FY27: Information Technology (IT) Architect, Dept of Business Information Services, 8 hrs/12mos, Ad closes 8/25/26

Under general direction of the director in the Department of Business Information Systems, the IT technology architect designs and implements privacy-by-design principles into all application and system architectures that handle student and staff data.

Responsibilities

• Ensures compliance with relevant data privacy regulations (FERPA, COPPA, Maryland's Student Data Privacy Act) throughout the data lifecycle.
• Conducts Data Privacy Impact Assessments (DPIAs) for new educational technologies and provides architectural recommendations to mitigate privacy risks.
• Implements best practices (e.g., Application Lifecycle Management) for cost optimization.
• Collaborates with IT security to enforce security and audit controls.
• Develops and maintains comprehensive architectural documentation, including roadmaps, blueprints for district-wide systems, and design specifications.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to gather technical and functional requirements for architectural designs.
• Provides expert-level support for enterprise-wide technology applications and platforms.
• Employs a multi-discipline approach to requirements gathering, solutions engineering, reliability, resiliency, solutions development, research and development integration, test and evaluation, maintainability, and analysis across application architectures.
• Assists with the design, implementation, maintenance, and day-to-day operations of enterprise-wide systems; performs project management as the lead technical expert for specific program areas.
• Prepares and reviews Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposal (RFP) responses to identify new technologies.
• Establishes and maintains vendor relationships and works with contracted personnel.
• Defines and documents repeatable processes and procedures for transitioning new technologies and integrating new applications into the current infrastructure.
• Identifies, troubleshoots, researches, and resolves routine issues on varied systems, platforms, and applications to ensure system security, confidentiality, compatibility, and functionality according to policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Demonstrates expertise in Oracle Fusion Cloud, particularly Oracle HCM, including system configuration, integrations, security, reporting, and ongoing administration.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technology field.
• Minimum of six years of experience in technology, with at least three years in an architectural role focusing on enterprise-level systems.
• Experience managing technology upgrades and maintenance; implementing and monitoring applications; responding to issues in a timely manner; preventing client impacts; maintaining and documenting versioning controls and performance degradation.
• Experience working with enterprise legacy systems and cloud platforms.
• Experience managing a mixture of legacy code and modern technology.
• Experience working with remote contracting teams.
• Experience creating workflow diagrams and gathering business functional and technical requirements.
• Experience writing and maintaining scripts for infrastructure automation.
• Proficiency in OTBI, PowerBI, Python, Oracle Cloud Fusion, and/or SQL preferred.
• Preferred certifications: cloud, DevOps, and/or security.

Skills

• Knowledge of standard computer and network operating systems, protocols, and software with advanced proficiency in using standard and ad hoc applications.
• Ability to quickly learn educational technology requirements.
• Ability to determine priorities, allocate resources, manage projects, measure and analyze results.
• Strong communication skills, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to leverage software development and industry-standard solutions to automate tasks.
• Understanding of relationships between components within solutions as well as with non-solution components.
• Proficiency in designing and implementing comprehensive frameworks and processes (e.g., ALM), ideally within organizations with diverse user groups.
• Experience mapping system requirements to architecture and conducting configuration management of system configurations.
• Proficient in developing technical specifications, interface control documents, integration plans and schedules, inter-services support agreements, system behavior diagrams, sequence diagrams, and network diagrams.
• Strong understanding of software development methodologies (Agile, DevOps) and extensive experience with ALM tools and platforms.
• In-depth knowledge of governance frameworks and best practices (e.g., TOGAF, ITIL).
• Proven ability to coordinate with a wide range of stakeholders, including non-technical users.
• Knowledge of data privacy principles and regulations specific to education (e.g., FERPA, COPPA, CIPA).
• Experience with privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) and secure coding practices.
• Proficiency in designing secure and scalable cloud-based architectures (e.g., Azure, Oracle Cloud Fusion).
• Solid understanding of network security, identity and access management, and data encryption techniques.
• Ability to write custom reports for various education tools.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a dynamic educational environment.
• Commitment to students, knowledge of job, professionalism, interpersonal and communication skills, organizational skills, and problem-solving competencies.
• Knowledge of and ability to meet the seven core competencies of the Supporting Services Professional Growth System (SSPGS).

Pay

The wage range for this position is between $45.14 and $65.91 per hour, based on years of service.

Benefits

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Schedule

• Full-time
• 12 working months
• Day shift