Short Description: Senior SLED Architect Please submit all candidates no later than 6:00 PM on February 28th, 2012
Complete Description: The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), seeks one contractor who will provide State Longitudinal Education Data System (SLED) Architect services to provide due diligience, investigate and direct and document architected decisions in order to direct proper alignment with the Federal Department of Education requirements standards. This is a highly skilled position and this candidate needs to be familair with educational data requirements as outlined by state and federal educational requirements for data reporting
This Contractor will also assist and direct data interfaces with other OSSE systems to include but not limited to Early Childhood Educaton (ECE), Grants Systems and Post Secondary Educational systems. Will also recommend and consult concerning emerging technologies for SLED to include mobile computing, open content and visual Data Analysis.
Behavior Characteristics: Contractor shall be responsible for assuring that personnel have laptops and communication equipment. Contractors shall work onsite. Over time, over 8 hours a day and or over 40 hours a week is only authorized if approved in writing before it is worked.
Required / Desired Skills
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount of Experience
Expertise Rating
Very Strong knowledge of Longitudinal Data Technology Strategy & Roadmap
Required
10 Years
3 - Expert
Experience with Project Planning and Management
Required
10 Years
3 - Expert
Experience with Architecting Data Infrastructure Solutions
Required
8 Years
3 - Expert
Strong understanding of State and Local Education Agency reporting needs
Highly desired
4 Years
2 - Proficient
Experience data integration leverging data messaging platforms
Highly desired
3 Years
2 - Proficient
Expereince with emerging mobile application technologies
Required
2 Years
2 - Proficient
Familair with SDLC methodologies
Highly desired
3 Years
2 - Proficient
Experience with developing IT policies and procedures
Highly desired
3 Years
2 - Proficient
Experience with emerging visual data anaylsis and presentations
Required
2 Years
2 - Proficient
Architect and design transactional Sharepoint applications
