Infrastructure Solutions Architect 5

Infrastructure Solutions Architect for Elections - Financial Legal Support

The Infrastructure Solutions Architect will perform a combination of both Infrastructure and Application Architect responsibilities related to MDOS Elections, Financial, and Legal departments. The Infrastructure Solutions Architect will also lead the efforts of those performing Business Analyst duties and executing tasks as defined in the State of Michigan's Project Management Methodology (PMM) as well as the Systems Engineering Methodology (SEM).

Specific tasks may include but are not limited to:

• Analyze and recommend architecture solutions
• Lead developers in development of system in accordance with defined architecture.
• Ensure compliance with standards (defacto and dejure)
• Analyze and recommend architecture solutions for Web and mobile applications
• In a Lead Role analyze business practices and processes to determine infrastructure best practice strategies to ensure maximum effectiveness and efficiency.
• Assist with Strategic planning, including applications integration and legacy application strategy
• Analyze hardware and software to assist in the standards determination and setting of processes
• Perform Cost analysis and modeling to assist in the assessment of the return on investment for projects and computer operations.
• Analyze application development processes and tools to support architecture/infrastructure at SOM.
• Recommend changes in hardware, storage, network systems, operating systems, COTS software, security and software design to meet future growth and improve system performance. All recommendations are to be approved by SOM.
• Assist with the development of Business Process Models through the architecture/infrastructure lens.
• Assist with architecting the integration of various vendor technologies including COTS
• Support technical teams with architecture/infrastructure implementations
• Assist with the coordination of architectural change in both technical and business environments
• Assist with architecting diverse solutions into a cohesive and manageable environment
• Recommend solutions for technical architectures of web content management applications
• Assist in the development of solution architectures from business requirements, information architecture, and technical architecture
• Analyze market trends so as to relate business needs with technical opportunities.
• Participate in technology infrastructure test plan development and execution
• Create and modify appropriate documentation deliverables that exist within the Systems Engineering Methodology and are required for the State of Michigan standards.
• Lead and review BA efforts and gathering for completeness for infrastructure efforts.

We're looking for an individual that serves as the communication bridge between non-technical business users and technical solution developers. The Solutions Architect should demonstrate a depth of knowledge in business analysis and design processes including knowledge of methodology, tools, and techniques. This individual is an active participant in aspects of department assessment, visioning, and reengineering.

Skill Set	Required/Desired	# of Years
C#	Required	10
SQL Server	Required	5
Message queuing (Redis, RabbitMQ, or similar)	Desired	3
Azure Technologies	Desired	3
NoSQL (MongoDb, DynamoDB, or similar non-relational database)	Desired	2
Experience	Required/Desired	# of Years
Previous architecture experience	Required	3
Software Development	Required	10
Creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines	Required	3
Using common cloud providers such as Azure or AWS	Required	3
Creating and maintaining applications using containers and container orchestration tools	Required	3
Configuring cache and message queuing systems with tools such as Redis or RabbitMQ	Required	3
Creating and maintaining security plans and disaster recovery plans	Required	3
Azure DevOps	Desired	3
Creating and maintaining .NET applications	Desired	5
Creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines	Desired	5
Creating and maintaining applications using containers and container orchestration tools	Desired	5
Using common cloud providers such as Azure or AWS	Desired	5
Configuring cache and message queuing systems with tools such as Redis or RabbitMQ	Desired	5
Experience transitioning teams from on-prem hosting to cloud hosting	Desired	2

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