NCDHHS - Solution ArchitectEngineer

The position responsible for:
o Provide technical leadership for one or more of the following domains: Business Architecture Application/Software Architecture Database Architecture Infrastructure Architecture and Security Architecture.
o Responsible for finding opportunities to improve architecture using cloud and cloudnative technologies.
o Handson abilities to build MVP (Minimal Viable Product) technology solutions in the cloud.
o Prior experience in digital transformation for large complex applications.
o Provides assessment of current state technology architecture and recommendation of future state technology architecture
o Identifies architectural risks and plans to mitigate risks ensures adherence to standards and best practices and influences and communicates effectively with nontechnical audiences including senior ITD and business stakeholders.
o Collaborate with Software Development teams Product Managers and Business Owners to ensure smooth deployment and operation of systems.
o Guide/Build CI/CD pipeline configurations to orchestrate provisioning and deployment of both large and smallscale systems.
o Build and maintain tools for deployment monitoring and operations.
o Develop Cloud Operation Framework and roles and responsibilities for each category in the framework.
o Automate tools to monitor system health and reliability to support business process requirements Troubleshoot and resolve issues in development test and production environments.
o Communicate status and risks to the product teams Help automate and streamline operations and processes.
o Ensure solution designs and implementation meet architecture quality standards.
o Guide Solution Architects / Tech Leads to ensure that application and integration architecture aligns with system design guidelines and enterprise architecture standards.
o Mindful of the Healthcare Industry and Digital Health trends.
o Security Architecture / Security Controls Implementation
o Gap Analysis and Mitigation

Knowledge Skills and Abilities / Competencies:
o Active status as an AWS Certified Architect (DevOps or Architect preferred)
o Implements technical processes to roll out solutions.
o Works with the project team to deliver fully functional products in a timely manner
o Knowledge of CI/CD (Jenkins TravisCI CircleCI AppVeyor etc) is required.
o Working experience with one of more automation tools and repository such as Ansible Puppet Terraform CHEF TeamCity Artifactory SVN Bitbucket
o Working experience with cloud native tools like CloudFormation Terraform ELB Autoscaling and EC2
o Good understanding of VPCs Subnet configuration route table Internet gateway VPC peering Transit gateway VPC Link etc
o AWS Amazon Web Services Certified SysOps Administrator Associate
o Active certification status on any cloud providers: AWS/GCP/Azure Solution Architect (preferred)
o Active certification status on any cloud providers: AWS/GCP/Azure Developer (preferred)
o Track record of successfully establishing and implementing transformation programs in an Agile and DevOps environment

Minimum Education and Experience:
o Bachelors degree or higher in Information Systems Management Information Technology Computer Science Business Management Engineering or another related discipline
o 5 years of professional IT experience working with Windows Server or Linux environments.
o 4 Years of AWS Experience CloudFormation experience
o 8 years of related experience including experience working with Agile Methods and modern technology environments.
o 3 years of Cloud architecture experience and cloud economics
o Experience leading cross functional project teams workgroups.
o Highly desired Knowledge of security technologies and methods for securing information
o Highly desired Demonstrated proficiency in understanding enterprise architecture life cycle methodologies.
o Highly desired Interpersonal and leadership skills that demonstrate collaboration facilitation negotiation conflict management and influence.