CTO Architect

About the role

This onsite role requires the selected candidate to work from an HHS office in Austin, Texas.

Responsibilities

• Serves as Architect for defining enterprise portfolio roadmaps that meet specific business needs, including low-code/no-code and workflow automation opportunities using Microsoft Power Platform and related enterprise application technologies.
• Conducts and oversees studies and the preparation of initiative reports that include findings, presentations, recommendations, and implementation guidance; formulates logical descriptions of problems; and devises optimum solutions.
• Plans and schedules studies and system implementations.
• Drives and leads initiatives that cross functional agency systems, other IT groups, and other state entities requiring coordination, planning, and scheduling during project development and implementation stages.
• Provides options in the determination and implementation of architectural solutions, including enterprise and program-specific solutions built using Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Dataverse, and related Azure/Microsoft 365 services where appropriate.
• Supports both IT-developed and governed business-developed solutions in alignment with agency standards and support models.
• Evaluates current and future solutions, applications, automation technologies, and low-code platforms and establishes overall requirements and planning objectives.
• Provides expertise in the development of agency IT operations and management information system plans.
• Oversees development and revision of design procedures, test procedures, quality standards, environment strategies, and application lifecycle management practices for enterprise and Power Platform solutions.
• Plays a critical role in translating business strategy into technical strategy and defining end-to-end architectures that support agency priorities.
• Provides architectural expertise on strategic planning actions and policy decisions related to agency systems, including governance, security, compliance, data loss prevention, and operational guardrails for Power Platform and related services.
• Makes recommendations concerning the direction of agency computer and management information systems and analyzes disaster recovery responsibilities and procedures.
• Articulates desired future state, understands current state, identifies gaps between the two states, and develops approaches to close these gaps.
• Collaborates with HHS IT groups on architecture recommendations and assists in the preparation of information technology planning and justification.
• Supports solution governance, reusable component strategies, standards development, and community-of-practice enablement for enterprise platforms including Power Platform.

Requirements

• Knowledge of emerging solutions, applications and technologies, critical thinking and communication skills.
• Knowledge of existing and emerging solutions, applications and technologies and how they can best be implemented to support the business drivers for the HHS enterprise.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform capabilities including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Dataverse, environments, connectors, and Power BI integration.
• Knowledge of Power Platform governance, including environment strategy, data loss prevention, security controls, co-ownership, and operational oversight.
• Knowledge of application lifecycle management (ALM) and solution deployment practices for low-code and enterprise application platforms.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture standards, reusable component strategy, and platform adoption/governance models.
• Skill in designing and governing enterprise low-code solutions and automation platforms.
• Skill in evaluating when to use Power Platform versus custom development or other enterprise application approaches.
• Skill in translating business process needs into governed application, workflow, automation, and reporting solutions.
• Skill in attention to detail.
• Skill in effective written and oral communication.
• Skill in effective leadership and decision-making.
• Skill in analysis and interpretation of large, complex IT/technology products and services.
• Skill in influencing, negotiation, mediation, and problem resolution.
• Ability to direct and organize program activities.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities under pressure.
• Ability to work occasional overtime and a flexible schedule as needed to meet work objectives and deadlines.
• Ability to establish and evaluate program policies, procedures, goals and objectives that support the strategic plan.
• Ability to identify problems, evaluate alternatives, and implement effective solutions.
• Ability to coordinate multiple assignments, organize and set priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Ability to logically assemble and evaluate information.
• Ability to prepare concise reports and analyze complex information.
• Ability to plan, assign and supervise the work of others.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisors, peers, staff and others.
• Ability to organize complex technology solutions, that include specific technology deliverables, roadmaps, timelines, operational requirements and budgets impacts.
• Ability to create cloud-based architectural patterns and solutions at an enterprise level.
• Ability to define standards, patterns, and guardrails for both IT-developed and business-developed Power Platform solutions.
• Ability to align Power Platform solutions with enterprise security, compliance, data protection, and operational support requirements.
• Ability to establish reusable patterns and scalable governance models for low-code platforms across multiple program areas.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a Bachelor of Administration (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business or a related field is preferred.
• Experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.
• 5+ years of IT experience within Global IT environments including cloud and third-party outsourced components.
• 3+ years of experience architecting, engineering, supporting or developing enterprise IT solutions in hosted and cloud environment preferred.
• Experience in two or more areas: System Engineering, DevOps, Security, Networking, Application Development, Data Intelligence, Infrastructure Services, or Database preferred.
• Experience with Agile, ITIL and TOGAF frameworks preferred.
• Experience with at least three of the following domains: cloud, analytics, data management, infrastructure, access channels, security, applications, software engineering, networking, or systems integration preferred.
• 2+ years of experience as an Architect is preferred.
• Experience with wireless communications, network security, voice and data networking systems is preferred.