Plan initiatives with OIT’s functional area teams based on budget, approaches and infrastructure to the OIT architecture governing principles and identify when it is necessary to modify underlying business processes or the OIT architecture standards to accommodate needs.
Understand OIT funding model and align technology initiatives to ensure the highest return on investment (ROI) based on available budget, while understanding and ensuring the long term requirements for sustainable service.
Maintain currency in technologies and trends through research.
Maintain awareness of current and future work efforts across the enterprise and identify opportunities for implementing innovative solutions.
Research and recommend solutions that meet the requirements of the customers and align with annual agency work plans, OIT’s enterprise strategy, and the OIT Playbook.
Track initiatives evaluate the effectiveness of the planned solutions and recommend alternative solutions when needed.
Provide thought leadership in emerging trends as they relate to business process development and execution.
Maintain and establish technical contacts with IT industry leaders to pioneer innovative technologies, ideas and structures within OIT.
Translate complicated technical plans into clear, business value added proposals, which are compelling and effectively communicated using a variety of methods and forums.
Anticipate the training needs of end users and support staff who will maintain the solution in production.
Assist the Enterprise Architects in the management of strategic alliances to position OIT as the premier service provider for agencies within the State of Colorado.
Pursue the development and testing of innovative solutions and organize work efforts and resources needed to prototype or pilot them.
Demonstrate the benefits (increased operational efficiencies, decreased costs, etc.) of a solution to an agency unit.
Coordinate with OIT internal operations teams to consider the implications (to infrastructure, security, etc.) of introducing solutions.
Understand advanced data migration techniques.
Understand the enterprise perspective of OIT operations across the supported agencies.