IT Solutions Architect

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• Insurance:
  District paid premiums for your choice of several medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents; and life insurance plans.
• Retirement:
  Membership in the California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS).
• Vacation: 24 days each year.
• Paid Holidays:
  Up to 13 days.

• Architect, designs, and develops solutions that incorporate business goals with new or existing technology for an IT Branch and ensures solutions align with District strategic plans.
• Documents and maintains reference architectures, roadmaps, and best practices for IT solutions.
• Documents and designs the District’s cyber security architecture, systems, and services and aligns the architecture to industry best practices and standards.
• Collaborates with other IT Solutions Architects and IT teams to implement and integrate solutions that are compatible with the District’s IT enterprise and to enable automated monitoring, configuration, and management capabilities across the enterprise network.
• Proposes and develops plans to integrate on‑premise and cloud‑based solutions.
• Identifies and synthesizes the components and subcomponents required for a solution’s success.
• Incorporates cloud technology architecture in data system architecture.
• Architects data lakes to expand the type and amount of data captured and ensure a repository of historical data is maintained and accessible through proper data governance practices.
• Coordinates and leads various architectural planning committees or centers of excellence, such as cloud center of excellence, data architecture task force, or cyber security review board.
• Serves as a District expert and advisor regarding the architecture of their area of focus and related emerging technologies such as cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence, automation, and machine learning.
• Architects cloud infrastructure solutions for storage, computing, and application hosting.
• Defines, designs, documents and enforces standards, practices, and guidelines for solution development and integration such as proper data governance practices, application standards shared between systems, and security compliance practices to ensure District IT enterprise‑wide compatibility.
• Oversees the end‑to‑end implementation of IT solutions while providing guidance throughout the project life cycle to ensure technical integrity and performance.
• Recommends platforms, tools, and frameworks for application development that optimize performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Assesses existing architectures to recommend improvements and bridge gaps within an architecture and between systems.
• Identifies and mitigates risks and potential impacts associated with new architectural solutions and improvements to existing architectures.
• May lead or supervise a team of technical personnel.

Education: Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree, preferably in electrical engineering, mathematics, computer science, data science, cybersecurity, or a related field. Advanced degree in systems management, engineering, or computer science is preferable.

Experience: Three positions available, one in each emphasis.

Collaboration Emphasis: Five years of experience in an enterprise‑wide environment designing, implementing, and supporting multi‑cluster collaboration systems with more than 60,000 end points, including collaboration platform architecture management, maintenance, and governance.

Application Emphasis: Five years of experience in an enterprise‑wide environment designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise‑wide application solutions, including cloud platform architecture, management, maintenance, and governance.

Network Emphasis: Five years of experience in an enterprise‑wide environment designing, implementing, and supporting…