I&T Systems Architect #2208-379110-01
Aviation Technology
- Date Opened
- Wednesday, August 10, 2022 8:00 AM
- Close Date
- Wednesday, August 24, 2022 8:00 PM
- Section
- Aviation
- Salary
- $95,000 - $120,000 Commensurate with Experience
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Introduction
Overview
The City of Charlotte is the largest municipality in North Carolina and the 17th largest city in the United States, with a total population of more than 872,498 citizens. A major commerce center, Charlotte hosts several of the nation’s largest banks and technology companies.
Also known as the Queen City, Charlotte is home to the Carolina Panthers, the Charlotte Hornets and the NASCAR Hall of Fame. We work hard to ensure that the community will be a winning city for everyone – a truly remarkable place to live, work, learn and play. Join us in helping to keep our City thriving, ensuring upward mobility and advancement in the workplace.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
- Defines technology roadmaps with a focus on the Aviation industry
- Identify market & organizational trends
- Maintain awareness of security and regulatory mandates / other risks that influence roadmap decisions
- Collaborate with peer Airports and vendor partners to stay abreast of industry technology trends
- Estimate total program costs and useful life forecasts for purposes of financial planning. This includes hardware, software, licensing, implementation, operation and maintenance, personnel and/or professional services, etc.
- Develop technology standards & models by working with technology / business partners to identify best practices for the Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Perform & organize studies of enterprise architectures
- Study other models to broaden knowledge
- Analyze needs impacted by standard
- Ensures data meets data standards and is compatible with Charlotte Douglas International Airport’s data warehouse
- Produce technology proposals:
- cost estimates
- staffing impacts
- implementation timelines
- risk assessments
- cost & benefit analyses
- articulation of impact on business goals
- Guides technology investment by contributing to language in departments’ technology solicitations:
- technical requirements
- architecture diagrams, etc.
- reviewing technology proposals
- Ensuring proposals meet architectural requirements
- Contributing to implementation contract language when proposals are accepted
- Act as primary technical point of contact for Proposal creation, solicitation, review, award, and contract negotiations.
- Develops architectural descriptions & designs for needed solutions that meet the business requirements
- Creates formal design documents, facilitates reviews and approval of documents, manages design change order processes
- Conducting meetings with stakeholders
- Analyzing current & potential technical requirements
- Researching vendor offerings / market trends / independent analyses Stay abreast of direction of technologies
- Completes other related tasks by facilitating discussions
- Communicating potential technology solutions
- Serving as translation source between businesses & technological needs & gaining individual business understanding
- Defines system architecture for Aviation applications and infrastructure connectivity
Preferred Qualification
- Master’s degree in Computer Information Systems / Computer Science / Business Administration / Public Administration / directly related field with three (3) years of relevant experience
- Ten or more years of direct technology industry experience
Minimum Qualifications
Conditions of Employment
The City’s Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes, but is not limited to: reference checks, social security verification, education verification, criminal conviction record check, and, if applicable, a credit history check, sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.
Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidate’s written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report, motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.
Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process, candidates may be asked to take a skills test, and/or participate in other assessments.
The City of Charlotte requires proof of COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment for any new City of Charlotte employees. The City is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such, will consider reasonable accommodations as required by law.
The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
How To Apply
Apply online.
Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job.
Anyone seeking an accommodation to apply for a job may call (704) 336-2285 for assistance or you may email questions to CityHrJobPostingsNotify@ci.charlotte.nc.us.
Benefits
The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to all employees.
Click here to learn more about the City of Charlotte’s benefits.
The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.
In Conclusion