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Role: Cloud Application Architect

Location: Remote( (ONSITE PREFERRED; may work remote but would need to report to office with advanced notice)

Duration: 12+ Months

Client: Texas Department of Criminal Justice

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

This position serves as an Enterprise Architect for the CITS project supporting the Micro Focus (MFES) Production application. The role is focused on modernizing TDCJ legacy systems to the Microsoft Power Platform and involves leading data mapping efforts, identifying data for migration, and aligning IT architecture with business strategy. The architect will work with both internal and external teams and is expected to provide comprehensive documentation and strategic guidance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a self-starter on modernization efforts, providing technical documentation for the transition to Microsoft Power Platform.
• Identify gaps in current systems and recommend actionable solutions.
• Produce clear documentation to support technical and strategic decisions.
• Lead collaboration across teams to map and analyze legacy vs. future system data ownership and migration readiness.
• Develop and maintain an Enterprise Architecture strategic framework aligning business processes, technology, and information for optimized decision-making.
• Document architecture across Data, Applications, Networks, Infrastructure, and Security.
• Provide recommendations to ensure the architecture remains current and standards-compliant.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

1. Responsible for planning and engineering of an organization's cloud computing infrastructure and applications;
2. Designs cloud-based hardware and software solutions. Expertise in standard concepts, practices, and procedures of cloud technologies.
3. Demonstrates expertise in wide variety of Cloud models such as Software as Service (SaaS), Platform as Service (PaaS), or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
4. Synthesizes architecture guidelines and strategies from a broad stakeholder set to transform logical models into physical architectures, designs and implementations;
5. Designing and addressing key architecture considerations for cloud systems;
6. Resolving issues regarding technology components responsible for performing functional capabilities, or determining how technologies will communicate when responsibility must be shared across technologies; and
7. Publishing, updating and ensuring that the architecture models meet business requirements and architecture standards.
8. Practitioner of systems development processes and methodologies;
9. Ability to lead and facilitate cross-functional, multi-Service Provider work teams;
10. Familiarity with relational database technologies and capabilities;
11. Knowledge of relevant industry group, trends, directions, major issues, regulatory considerations and trendsetters;
12. Ability to justify project, equipment or staffing expenditures by identifying, cost, benefits and associated risks;
13. Special contextual knowledge of implementation designs and the cost modeling associate with developing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) models.
14. Ability to work with others in a constructive and collaborative manner;
15. Ability to think critically; to recognize and anticipate a problem (technical, operational, process, organizational) and to identify and implement the best solution in a timely manner;
16. Excellent written and oral presentation skills;
17. Knowledge and understanding of marketplace experience, developments and trends related to the Information Technology function;
18. Experience with scalability and performance issues related data bases.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

1. Understanding of programming at an enterprise level and ability to demonstrate problem-solving and critical thinking abilities.
2. Database knowledge, understanding relationships, data types, and data mapping.
3. Strong ability to be a self-starter in documentation with the ability to deliver to management for decisions and collaboration.
4. Understanding Microsoft Power Platform, Java, and COBOL environments.
5. Working knowledge of Data, Applications, Networks, Infrastructure, and Security architectures.

PREFERRED SKILLS:

1. Past governmental modernization experience is preferred, as well as enterprise architecture experience.
2. Experience with Amazon Web Services and/or Microsoft Azure.

Education and Experience:

• Undergraduate degree required with an information technology focus (preferred); and at least Ten (10) years of experience in technical roles in technically complex environments.
• Or an MBA or advanced degree and at least 8 years of experience in technical roles in technically complex environments.
• At least 2 years of experience as a technical cloud architect and/or technical cloud lead.
• Industry Certifications in an area of expertise preferred.

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