Enterprise/Technical Architect - Principal Engineer

Speridian Technologies is recruiting for an Enterprise/Technical Architect - Principal Engineer for our State of California Client - Department of Healthcare Services, Behavioral Health. This person will be part of a state-of-the-art, extremely vast IT modernization project working with a variety of cross-functional teams.

This is a remote role; however, there will be meetings in the Sacramento area several times a year. Candidates must be based within a 2-4 hour drive or fly time from the Sacramento, CA area. Candidates will need to work Pacific Standard hours on a daily basis.

The Enterprise/Technical Architect plays a strategic role in defining and governing the organization's architecture strategy and solutions. They are responsible for aligning business goals with IT strategy, driving standardization and interoperability across systems, and ensuring that architectural decisions support long-term business objectives and scalability. Additionally, they provide technical leadership and guidance to ensure the successful design and implementation of complex software systems and solutions.

Responsibilities:

1. Architecture Strategy: Develop and communicate the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and principles, aligning with business objectives and IT strategy. Define the target state architecture and roadmap, identifying opportunities for innovation, optimization, and transformation.
2. Technical Mentorship and Leadership: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams, guiding them in architectural design principles, best practices, and emerging technologies. Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning to drive technical excellence.
3. Hands On Development: Conduct code reviews, prototype, build reference code, and when required, help deliver software in a collaborative fashion with development teams.
4. Enterprise-wide Governance: Establish and enforce architectural governance processes, standards, and best practices to ensure consistency, interoperability, and compliance across systems and projects.
5. Business Capability Modeling: Define and maintain business capability models and architecture blueprints that capture the organization's business processes, functions, and information flows.
6. Technology Portfolio Management: Manage the organization's technology portfolio, including applications, platforms, and infrastructure components.
7. Cloud Native Architecture: Develop and communicate cloud-native architecture strategies, patterns, and practices that align with architecture strategy and enterprise-wide governance.
8. Enterprise-wide Integration: Define integration architectures and standards to enable seamless data exchange and interoperability across systems, applications, and platforms.
9. Technology Evaluation: Evaluate new and emerging technologies, frameworks, and tools to assess their suitability for adoption within the organization.

Key Skills:

• Extensive experience in software architecture design, focusing on designing scalable, high-performance, and resilient systems.
• Deep understanding of software development methodologies, frameworks, and patterns, including microservices and service-oriented architecture (SOA).
• Proficiency in evaluating and selecting appropriate technologies, platforms, and tools to support business objectives.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders.
• Leadership abilities, including mentoring, coaching, and influencing cross-functional teams.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex technical problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements, compliance standards, and industry best practices relevant to software architecture.

Technologies/Tools:

• Architecture modeling tools (e.g., Enterprise Architect, ArchiMate).
• Collaboration platforms (e.g., Confluence, Draw.io, Miro).

Knowledge of a wide range of technologies, platforms, and tools relevant to enterprise software development, including programming languages, databases, cloud services, and middleware.

Candidates will be asked to take a Codility Assessment after the first interview. This is a baseline assessment to determine technical skills for code reviews and mentoring.