It Architect Ii - Remote

Dept Number/Name: 0-3510-000 / Information Technology

College Division: Info Tech-Information Tech

Salary Plan: Administrative

Job Code/Title: 9766 / IT Architect II

Hiring Salary/Salary Range: $121,488 - $130,000

Position Number: 00056226

Work Flexibility: Fully Remote

ORGANIZATIONAL SUMMARY:

Located in the vibrant and diverse Tampa Bay region of Florida’s gulf coast, the University of South Florida (USF) is a Preeminent State Research University with campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota-Manatee. Rated as one of the top places to live in the U.S., Tampa Bay offers a high quality of life, year-round sunshine, and easy access to top-rated entertainment. USF is one of the nation’s largest public universities, serving more than 50,000 students with an annual budget of $1.8 billon. Over the past five years, USF has been the fastest-rising university in the nation, public or private, on the U.S. News and World Report's list of best universities, which it ranks as the 44th best public university in America.

USF is proud to be an innovating partner within the Tampa Bay region, listed by Forbes as the top emerging tech city in the country.

USF Information Technology (USF IT) provides technology services and support for the University of South Florida. The IT team, led by the Vice President and CIO, provides the following services: Administrative Services, Client Support, Communication Services, Teaching and Learning, Analytics and Reporting, Mobile and Web Services, Consulting Services, Cybersecurity Service and Research Technologies. For more information, please visit: Information Technology | University of South Florida (usf.edu)

ADDITIONAL INFO FOR APPLICANTS:

The selected candidate must have current work authorization in the United States. This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

POSITION SUMMARY:
The Architect II works on highly complex projects that require in-depth knowledge of Enterprise Integrations within the Azure API platform and support of DevOps Pipeline for API development and governance. The Architect II leads, consults, or oversees multiple architectural engagements and is viewed as an expert and provides knowledge and counsel to others. The Architect II Leads domain/train specific architecture board and provides an ecosystem-wide perspective and participates in Enterprise Architecture review.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Architecture Requirements and Project status: Reviews and approves recommendations to architectural standards at a domain level. Reviews and/or analyzes and develops architectural requirements at portfolio level. Aligns architectural requirements with IT and Enterprise Architecture strategy. Assesses near-term needs to establish IT business priorities. Collaborates with Product Owners/project management on reporting project status, issues, risks, and benefits. Meets with project management and IT Leaders to ensure progress towards architectural alignment with project goals and requirements.
Quality and Continuous Improvement: Bi-annually analyzes the current architecture to identify weaknesses and develop opportunities for improvements. Identifies and when necessary, proposes variances to the architecture to accommodate project needs. Performs ongoing architecture quality review (per standards and documentation) activities relative to specific portfolio they are responsible for. Identifies opportunities for reuse. Contributes to the development of software and data delivery platforms with reusable. components that can be orchestrated together into different methods for different business. Leads the research and evaluation of emerging technology, industry, and market trends to assist in project development and/or operational support activities. Considers potential impact to domain/portfolio architecture. Provides recommendations based on business relevance, appropriate timing, and deployment.
Technical Leadership, Consultancy and Architecture Team Development: Provides strategic consultation to clients and IT teams. Advises on options, risks, costs versus benefits, system impacts, and technology priorities. Works with business leaders to understand business requirements and help them understand how technology tradeoffs influence strategy. Consults on application or infrastructure development projects to fit systems or infrastructure to the technical architecture and identify when it is necessary to modify the technical/solution architecture to accommodate project needs. Consults on University -facing projects and maintains knowledge of their progress. Develops, motivates, and directs staff to create a team environment. Provides leadership, technology guidance and mentors others throughout their domain. Define the skills, competencies in the skills and talents for architecture team members. Recommends training programs targeting specific areas of improvement.
Architecture Strategy: Leads and coordinates the domain technical and business discussions relative to future architecture direction. Participates in ecosystem strategy development, including environmental analysis, opportunity identification, value cases and business innovation portfolio development. Contributes to the team strategy and ensures alignment with architectural strategy and business goals.
Responsible for analysis, design, and development of roadmaps and implementation plans based upon a current vs. future state in a cohesive architecture viewpoint.
Standards, Policies, Procedures, Change Management and Governance: Supports, develops, and communicates domain-wide policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures. Designs standard configurations and patterns. Promotes the Enterprise Architecture process, outcomes, and results. Participates in the Enterprise Architecture Governance process. Leads and facilitates the domain's architecture governance process based on Enterprise Architecture's governance structure. Manages exceptions to architectural standards at a domain/portfolio level. Identifies organizational requirements for the resources, structures, and cultural changes necessary to support initiatives. Supports change management initiatives. Identifies organizational requirements for the resources, structures, and cultural changes necessary to support initiatives. Supports change management initiatives.
Performs other duties as assigned.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:
MINIMUM:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS or other field involving software and/or analytical training, and seven years of IT related work experience, OR a Bachelor's degree with no specific required field and eight years of IT related work experience, OR a Master's degree and six years of IT related work experience, OR a combination of 10+ years of IT related work experience and validated training. Preparation for a relevant IT certification is considered to be related training.

Degree Equivalency Clause:

Four years of direct experience for a bachelor's degree.

Six years of direct experience for a master’s degree.