Cloud Solutions Architect

Level Description

4-7 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on limited experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. A certain degree of creativity and latitude is required. Works under limited supervision with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

Job Description

The cloud architect is responsible for the cloud computing initiatives within an organization and for directing the architectural aspects of a cloud brokering team across all aspects of IT and business. Responsible for the planning and engineering of an organization's cloud computing infrastructure and applications. Implements and designs hardware and software. Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures of cloud technology, including Software as Service (SaaS), Platform as Service (PaaS), or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

Additional job details and special considerations

The Department of Information Resources (DIR) requires the services of One Cloud Solution Architect hereafter referred to as Worker, who meets the general qualification of Cloud Solutions Architect and the specifications outlined in this document for Health & Human Services Commission - Social Services Applications team. The Cloud Solution Architect will provide strategic guidance in the development process, make technical decisions regarding solutions and explain how they will impact the organization.

As part of HHSC IT Applications - Social Services Applications initiatives, the Cloud Solution Architect 2 will be responsible for:

Architect, develop and re-engineer applications that fully leverage the Cloud capabilities (preferably AWS)

Define and develop blueprints and roadmaps for building efficient and high-performance solutions in the cloud (preferably AWS)

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable and efficient software solutions.

Design and implement cloud-native solutions leveraging microservices architecture, containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes).

Drive the adoption of cloud-native best practices for scalability, resilience, and maintainability.

Implement and advocate for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.

Plan and engineer cloud computing infrastructure and applications.

Integrate applications with various third parties such as Federal agencies, State agencies and private firms (For example, CMS Federal Hub, SSA, MMIS, EBT, IRS, DHS, BCBS etc.)

Provide cloud architecture guidance for Security, Identity/Access Management and Monitoring. Ensure compliance with HHS enterprise security configuration standards.

Provide cloud architecture guidance for applications across all layers - User Interface, Middleware integrations and data bases.

Provide cloud architecture guidance for batch processing applications.

Provide AWS operational guidance both internal to the team, and for external operations teams

Define standard concepts, practices, and procedures for cloud technology, including Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

Lead and ensure HHSC best practices and methodologies are applied to the design, deployment, and operations in the cloud.

Participate in application modernization.

Investigate and provide feedback on new AWS services and solutions.

Provide technical oversight, review, and quality control throughout the life cycle of the implementation.

Other duties as assigned.

Education

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in computer science, computer information systems, engineering, or management information systems is preferred.

Certification

Cloud Solutions Architect Certification

Cloud Infrastructure Certifications

Candidate Skills and Qualifications:

Minimum Requirements:

Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.

Years
Required/Preferred
Experience

7
Required
Hands on experience in designing, building, and supporting cloud-native application solutions.

7
Required
Experience in combined roles of enterprise or technical architecture, cloud platform development, cloud strategy or IT strategy

7
Required
Experience in migration of applications from on-premise to cloud with enterprise architecture

7
Required
Experience in Application security architecture in Cloud/on-prem environment

7
Required
Experience in implementation of cloud-based solutions, leveraging AWS and demonstrate expertise in authentication and authorization using Okta, SailPoint and/or similar technologies

7
Required
Experience in security policies, implementing multi-factor authentication, enabling single-sign-on (SSO) capabilities and securing APIs using gateway platform for multiple channels

7
Required
Experience in design and implementation of Single Page Applications (SPA) using Angular, ReactJS and/or other similar frameworks/libraries

7
Required
Experience in developing cloud-native applications, adhering to best practices for cloud platforms

7
Required
Experience in designing microservices-based architectures. Decomposing monolithic applications into microservices

7
Required
Experience in developing microservices using Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, JPA and/or Hibernate

7
Required
Hands-on development experience implementing applications utilizing any J2EE Application Server, Authentication and Authorization, Caching strategies

7
Required
Experience with IaaC, automation and various CICD principles, ability to apply this experience to manage cloud based infrastructure.

7
Required
Experience with middleware process orchestration and integrations using IBM BPM/BAW and/or similar technologies

7
Required
Experience with batch processing, scheduling tools and file storage in cloud environment

7
Required
Experience in application integrations with external systems preferably with CMS, IRS and/or other third parties

7
Required
Experience in designing applications for scalability and optimizing performance in cloud environment.

7
Required
Experience in implementing robust logging using tools like Splunk and Dynatrace in cloud environment

7
Required
Hands-on programming experience in the following languages: Java, J2EE, HTML5, JavaScript, AJAX, CSS3, Bootstrap, SASS, UI frameworks/libraries (preferably Angular), Spring, Java Server Pages, Servlet, EJB, JSON, XML, ES5/ES6, NPM, Maven, Business Process

7
Required
Experience in implementing Client-facing applications with responsive design and development

7
Required
Experience with deployment and orchestration technologies (such as Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, OpenShift)

7
Required
Hands-on experience participating in all phases of Agile methodologies like Scrum or Kanban

7
Required
Experience with messaging platforms using IBM MQ and/or similar technologies in cloud environment

7
Required
Experience in Test-driven development and test creation using frameworks such as Katalon, Karma, Jasmine, Selenium

6
Preferred
Hands-on experience with IBM WebSphere Application Server 8 or later and JBOSS

6
Preferred
Prior state eligibility systems experience either State of Texas or other states including CMS experience

4
Preferred
Hands-on development experience for mobile and tablet platforms

4
Preferred
Experience with business rules engine using IBM ODM and/or similar technologies

4
Preferred
Knowledge of APIs design and implementation.

4
Preferred
Knowledge of Monitoring tools

4
Preferred
Knowledge of common DevOps tools GitLab, Jenkins, and Container