.Net Application Architect

• Partner with the Human Resource leadership team and work closely with senior leadership, enterprise/platform architects, tech leads, developers, scrum masters, product/program/project managers to ensure that all stakeholders have the necessary direction and feedback to deliver product a high-quality product
• Perform current and future system discovery assessments, gap analysis reports to conclude, but not limited to technology and versions, integration patterns and interfaces, web applications, end to end data/process flows, security and compliance, reliability, and operations and maintenance
• Provide leadership and subject matter expertise in design and execution to meet both functional and non-functional requirements in alignment with overarching strategy and technical roadmap
• Provide oversight for all architecture changes for compliance with standards and alignment with best practices
• Conduct feasibility studies and decision making exercises to evolve the usage of architecture models and patterns, reference architectures, guidelines, etc. that serve as the critical input to build consistent and standardized solutions
• Create technical roadmaps, drive Dev SecOps practices, mitigate technical debt, define true defects, lead technical direction and decision-making 
• Provide oversight of development process, operations and maintenance work, and monitoring and triage of technical issues
• Maintain a solid security posture of the Human Resource products which includes aligning new and modified software development and hardware infrastructure (e.g., new and existing servers, etc.), with CISO standards and guidelines.
• Evaluate work quality of deliverables provided by vendors, including code review, test coverage, and acceptance criteria. Establish processes so that these evaluation practices can scale to others.
• Propose and coordinate architectural changes in collaboration with the agency Portfolio Architect and ARB.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of leading software development teams, solutioning across multiple platforms and paradigms with agile process management, financial management, resource management, and demand management capabilities
• 5+ years of experience with running large/complex projects with multiple dependencies
• Experience in the public sector and Human Services is a plus

Technical

• Professional and hands on experience in leading and building globally distributed, remote, Mainframe, Distributed and Cloud technology teams and tech stacks with high availability and reliability
• Strong technology affinity and experience, as well as attention to detail and the ability to design, execute against strategic goals
• Broad and deep knowledge of Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC), Continuous Integration/Delivery (CI/CD), Process Engineering (Technical), Portfolio/Program/Project Management processes and improvements, IT/software technology and trends, domain knowledge and experience in infrastructure support, application development, and cloud based application development, web services, middleware, operating systems, databases, networking, and security
• Leading and participating in complex, large scale, organizational acquisitions and integration efforts is a plus
• Experience leading legacy technology stack is a plus

Skills

• Enterprise Architecture
  • TOGAF
  • Cloud (AWS/AzureCloud/GCP)
• Software Architecture
  • Arch Models (Viewpoints/4+1/IEEE42010)
  • Arch Patterns (ADR-MVC/SOA/Microservices/Layers)
  • Software Platforms (.NET/Java)
  • Cloud Platforms (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS)
  • Software Development (SDLC/Agile)
• Design Patterns (Domain-specific/Creational/Structural/Behavioral patterns)
• Programming Languages
  • .NET Core, C#/Java/Javascript(TS/NG/React/Vue/Node)/Python/Apex
  • Markup Languages (HTML/XML/SAML/YAML/RAML)
  • Scripting
  • API
• Data Architecture
  • Relational DB (Oracle/MSSS/RDS/Aurora)
  • Distributed Database (Dynamo/Cosmos/Graph)
• Security Architecture (Cyber/Information//Application/Network/Server Security)
• Infrastructure Architecture (Server/Network Administration)

Leadership

• Ability to provide executive presentation with priority, timeframes, implementations, assessments, roadmaps and architectural recommendations.
• Ability to define and communicate strategy and vision and influence across state agencies and then execute at scale in a dynamic environment is essential
• Ability to build strong, trusted and candid relationships and promote collaboration at the leadership level is essential
• Ability to effectively inspire and influence teams and partners in delivering technology enabled solutions that meet agency operational needs
• Ability to help identify talent, recruit, hire, and build high performance leaders in teams
• Ability to coach, mentor, and provide direct, timely performance feedback; experience setting direction, tracking progress, and ensuring accountability
• Ability to thrive in a flexible and fast-paced environment across
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, problem solving and organizational skills