Job Title: Software Architect

Job Ref #: 2023-43008

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Work Location(s):

2550 Holly Hall St. Houston, TX 77054

County – Harris County

Job Summary:

Responsible for application architecture and system integrity for the assigned area. Collaborate with the Managers, Operational Leaders, and Project Managers to coordinate application design, development, and support activities to comply with the architectural plan and the division’s strategy. Responsible for the creation and management of workflows, application security, testing, installation processes, reviewing and road-mapping assigned applications/upgrades, and ensuring timely and expert decision making for systems as it aligns with organizational goals. Responsible for setting software development standards across the applicable programming languages, testing, application security, SQL development, and merging development and operations. Create new features, technical documents and reference manuals for best practices and design standardization. Provide technical direction and serve as a mentor to staff to ensure complexities of the application(s) and workflows are understood and followed. Partner with management to provide technical advice and translates requirements for statements of work and also provides technical oversight for consulting engagements.

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

PEOPLE

1. Provide leadership for Information Technology (IT) and business partners through consultation, education, and planning of application systems
2. Mentor and build consensus with all levels of the team through both formal and informal methods concerning the application build process.

SERVICE

1. Design, plan, and implement major system installations, updates, and upgrades including task delegation, programming, vendor consultation, testing, and deployment.
2. Work directly with customers on design of optimization requests for development plans and maintenance input on application installations, upgrades, and changes.

QUALITY/SAFETY

1. Create custom solutions and advanced configuration options to solve operational or workflow issues.
2. Drive change management and quality control processes to ensure system integrity across all assigned applications and technical layers of the architecture and ensures integrity of applications.
3. Manage appropriate authorization of production moves and maintains documentation audit trail.
4. Serve as technical leader for multiple large scale projects.

FINANCE

1. Coordinate and provide problem resolution, technical analyses, work plans, workflow documentation, and progress reports on assigned projects.
2. Drive innovative opportunities within the confines of budget and scope of efforts

GROWTH/INNOVATION

1. Lead technical specifications and recommendations related to high traffic public websites
2. Establish and support implementation of best practices surrounding content management system-related activities (e.g., solution design, application support, development, user request management, change control, application access control, etc.)
3. Evaluate future opportunities to improve the application.
4. Present opportunities of innovation and road map of application to stakeholders to align with IT strategies.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration or related field 10 years of progressive IT application development experience to include the requirements below for each area:

Web Architect

8 years of expertise in web applications including:

• Six years HTML/CSS/JavaScript
• Five years on Microsoft ASP.NET platform
• Five years Team Foundation Server (TFS) or Azure Develops; OR two years Build Automation and two years Azure cloud; OR two years developing and one year architecting in AWS Cloud. Alternatively, will accept five years of experience in TFS or other Build Automation platforms in lieu of Azure/AWS Cloud.

Sitecore Architect

Four years Sitecore to include three years Coveo or Solr search engines.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations Required:

Web Architect – At least one of the following required for Azure:

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MSCA), Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD), Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE).

Sitecore Architect – Sitecore Certified version 8 minimum

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