Associate IT Architect

ChenMed•Miami Gardens, FL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Associate IT Architect provides targeted support to key IT projects and also helps them align with overall ChenMed architecture direction and strategy. The incumbent in this role supports architecture strategy delivery through current system analysis, data profiling, data collection, etc. He/She analyzes data to validate business needs, understand gaps, quality concerns, etc. The Associate IT Architect is instrumental in meeting the ever-changing security needs of the organization and is expected to help support other architecture roles such as systems, network and security.

Requirements

General knowledge of systems, network and security architecture technical domains
Understanding of architectural solutions to address functional and non-functional requirements is critical, as is hands-on experience implementing technical solutions
Understands that the architectural vision for the enterprise transcends the scope of individual project or effort
Ability to influence and recommend course of action to team members and management
Largely self-directed. May provide direction to individuals or small teams (<15 members)
Breaks multi-month objectives into tasks. Can decompose tasks and provide definition for others
Expert in at least one domain. Intermediate skill with at least two others
Follows team practices
Knowledge on version control using GitHub and TFS, VSTS, Jenkins or similar
BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer or Software Engineering or a related field OR additional experience above the minimum will be considered in lieu of the required education on a year-for-year basis required
A minimum of 5 years of IT-related work experience required

Nice To Haves

MCSA, MCSE or a related IT certification preferred

Responsibilities

Provides design services, ensuring adherence to departmental policies and procedures; coordinates and defines requirements (i.e., design, configure, install, etc.).
Performs architecture and engineering tasks of various complexities.
Coordinates and participates in assigned projects, following the project from beginning to end, ensuring that the project continually supports the attainment of corporate goals and is completed in a timely, accurate, and quality manner.
Implements designs by writing scripts, configuring systems, servers, cloud resources, including testing, and debugging.
Analyzes network, application and system requirements and produces efficient, secure, reliable, and cost-effective designs.
Utilizes best practices for application engineering, component reuse, architecture design and technical standards, while maintaining an awareness of new/emerging technologies and their potential application to existing service offerings.
Monitors trends in documented incidents and determines appropriate actions necessary to eliminate future occurrences and improve customer service levels in an appropriate time frame.
Applies architecture and engineering theories, methods and techniques to solve both process and technical challenges.
Partners with engineering and operations teams to coach, mentor and train staff on new technologies. Assists with the implementation of new technologies/designs as needed.
Works with cross-functional teams across the development organization to ensure end-to-end technical and business viability.
Creates solutions that answer current business needs and are scalable for future requests.
Collaborates with the Chief and Data architects to establish a consistent and effective application development environment.
Performs capacity analysis and planning of holistic enterprise datasets.
Troubleshoots escalated issues across the entire stack: server, network, application, database, hardware.
Researches opportunities to improve the effectiveness of applications and systems.
Maintains, communicates and enforces guidelines for industry recognized best practices of all aspects of data and application development efforts.
Performs other duties as assigned and modified at manager’s discretion.