The IT/Enterprise Architect will play a critical role in aligning state agencies need with technology solutions that drive innovation and manage/shape the overall IT strategy.

The manager prefers someone to work on a hybrid arrangement. If possible, they would like the candidate to work onsite two days a week.

**119.00/hour is the max rate for this position.

The position has responsibility for system’s analysis and design review which includes assuring that business problems are fully understood, detailed requirements are investigated and proposed, and to collaborate with both internal and external teams to create architecture design. One of the key responsibilities of the position is to create architectural models/diagrams of existing agency applications from multiple disciplines (business, systems, data, and technology) by gathering information from various sources within an organization and through an iterative approach, gain the necessary insight to accurately depict the architecture within each discipline.

The IT/Enterprise Architect will play a critical role in aligning state agencies need with technology solutions that drive innovation and manage/shape the overall IT strategy.

Common responsibilities of the role:

• Systematic review of the business, security, service, and information systems domain components of a proposed solution to a business (agency) need/problem
• Review enterprise IT Projects for business alignment with state and agency goals, as well as the alignment with state and agency IT goals, objectives and strategies
• Review Statewide IT Procurements, inclusive of procurement artifacts (e.g. Requests for Proposals, Requests for Quotations, Invitations for Bids) and related enterprise IT project information to assure alignment between business requests/requirements and available architectural standards, technologies and solutions.
• Review Statewide IT Procurement Awards to affirm best solutions/vendor to meet both current and future state/agency needs
• Collaborate with an enterprise-wide stakeholder group to assess, develop, and maintain the enterprise architecture strategy and governance in alignment with the state of North Carolina’s goals and objectives
• Evaluate current technology infrastructure and applications to identify areas of improvement and opportunity
• Establish and uphold state-wide enterprise architecture principles, guidelines, and best practices to ensure consistency, interoperability, security, and optimization
• Assess potential risks associated with initiatives as it is related to enterprise architecture and work with stakeholders to improve, protect and secure
• Review, guide and support enterprise-wide IT projects and IT procurements governed by enterprise architecture
• Evaluate third-party vendors and solutions crucial to the success of state projects and procurements, ensuring adherence to standards and integrations to existing solutions
• Implement architectural standards, guidance and frameworks while keeping up with emerging technology trends

Required/Desired Skills

Skill	Required /Desired	Amount	of Experience
Demonstrated experience working as a senior level technologist in a complex, large- scale organization.	Required	7	Years
Working knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF)	Required	7	Years
Experience of enterprise IT infrastructure, applications, data management/integrations, systems development, and business processes	Required	7	Years
Demonstrated experience with IT governance, and the ability to define IT principles, standards and framework that support the overall governance model	Required	7	Years
Demonstrated experience aligning enterprise architecture practice to business strategy, and the ability to map business strategy to IT capabilities	Required	7	Years

Questions

No.	Question
Question1	Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement?
Question2	This is a hybrid position. The manager would prefer the candidate to come onsite two day a week. Do you accept this requirement?
Question3	Please list candidate’s email address.
Question4	Please indicate how soon this candidate is available to start work. Vendors are encouraged to submit candidates that are available for the duration of the assignment.
Question5	Vendor must disclose to the agency if the candidate will be subcontracted at the time of submission. Do you accept this requirement?
Question6	Vendor must notify the agency if any portion of the requirements listed in this task order are to be outsourced to other countries. Do you accept this requirement?
Question7	Candidates submitted above the rate of - will not be considered. Do you accept this requirement?
Question8	Payment for all approved hours will be paid at the straight hourly rate regardless of the total hours worked by the engaged resource. It is the responsibility of the supplier to adhere to any applicable compensation laws including payment for overtime hours. Do you accept this requirement?
Question9	Confirmation that you have thoroughly validated, and attest to the accuracy of, the credentials listed throughout this candidate’s VectorVMS profile and resume pursuant to Section 5.2.5 of ITS-009440 is required. Do you confirm?