Tallahassee, Florida
Integration Architect (IA) Job Opening in Tallahassee, Florida - Background:
Section 215.93, Florida Statutes (F.S.), establishes the Florida Financial Management Information System
(FFMIS) for the State of Florida. FFMIS is comprised of the accounting, budgeting, cash management, human resources and procurement subsystems. For nearly two decades, all of the FFMIS subsystems ran on legacy technology.
The Florida Accounting Information Resource (FLAIR) has been performing the State?s accounting and payroll functions for thirty years. Although it has been maintained and modified over the years to accommodate state and federal mandates, it is becoming increasingly unable to meet the State?s changing and growing needs. Issues and concerns with FLAIR include limited integration with the other subsystems (batch vs. transactional processing), incomplete reporting capabilities, inability to perform offsets, inability to schedule and consolidate payments, and insufficient information to perform state?level cash forecasting.
In 2013, the Department of Financial Services began efforts to evaluate the options and best approach for replacing the FLAIR and CMS. The State of Florida developed the multi-year Florida PALM Project which will have at least three (3) parts or phases:
Pre-DDI ? This initial phase (the Pre-Design, Development and Implementation or ?Pre-DDI? phase) includes planning, business process standardization, and procurement of the financial management software solution.
DDI Phase 1 ? This phase will implement the financial management software solution focusing on core functionality (functionality currently performed by Central FLAIR, Departmental FLAIR, Information Warehouse, and selected CMS functions).
Future DDI Phases ? Subsequent phases beyond what is defined for DDI Phase 1 will include the implementation of the remaining functionality necessary to meet the solution goals.
The Project is currently in the Pre-DDI phase and the project seeks an Integration Architect (IA).
This candidate is required to provide a qualified Integration Architect (IA) who will report to the Systems and Data Strategy (SDS) Track Manager. Day to day direction for the IA will be provided by the SDS Track Manager.
IA Responsibilities:
Identification of risks associated with the area of Integration Architecture (IA) and the development of mitigation plans to address those identified risks throughout the life of the contract
Take day to day direction from the Project?s System and Data Strategy (SDS) Track Manager and work with the SDS Team to support all activities related to the Project?s development and maintenance of integration architecture artifacts (and related areas as needed)
Serve as an IA subject matter expert (SME) throughout the life of the contract.
The IA candidate shall collaborate across Project Tracks to provide technical support for the Project and its objectives.
The IA candidate will serve as a SME in the field of IA as well as an ERP deployment adviser to the Project Team
Assist in any planning and strategy, and execution activities related to the technical aspects of the project.
The IA Contractor will work with the Project Team to review, support the production of, and execute any strategic plans or documents developed by each Track as it relates to the technical aspects of the Project as directed by the SDS Track Lead.
Provide support throughout the procurement of a software and systems integrator (SSI) for Florida PALM project.
Perform other duties as assigned by the SDS Manager, Project Director, and/or their designee(s)
Complete transition services including facilitating lessons learned meetings and creating a lessons learned document related to this IA Support Services contract as well as the overall Florida PALM Project.
Transition services also include providing all of the documents, software, software licenses, and other Project artifacts to the Project Team as it relates to the work performed under this PO.
Complete knowledge transfer/training activities to the appropriate identified parties, as determined by the SDS Track Manager or the Contract Manager.
Other Project support which includes:
Support updates to Project Reporting
Review and refinement of Project materials created by the Project Team to ensure project material and messaging consistency including document templates
Coordination with the PMO, BPS, and OCM tracks to develop new/update templates for Track and Project use
Facilitation of meetings, promote teamwork and collaboration and provide training as needed
Support of SDS risk and issue tracking, mitigation, and escalation processes and tools for the Project Team
Support change management communication activities
Researching, collecting, evaluating and refining data and or tools necessary to meet project reporting and evaluation requirements
Minimum Experience
Bachelor?s Degree in Computer Science or related field
Demonstrated experience leading and implementing modern integration and interoperability initiatives in federal or state government organizations
Possesses a minimum of seven (7) years? professional experience performing activities directly related to IA
Demonstrated experience leading and implementing modern integration and interoperability (e.g. Service Oriented Architecture ?SOA?, web services, data services) initiatives in complex
organizations
Expert-level, production experience in the use of modern integration and interoperability tools,
suites, and techniques
Verifiable communication (verbal and written), leadership, analytical, and decision-making skills interacting with high level leadership (e.g. CIO) to functional and technical staff-level positions
Demonstrated, recent software engineering and implementation experience in the area of IA
Active EA or equivalent certification, and/or equivalent experience (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman)
Possesses expert-level skills in the development and maintenance of IA artifacts and catalogs in accordance with an industry-recognized EA framework
Demonstrated experience supporting technology activities for a financial ERP implementation or a similarly-sized trans-formative technology project
Experience working with State agencies or other state governments similar in size in terms of annual budget and full-time equivalent (FTE) employee count
Experience with newer integration and interoperability patterns such as apps and services architecture, micro services, and software-defined application services
Job Type: Contract
Job Location:
Tallahassee, FL
Required education:
Bachelor's
Required experience:
TOGAF, Zachman, IA Artifacts: 7 years
Required license or certification:
Active EA
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