Technical Architect

A NYS Agency located in Albany, NY is looking for a Technical Architect for a long term contract.

• Level II - Between four (4) and seven (7) years' of experience as an Architect.
• More than five (5) years' of experience in providing architectural design, development, and deployment of complex software systems.
• Three or more years' of experience in designing system and application architecture of case management, financial management or claims systems.

• Experience working on highly complex projects that require in-depth knowledge across multiple technical domains and business segments.
• Experience in Legacy re-engineering projects and analysis of open technology systems interfacing with legacy products.
• Three or more years' of experience with design & development of frameworks, reusable components and shared services using .NET and JEE technology.
• Experience working with enterprise wide architectures and designs across multiple IT functional areas with the insight of identifying opportunities for capability reuse and business transformation.
• Two or more years' of experience in evaluating software products to realize the system architecture such as Business Process Management, Rules Engine, Notification system or Portal.
• Understanding or experience with foundational technology components including rules engines, API gateway, BPM, IVR, noticing engine, workflow engines, middleware components, MDM, identity and access management and ETL.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, or information systems or related field.
• Experience working on Health & Human services applications.

• Responsible for the system analysis, design, and documentation of as-is system, and other related technical deliverables within the agency program.
• Design of system and application architecture for the agency projects adhering to various reference architectures provided.
• Oversee and provide technical advice, guidance and support for agency projects.
• Collaborate with various technical resources on continuous assessment of existing solutions for reuse on agency.
• Collaborate with ITS Chief Technology Office in setting technical standards & frameworks for the agency projects to align with enterprise standards.
• Collaborate with Data Architect to build and maintain reference model architecture and standards for communicating direction of information architecture.
• Liaison with business/program stakeholders for enterprise architecture and strategy.
• Participate in technical discussions with state, local and vendor implementation teams and technical deliverables to ensure alignment between proposed solutions and the program's standards.
• Present findings and recommendations to agency leadership to ensure alignment of technology across work streams and escalate technical issues appropriately.
• Explore, actively support and work on new technology initiatives that may be of interest to the organization.
• Actively participate in troubleshooting any technical issues that the program may have.
• Other duties as assigned.