ConnectionPoint Solution Architect

Description & Requirements

As a key member of the ConnectionPoint (CP) Solution Architecture team, the IT Solutions Architect, under the guidance technical leadership, plays an integral role in helping Maximus achieve our strategic objective of ConnectionPoint adoption and providing top class service to clients.

The IT Solutions Architect will work directly with business partners to design the overall technical solution for a project implementation.

They will be engaged in the project from the initial phase of responding to the request for proposal (RFP) through the implementation phase.

An ideal candidate will be able to understand a project's functional business needs and translate those into a high-level end-to-end technology solution that aligns with the long-term CP product vision.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Responsible for the architectural integrity of the program and maintaining the enterprise vision of the solution from a technical and business perspective.

- Responsible for the business/technical solution and guiding what should be done within the program to ensure alignment with the enterprise strategy.

- Provide technical design, prototype development, and support to program management in the initiation, design, development, implementation, maintenance and management of service- based enterprise architecture.

- Lead enterprise architecture analysis, evaluation, design, integration, documentation, and development.

Program Specific Duties:

- Bridge the gap between business requirements and the implementation of technology solutions.

- Responsible for creating and documenting the overall technical vision for an end-to-end business solution that includes the CP application and internal and external integration partners.

- Documenting and sharing best practice knowledge for new solutions and advocating for process improvements.

- Reviewing and validating and providing feedback solutions designs from other team members.

- Architecting solutions that are dynamic and robust for long-term vision and which emphasize reusability and configuration and minimize customization.

Participate in RFP Responses:

- Work closely with the Business Solution Group (BSG) to understand the scope of the RFP.

- Actively participate in solutioning sessions hosted by the BSG as a subject matter expert for all business capabilities offered via CP.

- Work with other solution partners to define the high-level interface requirements.

- Identify any areas of ambiguity in the RFP and seek clarity by formulating questions for the State and other solution partners.

- Map RFP requirements to the CP solution.

- Identify gaps in capabilities and work with CP service delivery team to define cost effective solutions.

- Create high level solution context diagrams.

- Document high level business flows, use cases & user journeys.

- Manage the process of collecting high level Service delivery solution estimates.

- Define and validate high l...