the design of standard configurations.
Identifies the organizational impact (for example, on skills, processes, structures, and culture) and financial impact of the enterprise technology architecture.
Understands, advocates, and augments the business and IT strategies and, more specifically, EA development and service delivery.
Prepared to sell the EA process (overall, not just for enterprise technology architecture), its outcome, and ongoing results, and to lead the communication or marketing activities needed to ensure enterprise success and use.
Leads and Collaborates to Deliver Business OutcomesLeads and potentially manages a team of technical architects, while also virtually leveraging subject matter experts from any other needed technical area.
Oversees, or consults on, technology implementation and modification activities (for example, projects and products), particularly for new or shared infrastructure solutions.
Consults on application or infrastructure development projects to harmonize systems or infrastructure with the enterprise technology architecture and identify when it is necessary to modify the enterprise technical architecture (ETA) to accommodate immediate or future project needs.
Creates and delivers working, production-ready reference implementations that can be leveraged easily by agile teamsWorks closely with the product managers, product owners, and peers (eg, enterprise, business, information, security, and solutions architects) to enable infrastructure agility, scalability, and resilience to support required product needs throughout the product lifecycle.
Collaborates with business constituents, other EA team members, project teams, and staff in various IT functional areas as needed to fulfill the responsibilities described above.
Documents necessary enterprise technology architecture design and analysis work, possibly including project postmortem documentation and metric collection.
Credentials and ExperienceBachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent experienceMinimum of ten years of design and implementation experience in IT, with deep knowledge in a minimum of two of the following technical disciplines infrastructure and network design, application development, application programming interfaces (APIs), middleware, servers and storage, database management, and operations, clustering technologies, virtualization, cloud technologies, and active directory and protocolsExposure to multiple, diverse technical configurations, technologies, and processing environments (such as inside-out, outside-in, and outside-out)Solid understanding of product management, agile principles and development methodologies, and capability of supporting agile teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact, and risks, taking account of technical and architectural debtSkillsExcellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation and negotiationStrong leadership skillsExcellent analytical and technical skillsExcellent written and verbal communication skillsExcellent planning and organizational skillsKnowledge of many, if not most, aspects of an enterprise technology architectureKnowledge of information principles and processesKnowledge of financial models and budgetingUnderstanding of network and security architectureUnderstanding and knowledge of system development life cycle methodologies (such as waterfall, spiral, agile software development, rapid prototyping, incremental, synchronize and stabilize, and DevOps)Understanding and knowledge of IT service management (ITSM) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)Knowledge and understanding of different modeling languages (such as UML and ArchiMate)Understanding and knowledge of IT standards and controlsCompetenciesOrganizationally savvy, with an understanding of the political climate of the enterprise and how to navigate obstacles and politics.
Ability to understand the long-term (big picture) and short-term perspectives of situations and how they relate to achieving targeted business outcomesAbility to estimate the financial impact of technology alternativesAbility to apply multiple technical solutions to enable future-state business capabilities that, in turn, drive targeted business outcomesAbility to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of existing, new, and emerging technologies that enable and drive new business designs and modelsDemonstrated ability to work well with others and be respected as a leaderCharacteristicsTrusted and respected as a thought leader who can influence and persuade business and IT leaders and IT development teams.
Technology neutral remains unbiased toward any specific technology or vendor choice and is more interested in results than personal preferencesDisplays intellectual curiosity and integrityMotivated and driven by achieving long-term business outcomesAbility to balance the long-term (big picture) and short-term implications of individual decisionsAbility to work effectively in a team environment and lead cross-functional teamsRequirementsMore than ten years experience working on CMS's IT Projects.
Expert level understanding of CMS TRA and its application in the CMS environmentsGraduate Degree in computer science, engineering or relevant fieldOutstanding communication and presentation abilitiesHigh quality organizational and leadership skillsA technical mindset with great attention to detailUnderstanding of software quality assurance principlesExcellent knowledge of software and application design and architectureProven experience as software architectBenefitsGreat company with top of the line benefits and opportunity to work directly with CMS Sr Technical LeadersBest in class compensation packages and employee benefits many of them fully funded by NimbusNimbus offers three different HSA compatible Healthcare Plans at Bronze, Silver and Gold Levels and contributes the majority of employees and their familys premiums.
Fully funded Dental PPO and Vision Plans.
Employees can enroll in a SIMPLE IRA plan and Nimbus contributes 3% of employees salary into the plan.
Employees get paid holidays and generous Paid Time Off (PTO) from work for a variety of their needs.
Fully funded Short term and Long term disability coverageFully funded Term Life Insurance coverageEmployees are eligible for Performance-based bonuses.
Tuition assistance for completion of degree, diplomas and certificate courses.
Variety of other fringe benefits.
Fully funded Stay Fit program that pays for Gym memberships and fitness essentials.
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Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
We are looking for candidates that possess exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities and an exceptional understanding of CMS' goals and objectives.
You should possess superior written and oral communication skills and strong interpersonal and consultative skills.
Demonstrated ability to present ideas in user-friendly language.
Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a complex environment.
In this role you will be required to Interface on a regular basis with CMS Business Owners, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), other CMS components, and/or contractors (eg Developer/Maintainer, Virtual Data Centers/Security) to align with various CMS strategic initiatives.
You will serve as a subject matter expert in CMS enterprise technical reference architecture (TRA).
You will identify, recommend, and support cost-effective technology solutions based on user/client needs, cost, size, resources, data needs, and required integration with existing applications, systems, or platforms.
You will research, identify, select, and test technology products required for solution delivery.
You will establish, implement, and document technology integration or migration strategies.
Oversee implementation of end-to-end integrated systems.
You would know how to leverage modern technologies and development techniques to build data services frameworks; Micro-services, Web-services, API, API standards, and management of API.
Knowledge of cloud services (Amazon Web Hosting) and virtualization (containers) technology.
Familiarity with popular Open Source Technologies is required.
You will provide technical leadership across CMS programs from strategic decision-making down to the project planning level.
Provide consulting service to management and end-users to further infrastructure development.
Provide architectural expertise, direction, and assistance to Systems Analysts, Systems Engineers, other Systems Architects, and software development teams.
The Enterprise architect will demonstrate competencies across three key dimensionsDerives Future State Technology ArchitectureWorks with peers (eg, enterprise, business, information, solutions, and security architects that work across our client) to analyze enterprise business context (business strategy and trends), as well as change requirements in other enterprise architecture viewpoints (such as business, information, and solution) to derive the future state technology architecture.
This includes defining the requirements, principles, and models that guide technology decisions for the enterprise.
Leads the analysis of the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies, legacy, and technical debt, and recommends solutions for improvement.
In addition, leads the analysis of the technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the enterprise as well as on the enterprise technology architecture.
Coaches, mentors and collaborates with technical subject matter experts and peers to develop technology architecture that enables and drives new business capabilities and operating models.
Drives digital innovation by leveraging innovative new technologies and approaches to renovate, extend, and transform the existing core technology base and IT estate.
Defines high-level migration plans to address the gaps between the future and current state, typically in sync with the IT budgeting or other capital planning processes.
Analyzes and Evaluates TechnologyUnderstands technology trends and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to enable new and evolving business and operating models.
Guides technology investment decisions based on analysis and evaluation to drive targeted business outcomes.
Helps the enterprise architect define metrics to measure and demonstrate enterprise technology value.
Assists with designing the governance, assurance, and standards activities associated with ensuring enterprise technology architecture compliance of projects and products.
Oversees and facilitates the research, evaluation, and selection of hardware and software technology and product standards, as well as the design of standard configurations.
Identifies the organizational impact (for example, on skills, processes, structures, and culture) and financial impact of the enterprise technology architecture.
Understands, advocates, and augments the business and IT strategies and, more specifically, EA development and service delivery.
Prepared to sell the EA process (overall, not just for enterprise technology architecture), its outcome, and ongoing results, and to lead the communication or marketing activities needed to ensure enterprise success and use.
Leads and Collaborates to Deliver Business OutcomesLeads and potentially manages a team of technical architects, while also virtually leveraging subject matter experts from any other needed technical area.
Oversees, or consults on, technology implementation and modification activities (for example, projects and products), particularly for new or shared infrastructure solutions.
Consults on application or infrastructure development projects to harmonize systems or infrastructure with the enterprise technology architecture and identify when it is necessary to modify the enterprise technical architecture (ETA) to accommodate immediate or future project needs.
Creates and delivers working, production-ready reference implementations that can be leveraged easily by agile teamsWorks closely with the product managers, product owners, and peers (eg, enterprise, business, information, security, and solutions architects) to enable infrastructure agility, scalability, and resilience to support required product needs throughout the product lifecycle.
Collaborates with business constituents, other EA team members, project teams, and staff in various IT functional areas as needed to fulfill the responsibilities described above.
Documents necessary enterprise technology architecture design and analysis work, possibly including project postmortem documentation and metric collection.
Credentials and ExperienceBachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent experienceMinimum of ten years of design and implementation experience in IT, with deep knowledge in a minimum of two of the following technical disciplines infrastructure and network design, application development, application programming interfaces (APIs), middleware, servers and storage, database management, and operations, clustering technologies, virtualization, cloud technologies, and active directory and protocolsExposure to multiple, diverse technical configurations, technologies, and processing environments (such as inside-out, outside-in, and outside-out)Solid understanding of product management, agile principles and development methodologies, and capability of supporting agile teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact, and risks, taking account of technical and architectural debtSkillsExcellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation and negotiationStrong leadership skillsExcellent analytical and technical skillsExcellent written and verbal communication skillsExcellent planning and organizational skillsKnowledge of many, if not most, aspects of an enterprise technology architectureKnowledge of information principles and processesKnowledge of financial models and budgetingUnderstanding of network and security architectureUnderstanding and knowledge of system development life cycle methodologies (such as waterfall, spiral, agile software development, rapid prototyping, incremental, synchronize and stabilize, and DevOps)Understanding and knowledge of IT service management (ITSM) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)Knowledge and understanding of different modeling languages (such as UML and ArchiMate)Understanding and knowledge of IT standards and controlsCompetenciesOrganizationally savvy, with an understanding of the political climate of the enterprise and how to navigate obstacles and politics.
Ability to understand the long-term (big picture) and short-term perspectives of situations and how they relate to achieving targeted business outcomesAbility to estimate the financial impact of technology alternativesAbility to apply multiple technical solutions to enable future-state business capabilities that, in turn, drive targeted business outcomesAbility to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of existing, new, and emerging technologies that enable and drive new business designs and modelsDemonstrated ability to work well with others and be respected as a leaderCharacteristicsTrusted and respected as a thought leader who can influence and persuade business and IT leaders and IT development teams.
Technology neutral remains unbiased toward any specific technology or vendor choice and is more interested in results than personal preferencesDisplays intellectual curiosity and integrityMotivated and driven by achieving long-term business outcomesAbility to balance the long-term (big picture) and short-term implications of individual decisionsAbility to work effectively in a team environment and lead cross-functional teamsRequirementsMore than ten years experience working on CMS's IT Projects.
Expert level understanding of CMS TRA and its application in the CMS environmentsGraduate Degree in computer science, engineering or relevant fieldOutstanding communication and presentation abilitiesHigh quality organizational and leadership skillsA technical mindset with great attention to detailUnderstanding of software quality assurance principlesExcellent knowledge of software and application design and architectureProven experience as software architectBenefitsGreat company with top of the line benefits and opportunity to work directly with CMS Sr Technical LeadersBest in class compensation packages and employee benefits many of them fully funded by NimbusNimbus offers three different HSA compatible Healthcare Plans at Bronze, Silver and Gold Levels and contributes the majority of employees and their familys premiums.
Fully funded Dental PPO and Vision Plans.
Employees can enroll in a SIMPLE IRA plan and Nimbus contributes 3% of employees salary into the plan.
Employees get paid holidays and generous Paid Time Off (PTO) from work for a variety of their needs.
Fully funded Short term and Long term disability coverageFully funded Term Life Insurance coverageEmployees are eligible for Performance-based bonuses.
Tuition assistance for completion of degree, diplomas and certificate courses.
Variety of other fringe benefits.
Fully funded Stay Fit program that pays for Gym memberships and fitness essentials.
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Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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