Apptis is looking for an Enterprise Architect to join our team in Clarksburg, West Virginia!

The Enterprise Architect will provide technical and architectural expertise and review to/of CJIS programs and projects, including membership on multiple Integrate Project Teams.

Additional Responsibilities Include:

• Support the Division's programs to select approved and appropriate architecture artifacts to the major CJIS initiatives.
• Review CJIS IT architecture planning and implementation processes, develop recommended improvements, and document the results of the review.
• Advise CJIS on the technical aspects of the SoS technical architecture to ensure interoperability among the CJIS networks, databases, and systems.
• Provide responses to standard process and HQ data calls.
• Architecture document maintenance and distribution; recommend revised policies and processes to optimize the implementation of the technical architecture.
• Review requisition packages
• Update, merge, and refine the IT Capital Investment Plan document to include full life-cycle costs, thorough analysis of strategic plans, risk management plans, and SOA artifacts to provide insightful cost savings and/or cost avoidance recommendations.
• Provide studies and analyses in support of the SoS.
• Maintain awareness of new technologies and advise the client of their potential application to the SoS.

Apptis offers a competitive benefits package, which includes excellent medical and dental benefits, and a 401k plan with matching.

Qualified and interested individuals should submit a resume to www.apptis.com/careers.sec - reference job code 296474.

Conditions of employment:  All applicants receiving an offer of employment will be required to complete an Apptis application and sign a disclosure and authorization form for a background investigation.  All offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory completion of the Apptis background investigation which may include a criminal check, education and employment verifications and for some positions a credit check.  In addition Apptis participates in the E-verify employment verification program.

Apptis is an equal opportunity employer committed to support family values, integrity in the workplace, and an entrepreneurial atmosphere.

U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Skilled in expressing technical concepts clearly in writing and in presentations
• Skilled at participating in engineering level discussions where diplomacy is required to defend the architectural position or identify engineering input for architectural improvements

• Engineering, Computer Science, or related degree or 15+ years senior level experience in a large IT organization
• Senior level experience in IT Architecture, System Engineering, or Software Engineering; technical experience in a large enterprise
• Direct experience with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)    
• Direct experience in significant development and/or IT operations environments and data architecture, preference for direct experience in database architecture
• Experience in evaluating vendor products and services to determine best fit solutions at the enterprise level; A balanced and experienced view of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) versus Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) solutions