.NET Solutions Architect

About the role

The Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) seeks a .NET Solutions Architect to support the .NET Unit and lead the development of enterprise technology solutions that advance the agency's mission of improving public safety by positively changing lives.

Responsibilities

• Working with Product Line Owners (PLO's) to define the vision and requirements for solutions within the .Net unit to include:
• Recommending options, facilitating solution selection processes, and overseeing technical implementation
• Converting business and technical requirements into new technology solutions
• Articulating complex technical decisions, constraints, and opportunities to a non-technical audience
• Identifying customer requirements, analyzing alternatives, and producing product recommendations related to software, platform, and system configurations
• Collaborating with business areas and technical teams to ensure proposed solutions include technical requirements that accurately address business needs
• Creating roadmaps that link outcomes, capabilities (business and technical), and processes to schedule and resources
• Working with Enterprise Architecture and Ops leadership to ensure all relevant stakeholders are represented in decision processes
• Reviewing product life cycle initiatives and projects to ensure alignment with industry standards and best practices for solution architecture
• Leading discussions with technical teams, subject matter experts, and vendors to identify sustainable solutions to gaps in .NET applications
• Developing solutions intended to support program investment decisions, maintaining appropriate balance between costs, risks, and quality of the solution
• Engaging with enterprise IT governance to shape agency architectural standards and facilitate program alignment
• Supervising .NET developers and cultivating platform technical expertise within DOC
• Other tasks as assigned

Qualifications

• High school diploma and 14 years of progressive technical and leadership experience in a related IT discipline
• OR
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field from an accredited university and 10 years of progressive technical and leadership experience in a related IT discipline
• Five years (5) experience working in a complex/enterprise IT environment across multiple disciplines (IT Security, software development, network engineering, application security, database, risk management, project management, etc.)
• Two (2) years' experience in designing solutions in cloud and hybrid cloud environments to meet business needs
• Five (5) years as a .NET developer
• Two (2) years' experience in articulating business risks of technical issues to non-technical personnel
• Demonstrated ability to bridge the gap between waterfall and agile methodologies
• Two (2) years of experience delivering solutions in complex business environments including technical aspects of M&O planning, release coordination, and managing stabilization
• Demonstrated ability to understand and create low-level roadmaps with business leadership to help set requirements' context and strategic direction

Preferred Qualifications

• Two years' experience in supervising or leading application developers
• Training, experience, or certifications in Microsoft & Cloud technologies, such as:
  • Azure
  • Microsoft 365
  • SharePoint
  • Microsoft Security & Identity Management
  • Microsoft Mobile Device & Workstation Management and Compliance
• Knowledge of IT Architectural frameworks like TOGAF and Zachman