Student IT Architecture Competition

SITAC is a one of it’s kind IT architecture competition open to all undergrad and graduate full time students. There is no requirement about the field of study, we have students from all faculties participating in the competition. Students get an opportunity to understand and practice the techniques of designing an information technology solution in the context of challenges, constraints and needs that are similar to the real world situations (see past events). An experienced mentor will be assigned per team to guide the students.

How to reach us?

Student FAQs

Why should I participate?

Opportunity to architect a solution for a real world problem.

Employment & internship opportunities in the greater Seattle area.
Mentoring with practicing architects from Costco, REI, Microsoft, T-Mobile, Nordstorm, F5 Networks Inc. and others.
Attractive prizes in addition to exposure, learning, and employment & internship opportunities.

How do I participate?

Form a team of maximum 3 students of ANY discipline from same or different universities.
Read the competition details and instructions
Register your team for the competition.
Attend orientation sessions for the competition.
Work closely with an assigned mentor -- a practicing architect from the industry.
Develop architecture document comprised of 6 modules.
Deliver presentation to judges, IT professionals & students in the final event.

Who will help me?

Each team can request for and will be assigned a mentor -- a practicing architect from the industry, who will work closely with a team to help understand architecture and provide guidance.

Who will evaluate?

An independent expert panel comprising of Academia & highly experienced IT architects from the industry.

Rules:

Open to fulltime undergraduate & graduate students of ANY discipline.
Must complete all deliverables for the competition.
All deliverables are evaluated by a panel of eminent judges.
Evaluation will be a weighted sum of points for each deliverable.
Solution will be evaluated for innovativeness, realizability & originality.
All judges’ decisions are final.

Mentor FAQs

What are the expectations from a mentor?

Set at least 1 hour per week contact between Mentor / Team. (Can be virtual).
Not allowed to create any deliverable for the project.
Review of the deliverables expected with feedback.
Participate in the final Event.
Conduct Training Sessions.
Provide common guidelines.

How do I become a mentor?

Fill out the sign-up form or
Reach out to the CITAP team at volunteer@iitarch.org.

Volunteer FAQs

Are there any other volunteer opportunities?

IT Architecture is an evolving profession and we are always looking for professionals eager to contribute to the community. There are multiple ways to contribute. You can help organize, build templates and artifact models, become a mentor, help sponsorship and many other ways.

How do I volunteer?

Please let us know your areas of interests by filling out the volunteer sign-up form
We look forward to hearing from you

Donations

How can I donate funds for the competition?

CITAP is a 501(c)(3) registered non-profit organization so the best way to donate is either by volunteering your time or making cash donations towards 'Community of Information Technology Architecture Practitioners' through your company's donation matching program (if your company supports this). Please reach out to info@citap.org for our organization details if you cannot find us in your company's donation matching portal.
Alternatively you can send us donations via Zelle payments to email id: archcomp@citap.org