Associate IT Solutions Architect

SALARY DETAILS

$164,290.00 - $204,710.00 Yearly

INFORMATION ABOUT LAUSD

We are LAUSD. We are at the forefront of innovation in public education, focused on a clear and inspiring vision of the future for all of our students as they venture forward on their journey as lifelong learners. Here, you will have the opportunity to exercise your potential in a role supporting the business of education. Our work directly contributes toward the goal of ensuring that our students graduate ready for the world – ready to thrive in college, career and life.

LAUSD is the second largest school district in the nation with an enrollment of nearly 575,000 students. We serve an area totaling 710 square miles, with over 1,190 schools and educational centers, and we employ over 74,000 individuals, making us one of the largest employers in our city.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Architects, designs, and develops solutions that incorporate business goals with new or existing technology for an IT Branch and ensures solutions align with District strategic plans.
• Documents and maintains reference architectures, roadmaps, and best practices for IT solutions.
• Documents and designs the District’s cyber security architecture, systems, and services and aligns the architecture to industry best practices and standards.
• Collaborates with other IT Solutions Architects and IT teams to implement and integrate solutions that are compatible with the District’s IT enterprise and to enable automated monitoring, configuration, and management capabilities across the enterprise network.
• Proposes and develops plans to integrate on-premise and cloud-based solutions.
• Identifies and synthesizes the components and subcomponents required for a solution’s success.
• Incorporates cloud technology architecture in data system architecture.
• Architects data lakes to expand the type and amount of data captured and ensure a repository of historical data is maintained and accessible through proper data governance practices.
• Coordinates and leads various architectural planning committees or centers of excellence, such as cloud center of excellence, data architecture task force, or cyber security review board.
• Serves as a District expert and advisor regarding the architecture of their area of focus and related emerging technologies such as cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence, automation, and machine learning.
• Architects cloud infrastructure solutions for storage, computing, and application hosting.
• Defines, designs, documents and enforces standards, practices, and guidelines for solution development and integration such as proper data governance practices, application standards shared between systems, and security compliance practices to ensure District IT enterprise-wide compatibility.
• Oversees the end-to-end implementation of IT solutions while providing guidance throughout the project life cycle to ensure technical integrity and performance.
• Recommends platforms, tools, and frameworks for application development that optimize performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Affirms existing architectures to recommend improvements and bridge gaps within an architecture and between systems.
• Identifies and mitigates risks and potential impacts associated with new architectural solutions and improvements to existing architectures.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Educational Requirement: Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree, preferably in electrical engineering, mathematics, computer science, data science, cybersecurity, or a related field. A qualifying combination of education and experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis provided that graduation from high school or evidence of equivalent educational proficiency is met. An advanced degree in systems management, engineering, or computer science is preferable.
• Experience: Three years of experience in an enterprise-wide environment designing, implementing, and supporting multi-cluster collaboration systems with more than 60,000 end points. The aforementioned experience must have included collaboration platform architecture, management, maintenance, and governance (Collaboration Emphasis).
• Experience: Three years of experience in an enterprise-wide environment designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise wide application solutions. The aforementioned experience must have included cloud platform architecture, management, maintenance, and governance (Application Emphasis).
• Experience: Three years of experience in an enterprise-wide environment designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise wide network solutions. The aforementioned experience must have included network architecture, management, maintenance, and governance (Network Emphasis).

SPECIAL NOTES

A valid driver’s license to legally operate a motor vehicle in the State of California and the use of a motor vehicle, or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation.

SELECTIVE CERTIFICATIONS

• Collaboration Emphasis: One of the following certifications or their equivalent or higher is required: Cisco Certified Professional (CCNP) – Enterprise, Cisco Certified Professional (CCNP) – Collaboration, or a Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE) – Collaboration (preferable).
• Application Emphasis: One of the following certifications or their equivalent or higher is required: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, or Google Associate Cloud Architect.
• Network Emphasis: One of the following certifications or their equivalent or higher is required: Cisco CCNP Enterprise, AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Associate.

EMPLOYMENT SELECTION PROCEDURE

The selection process for this position will tentatively consist of the following: Technical Project and Technical Interview. Please be sure to include correspondence from @lausd.net and @successfactors.com as approved senders so that messages aren't accidentally placed into your spam/junk e-mail folder. For more information about the LAUSD employment assessment process, visit the 'My LAUSD Career' section of our website at http://www.lausdjobs.org. If you have any questions please contact Lewis Kwong at lapwai.kwong@lausd.net. If you have questions regarding the employment selection process, please contact Lewis Kwong at lapwai.kwong@lausd.net.

APPLICATION PROCESS

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