Job Title: Solution Architect IV Duration: 2 months (Contract W2) Location: Salem, OR (Remote)
Key Skills: IT Readiness Assessment & Gap Analysis, Enterprise Architecture & SDLC Understanding, Cloud Readiness, Governance, Stakeholder Engagement & Communication.
Description We are seeking a consultant to conduct a Readiness Assessment to evaluate our agency’s preparedness to design, build, and maintain a secure, robust, moderately complex application in-house. The assessment should analyse the capabilities of our IT department—including staffing, architecture, platform, development approach, and governance processes—and identify risks, gaps, and areas for improvement. The consultant will deliver findings, recommendations, and a roadmap to help ensure we are positioned for a successful in-house build.
Scope:
Conduct an in-depth Readiness Assessment of agency’s internal IT department.
Technical, organizational, process readiness evaluation for application build.
Assess current platform, architecture, security posture, and tools used.
Review development methodologies, staffing capabilities, and governance practices.
Identify gaps, risks, and areas for improvement.
Deliver a comprehensive report with findings, actionable recommendations, and a roadmap for achieving readiness.
Align assessment with the requirements of developing applications using Microsoft technologies.
Consider existing publicly available funding reports in the system design considerations.