IT Architect II - Oracle HCM Cloud

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The Architect II works on highly complex projects that require in-depth knowledge within multiple domains across the Oracle HCM platform: technical, solutions, business, or information. 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.

Technical Leadership, Consultancy and Architecture Team Development - In the context of the University-wide Project Drive initiative to implement Oracle HCM: Provides strategic consultation to clients, USF IT teams, and consultant teams/staff from Oracle. Advises on options, risks, costs versus benefits, system impacts, and technology priorities. Works with business leaders to understand business requirements and help them see how technology tradeoffs influence strategy. Analyzes the functionality and constraints of solutions/changes across multiple systems/platforms/applications. Serves as a technical expert 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 the University-wide Project Drive project, maintains knowledge of progress, and communicates architectural risks. Develops, motivates, and directs staff to create a team environment. Provides leadership, technology guidance and mentors others throughout their domain.

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 Oracle HR strategy and ensures alignment with architectural strategy and business goals. This role will have a big part in quarterly updates and has close coordination with the Oracle system admin to establish an efficiently working systems architecture that enables smooth communication with other USF systems (Oracle and Azure).
Responsible for analysis, design, and development of roadmaps and implementation plans based upon a current vs. future state in a cohesive architecture viewpoint. Work with vendors to align their product roadmaps with the organization’s strategic goals, ensuring future developments support business objectives. Issue Resolution: Continue to work closely with vendors to resolve any issues that arise, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.

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, IT Leaders, and Business 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.

Standards, Policies, Procedures, Change Management and Governance: Supports, develops, and communicates domain-wide