Director Solutions Architecture

Ascendum Solutions is looking for a talented Director Solutions Architecture to join our team of skilled information systems and technology consultants.  This position is a full-time direct hire and will be located in the Denver/Englewood, CO area.

The Director Architecture is responsible for providing strategic technical consulting on systems architecture and technology. This position will oversee senior manager architects on issues relating to systems architecture; performance; scalability; and environmental procedures.

Responsibilities:
•Consult with senior executives on technology trends and their potential relevance to the needs of our clients and impact to our solutions.
•Develop systems architecture and new technology designs/blueprints
•Consult with senior executives on technical issues relating to strategic due diligence efforts.
•Provide industry thought leadership on key design decisions, while carefully weighing TCO and timeline/risk impacts
•Assist in coaching solutions architects at the senior manager level and below.
•Lead internal technical review teams to ensure product architectures and architecture evolution plans are aligned with the Companies product roadmap as well as technology trends of company clients. Provide an assessment back to the Executive Team of gaps that may exist and create an action plan to close them.
•Participate in external conferences and trade shows to provide the technical background to our product presentations.
•Develop guidelines on how to present the architecture and technologies of our product line to ensure consistency in client presentations.
•Responsible for establishing and clearly communicating departmental strategy to management team; providing feedback regarding tactical operations for department including budgeting, goal setting, and managing performance; following organization’s policies and applicable legal requirements; determining and implementing appropriate staffing and customer interaction guidelines for work team(s); and monitoring performance leading to successful results.
•Architectural responsibility for developing reference solutions that can be applied to multiple client opportunities

•Architecting complex end-to-end functional solutions Liaising with product architecture teams, ensuring proposed solutions are consistent with capabilities and technology direction
•Supporting the business capture process in developing winning technical solutions for company clients that integrate into their overall enterprise
•Presenting reference solutions on client sites both during business capture and implementations

Ascendum is an information systems and technology consulting firm with over 25 years of experience bringing the right people, process and technology together to solve our client’s business problems. Combining the benefits of a locally owned and operated firm with headquarters in Cincinnati with a global firm, our aggressive growth and expansion have created exceptional career opportunities for talented professionals. Joining our team will provide a dynamic opportunity to develop your career while making a meaningful contribution to our client’s success.

Ascendum provides:

Health and Dental benefits to all consultants.
401(k) Retirement plan with employer contribution.
Paid vacation and sick days.

We welcome inquiries from applicants only (no third parties or agencies please). Candidates must be authorized to work permanently in the United States.  Due to the volume of resumes that we receive, only those candidates selected for review will be contacted. Ascendum is an equal opportunity employer.

Please email your resume to jobs02@ascendum.com for consideration.