EY Government Public Sector - Technology Consulting 

United States, Virginia, Arlington 

456903851

Government and Public Sector – Technology Consulting - Digital Engineering – Microsoft Technical Architect - Senior Manager

Our practice combines an understanding of the public sector's diverse mission needs with private sector leading practices. We respond to each client's issues by bringing together highly skilled professionals across our Consulting, Assurance, Tax and Strategy and Transactions service lines. This integrated approach provides the support and flexibility to meet the unique requirements of our clients.

You will join a talented group of professionals who are advising U.S. government agencies with digital strategy, customer experience, process improvement, technology effectiveness, digital architecture and program integration.

Your key responsibilities

As a Technical Architect, you will be responsible for the following:

• Function as part of a team during technical implementations for Dynamics/Power Platform to finalize architecture specification, create designs as they relate to customizations and/or integration of platform
• Lead system design discussions and recommend alternate choices, trade-offs, and impact analysis
• Participate in and lead white-boarding sessions
• Assist with providing estimates on assigned tasks
• Learn new client information quickly, and translate data modeling, process modeling, and revision control systems
• Lead a team of developers through technical architecture
• Provide mentoring and leadership to less experienced developers
• Independently write quality code that is simple, reliable, and scalable
• Perform code reviews and ensure best practices are being adhered to by development team on engagements
• Lead solution deployments to downstream environments

In addition to your client’s responsibilities, you will also be expected to fulfil Senior Manager-level responsibilities within the firm such as:

• Establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships
• Create innovative insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs, and contribute to thought leadership
• Anticipate and identify risks, and escalate any issues as appropriate
• Develop people through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff; help create a positive learning culture
• Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for staff
• Participate in business development initiatives

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills, coupled with a strong interest in further developing and integrating operations with technology skills
• Ability and comfort level researching client inquiries and emerging issues, including regulations, industry practices, and new technologies
• Ability to create innovative insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs, and contribute to thought leadership
• Prior consulting experience

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Bachelor's degree
• Candidate must be able to obtain/maintain a DoD Secret clearance
• 10-12+ years of related work experience
• Must be comfortable working in-person as needed

Ideally, you'll also have

• Microsoft Certifications and prior consulting experience highly preferred

• Expertise in developing written and visual communication products
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to collaborate with clients and identify engagement follow-on opportunities