We are seeking an experienced Cloud Solution Architect will provide strategic guidance in the development process, make technical decisions regarding solutions and explain how they will impact the organization.

As part of HHSC IT Applications – Social Services Applications initiatives, the Cloud Solution Architect 3 will be responsible for:

• Creating and leading IT system integration processes to meet the organization’s needs
• Conducting regular evaluations of the system architecture and collaborating with project management teams to improve the designs
• Evaluating any project constraints and devising alternatives to reduce risks, whilst performing process re-engineering
• Analysing and finding any impacts that that technical changes may have on a client’s business proceeding
• Planning and engineering of an organization's cloud computing infrastructure and applications. Implements and designs infrastructure and software.
• Defining and developing blueprints and roadmaps for building solutions in the cloud
• Ensuring solutions are engineered and deployed in the cloud.
• Building roadmap for cloud Strategy, implementation and monitoring
• Ensuring compliance with enterprise security configuration standards
• Providing Production support and ensuring system is up and running.
• Providing operational guidance both internal to the team, and for external operations teams
• Performing continuous research on emerging technologies to stay updated with the best alternatives, investigate and provide feedback on new services and solutions offered by the CSP
• Providing technical oversight, review, and quality control throughout the life cycle of the implementations
• Engaging with Cloud service provider around solving technical problems in the Cloud ecosystem
• Supporting DevOps functions to best utilize cloud resources with software configuration management and continuous integration tools.
• Leading and ensuring HHSC best practices and methodologies are applied to the design, deployment, and operations in the cloud.

Education

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in computer science, computer information systems, engineering, or management information systems is preferred.

Certification:

• Cloud Solutions Architect Certification
• Cloud Infrastructure Certifications