Expert Software Architect

ONLY CONSIDERING CANDIDATES WITH 7+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WHO RESIDE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE TO ALBANY, NY- NOT OPEN TO RELOCATION

Job Title: Expert Software Architect

Task Order: HBITS-07-14334

Agency: State of New York – Office of Information Technology Services (ITS)

Location: Hybrid – Albany, NY

Duration: 30 Months

Rate: Depends on experience

Join the New York HBITS initiative to modernize tax systems by upgrading runtime platforms and retiring unsupported technologies. As an Expert Software Architect on the platform team, you’ll define standards, integrate diverse technologies, and guide design sessions that align to the agency’s strategy. You’ll lead installs/configuration on Linux/Windows, support middleware teams, and produce clear documentation, training, and performance improvements.

• Lead platform architecture/design sessions; align solutions to strategic direction.
• Integrate products and applications into a unified, supportable platform.
• Abstract technical implementation details from business users and content providers.
• Reduce complex problems to reusable patterns and productivity tools.
• Install and configure software on Linux and Windows; set up Team Site Open Deploy receivers on Linux.
• Support multiple application teams across middleware/platform issues.
• Analyze performance and recommend improvements; present proposals to leadership.
• Document solutions; design training materials and deliver sessions to platform/middleware teams.

• 7 years experience with software installations on Linux operating systems.
• 7 years experience with administration of Team Site Software used for management of static web content.
• 7 years experience with server administration of Web Sphere or Apache HTTP Web Servers.
• 7 years experience with software installations on Windows Operating Systems.

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