DSS Cloud Architect 4 REMOTE 732720

Role: DSS Cloud Architect 4 REMOTE (732720)

Job Id : 732720

Location: Glen Allen VA 23060

DUE : 06/10

Interview: Either Phone or In Person

Work Mode: REMOTE

Positions : 1

Experience : 5 Years

Client: DSS (Virginia Department of Social Services)

Rate: $60$100 on C2C or 1099 (For the Right candidate we can go for Higher)

The Virginia Department of Social Services (DSS)Information Technology Department (ITD) is seeking an experienced Dynamics 365/Power Platform Architect and Subject Matter Expert (SME) to lead the development and implementation of a governance strategy and framework for all DSS Dynamics 365 and Power Platform solutions within the single Commonwealth of Virginia (COV) tenant shared with over 60 independent executive branches.

This individual will be the Power Platform technical liaison between DSS stakeholders DSS IT DSS vendors and the Virginia Information Technology Agency (VITA). This resource will be responsible for understanding the Power Platform environments strategy designed by VITA and ensure DSS vendors and citizen developers comply with the DSS governance strategy.

Furthermore the SME/Platform Architect will provide technology guidance road maps principles standards and best practices.

Responsibilities

Work with business stakeholders vendors and engineering teams to implement a technical architecture governance framework and best practices to develop efficient solutions product capabilities and repeatable processes.

Act as primary platform architect and technical lead for Dynamics 365 and M365 Power Platform suite (Power Pages Power Apps Power Automate Power BI Power Virtual Agents)

Work on highly complex projects and turnkey solutions that require indepth knowledge across multiple specialized architecture domains including Azure IaaS Microsoft Entra ID Azure DevOps Okta Identity management azure storage accounts and Azure app registrations.

Analyze 3rdparty products to document overall solution and system architectures and identity/permissions security models.

Contribute to the Product features roadmaps and to DSSs Power Platform Community of Practice (CoP models)

Ensure highquality platform deliverables in accordance with the platform roadmap and capabilities

Define delivery documentation including best practices design build and operations guides as well as the management processes and procedures

Lead efforts in defining documenting and estimating the following for enterprise applications.

Design/Implement Enterprise Security/technology Patterns

Align architecture strategy with business goals.

Develop and communicate architectural policies standards guidelines and procedures.

Promote the governance framework outcomes and results to the organization and senior leadership.

Review and/or analyze and develop architectural requirements as needed for the organization.

Ensure the conceptual completeness of the technical solutions.

Review existing business processes and establishes metrics to improve business processes as well as support of all architectural disciplines under their direction.

Tackle complex and ambiguous problems that span numerous systems and organizations

Collaborate with project management and IT leaders to ensure progress towards architectural alignment with project goals and requirements.

Resolve conflict productively across teams

Requirements

5 years indepth knowledge and experience with Dynamics 365 Microsoft Power Platform Power BI Power Pages Power Apps and Power Automate.

10 years experience with cloud and hybrid onpremises infrastructures architecture designs industry standards and/or technology management.

15 years of experience in technology industry and IT consulting services.

Experience managing endtoend product deployment from concept development and successful launch.

Experience leading programs with full customer journey impact covering program planning risk assessment cost and delivery.

Proven Experience in managing delivery of services / products related to M365 and MS technology in a GCC environment

Proven ability to create product roadmap best practices development and deployment standards for M365 and its products

Demonstrated communication and influencing skills at all levels of the organization and across technical and nontechnical teams

BS/MS in Computer Science Computer Engineering & Process Automation