Senior Application Architect

Key Job Duties

• Define and maintain application architectures for traditional on‑prem, cloud‑native, microservices, and API‑driven systems.
• Partner with development teams to guide solution design, code quality, and engineering best practices throughout the SDLC.
• Lead Azure migration initiatives, including workload assessments, modernization strategies, landing zone design, and execution planning.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure‑as‑Code templates (Bicep, Terraform, ARM) to support consistent and automated environment provisioning.
• Architect and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Git Hub Actions and Jenkins, integrating automated testing, security scanning, static code analysis, and multi‑stage deployments.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to define technical roadmaps, architectural standards, and reusable patterns.
• Implement Dev Ops practices such as configuration management, observability, automated deployments, and environment parity.
• Provide hands‑on support for backend development, including API design, performance tuning, and troubleshooting complex issues.
• Ensure cloud solutions meet enterprise security, compliance, and governance requirements.
• Mentor engineers across Dev Ops, cloud, and backend disciplines to elevate team capability and technical maturity.

• Minimum 5 years related work experience as an architecture practitioner.
• Strong background in application architecture, distributed systems, and API design.
• Proficiency with architecting, developing, and operating Azure services.
• Hands‑on experience with Dev Ops tooling such as Git Hub Actions, Jenkins, or similar.
• Leads early‑stage technical validation through proof‑of‑concepts, evaluating architectural options, mitigating risks, and translating findings into actionable recommendations.
• Designs and governs application data models and integration schemas, ensuring consistency, data quality, and alignment with data governance standards.
• Operational knowledge of Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM) and environment automation.
• Solid backend development experience in languages such as C#, Java, Python, or Node.js.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of security, networking, identity, and governance frameworks.
• Experience with monitoring, application instrumentation, and observability tools (Dynatrace, Splunk, Log Analytics, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Leadership & collaboration ability to influence engineering teams and drive adoption of architectural standards.
• Strong communication skills for translating complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Documentation of technical architecture and strategies.
• Experience guiding teams through SDLC processes, release management, and quality practices.
• Proven ability to lead modernization and cloud migration initiatives.

• Azure certifications (AZ‑305, AZ‑400, AZ‑104, etc.).
• Experience with event‑driven architectures, messaging systems, or domain‑driven design.
• Background in enterprise‑scale transformation or platform engineering.

• Bachelor's Degree:
  Computer Science, MIS or related field (Required).
• Master's Degree:
  Computer Science, MIS or related field (Preferred); or a combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge.

Employees will be required to be on‑site in Taylor, TX at a minimum of 2 days per week, or more, as needed based on business needs. On‑site schedules are flexible and may be rotated. Remote work must be performed from a Texas residence.

Expected Salary Range: $135,000 - $185,000.

• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Long/short‑term disability insurance.
• Long‑term care insurance.
• Section 125 Flexible Spending Account.
• Retirement Savings Plan.
• 401(k) plans.

ERCOT is firmly committed to equal employment for all qualified persons without regard to race, sex, medical condition, religion, age, creed, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, ancestry, veteran status, genetic information or any other protected category under federal, state or local law.