Azure Solution Architect

We are seeking a Solution Architect to join our dynamic team! This position contributes to the assessment, design, build, and deployment of DevSecOps solutions utilizing industry best practices. You will be part of a highly innovative fast-paced team, incorporating and inventing emerging software technologies to deliver best practice DevSecOps and Agile solutions. Responsibilities

• Participate as a solution architect in the project team and provide agile software delivery, best-practice expertise to deliver results for an organization.
• Lead the strategic planning and technology roadmaps for a major federal agency.
• Ability to perform market research and make specific recommendations including a SWOT Analysis (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat)
• Current knowledge of IT and Industry current trends and best practices
• Provide deployment information technology planning and implementation support.
• Assist in developing project roadmaps for iterative implementations and functional expansion in phases leveraging agile/lean methodologies.
• Ensure successful analysis, design, evaluation, modification, testing, and implementation of agile software development solutions across the enterprise.
• Work closely with the Project Manager to develop detailed plans and assist with business process changes, problem resolution, and functional decisions.
• Guide functional & technical customer teams in brainstorming and gap-analysis sessions in the effort to guide modernization efforts in accordance with the organization's long term strategy.
• Proactively anticipate potential roadblocks and take corrective action to keep the project on track while escalating issues to project management as needed.

• Experience assessing, designing, deploying, and/or sustaining various industry best of breed supply chain management SaaS applications and/or ERPs including but not limited to Oracle EBS, SAP S/4 HANA, Blue Yonder, Microsoft Dynamics, Infor, Dassault, as examples across various lines of businesses including supply chain planning, supply chain execution, manufacturing, research & development, product lifecycle management, warehouse management, finance, and/or supplier relationship management.
• Significant experience in systems analysis and solution development of IT solutions to meet government business requirements
• Significant experience translating and mapping business requirements to technical requirements
• Experience creating technology strategies
• Experience developing solutions in at least 4 of the following technology areas:

• Government Cloud IaaS and PaaS (FEDRAMP Authorized solutions)
• Microservices and Containers
• DevSecOps
• Data Analytics
• ML/AI (Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence)
• Data Center Operations

Educational & Work Qualifications

• 4 Year degree in computer sciences, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• No visa sponsorship available and must be able to pass a government background check (eligible to hold a government clearance).