Sr. Enterprise Architect

Position: Sr. Enterprise Architect Duration: 1 years contract role Location: Montgomery, AL (Day1 onsite) Job Description: The Alabama Medicaid Agency (AMA) is modernizing its Medicaid Enterprise Systems (MES). This multi-year project will procure program management office (PMO) services, testing oversight services, and multiple modular systems from multiple vendors. The PMO services contract includes Medicaid Enterprise Architecture services and Technical Advice and Assistance services. As part of this modernization project, the Agency is migrating its MES solutions and other critical business systems and technical services into the Microsoft Azure Government Cloud. This project follows a structured methodology that complies with the Federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) standards and requirements such as the Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA) and Streamlined Modular Certification (SMC). To support this project, the AMA has developed a Medicaid Enterprise Architecture (MEA), and has procured the Orbus iServer Enterprise Architecture software tool for that purpose. Vendor deliverables must be analyzed to ensure compliance with MEA standards and requirements as well as other vendor contracts. To support this effort, the AMA is seeking an experienced enterprise architect to serve on a multi-year effort in the role of AMMP Senior Enterprise Architect to report to the MES Associate Director and be the AMMP lead for all technical aspects of MES modules and support tools, and to advise on the MEA framework, objects, and artifacts to support the success of the MEA and its contribution to AMMP. Specific Senior Enterprise Architect's responsibilities will include the following:

• Serve as the MES technical representative and work closely with AMA support organizations that are responsible for critical areas such as operations & infrastructure, security, data governance, privacy, and project management to ensure MES modules and tools and the MEA comply with agency and federal standards. To that end, guide the PMO Contractor's efforts to maintain the MES Technical Reference Architecture (TRA); and develop technical and EA policies, standards, guidelines, procedures and processes for the MES.
• Act as a trusted partner with Contractors and Agency managers to ensure project direction, goals and key initiatives achieve desired results. Develop key technical and MEA insights and metrics, and prepare reports and presentations for senior managers and AMMP stakeholders external to the Agency.
• Chair the MES Enterprise Architecture Board (EAB) and the Technical Review Board (TRB), establishing working Board guidelines, ensuring proper expertise is represented at reviews, ensuring transparency of the boards in the MES governance process, ensuring timely and accurate communication with stakeholders, communicating status to management and submitting decisions for publication as needed, and ensuring modules and tools align with the appropriate published architectural standards.
• Provide in-depth analysis and critical thinking when reviewing Contractor MEA artifacts and design documentation to identify problems and potential gaps, and make recommendations that will meet CMS standards and ensure contract compliance. Provide final approval for specific MEA deliverables.
• Provide in-depth analysis and critical thinking when reviewing MES module and support tool technical documentation and technical aspects of Change Requests to recommend approval and to identify risks and issues; this includes organizing TRB working groups of appropriate Agency subject matter experts to participate in reviews.
• Work with the PMO Contractor's Senior Technical Advisor, and guide the MES Technical Research Analyst to track industry trends and maintain knowledge of new technologies to make recommendations that improve the MEA and the TRA.
• Participate in and contribute to technical aspects of planning, procurement (Request for Proposals (RFP) and Request for Bids (RFB)), design, and test of the MES in order to support key decisions--establishing priorities, evaluating trade-offs, ensuring best practices, and develop and maintain a thorough understanding of the module solutions and support tools to be implemented.
• Support the development of Service Level Agreements (SLA) to establish minimum support levels and system performance standards that protect the best interest of the Agency.
• Employee is expected to undertake any additional related duties as they are assigned by their manager.
  
  

Required Experience:

• 8 - 10 years information technology architecture experience including one or more of these areas: cloud architecture, CRM architecture, database architecture, enterprise architecture, and solutions architecture.
• 3 - 5 years enterprise architecture experience including EA framework design for at least the components of Business, Technical and Information Architectures, EA modeling, EA tool deployment, and EA configuration and lifecycle management.
• 3 5 years of experience with large multi-vendor projects or teams.
• 3 5 years of experience working with senior management and key stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to relate technical concepts to non-technical audiences, and to interact professionally with a diverse group of executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
• Extensive knowledge of all MS-Office products with strong MS-Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint skills.
  
  

Candidates that do not meet the required experience will not be considered. Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience on a Medicaid or Major Health Care Payer Project
• Familiarity with technical aspects of relevant policies and guidelines for information security, and the transmission and protection of sensitive data.
• Experience with Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA) 3.0 including the maturity matrix and the Seven Conditions and Standards
• Working knowledge of Medicaid Transformation Initiative
• Experience with technical diagraming and business process modeling.
• Demonstrated effective analytical, critical thinking, and diagnostic skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills to work in an integrated team to build client rapport and develop/discipline/reward employees.
• Ability to handle ambiguity and change.
• Ability to work with virtual / in-person teams, and work under pressure / to a deadline.
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction from Agency or other team members.
  
  

Education/Certification:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems or similar field; or 9 years of equivalent work experience.