Architecture Consulting Opportunities
Architecture consulting opportunities typically present themselves in the following categories:
Application Architecture work typically involves the development of n-tier IT architecture environments. Experience with software development processes (configuration management, change management, release management, quality assurance), and in an OO modeling and development methodology.
Business Architecture consulting work typically involves extensive experience in business process modeling and analysis, business process automation and implementation, process re-engineering and implementation. Experience with transformation to a web-based enterprise, business process improvement and implementation and in business process simplification and implementation is typically required.
Enterprise Architecture is the practice of applying a comprehensive and rigorous method for describing a current and/or future structure and behavior for an organizations' processes, information systems, personnel and organizational sub-units, to align with the organizations core goals and strategic direction. Although often associated strictly with information technology, it relates more broadly to the practice of business optimization in that it addresses business architecture, performance management, organizational structure and process architecture.
Information Architecture work typically involves capturing and representing both business and system information in terms of concepts. Experience in the development of migration strategies from current to future information architectures and in delivering information architecture specifications.
Solution Architecture consulting work typically involves performing operational and tactical planning to match business needs to technology options for a solution. Experience leading a team of technical resources throughout a software development life cycle, and leading the development and application of technical expertise to ensure the effective use of the technical infrastructure and information systems is required. Solution Architecture involves object oriented analysis and design of component base n-tier architectures, information management or information technology requirements documentation and analysis, and coordination of more than one concurrent IM/IT project leading to the implementation of defined IM/IT solutions to meet the stated business and technical challenges.
Technical Architecture typically involves the definition of future computing infrastructures, in the integration of commercial infrastructure components with custom developed components. Experience with software development processes (configuration management, change management, etc) and great familiarity in the deployment of distributed computing infrastructures and application configuration within enterprise computing environments are also typically required.
Current opportunities for professionals engaged in the practice of Architecture Consulting are found in this section.