System Architect

Systems Architect

The Department of Administration's Division of Enterprise Applications is seeking a Systems Architect to join our team. We are in growth mode, and it is an exciting time to be a contributing member to a team that maintains the South Carolina Enterprise Information System (SCEIS)! SCEIS is the backbone of our business processes and ultimately empowers decision makers to improve government for the citizens. If you have a passion for cloud-based software development, this position could be for you! You will participate in an Architecture Team that is responsible for providing solution designs that inform, guide, and instruct how to engineer and implement changes to Division of Enterprise Applications components. These components include full stack cloud-hosted web applications, event-driven and REST API integrations, observability platform and data lake automation, and customizations within third-party applications such as SAP in a polyglot distributed environment.

Come join the journey and positively affect South Carolina government systems!

Responsibilities include:

• Produce detailed design documentation of solution options for change requests in the form of Unified Modeling Language and other diagrams, data schema documentation, Application Programming Interface specifications, and Architecture Decision Records, that inform the Architecture Review Board and instruct implementation teams on how proposed solutions may be implemented.
• Develop proof of concept applications, pipeline automation, and more to experiment and prove out design concepts when needed and to provide scaffolded application stacks that can be handed off to development teams for completion.
• Develop core services, frameworks, and software development kits that provide consistent methods for application development, Software Development Life Cycle execution, platform integration, and more.
• Work with stakeholders and product\service owners to clarify business requirements as needed to refine backlog work items and to ensure that solution designs satisfy business needs.
• Assist with and enable internal and external audits to ensure platform security, documentation, and overall health.

Minimum and Additional Requirements

A bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related technical field and at least two (2) years of experience in cloud-based software development. Relevant experience may substitute for the bachelor's degree on a year-for-year basis.

Additional Requirements:

• Deep understanding of cloud-native application development, networking, & Identity and Access Management in Azure and\or AWS.
• Deep understanding of SOLID design principles and common architectures such as Event-Driven, Schedule-Based, Microservices, Data Lake and Data Warehouse architectures with the ability to communicate those concepts using UML and other standard methods.
• Deep understanding of common SQL based and document database technologies.
• Deep understanding of Infrastructure as Code programming languages and tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or CloudFormation.
• Experience working in an agile framework such as Scrum.
• Experience using modern source control and project management tools and services such as Github, GitLab, Jira, or Azure DevOps.
• Familiarity and expertise in one or more of the following object-oriented programming languages: Java, Python, JavaScript, C#.

Applicants indicating college credit or degree(s) on the application will be required to bring a copy of college transcript to the interview. A copy of the transcript may also be uploaded as an attachment to the application, if required by the hiring department or if desired by the applicant. Please note that some areas of the Department may require an official, certified copy of the transcript prior to hiring or within a specific timeframe required by that area, after hiring. Failure to produce an official, certified transcript may result in not being hired or termination.

Additional Comments

The Department of Administration is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions including, but not limited, to lactation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

Supplemental questions are considered part of your official application. Any misrepresentation will result in your disqualification from employment. Please complete the state application to include all current and previous work history and education. A resume will not be accepted nor reviewed to determine if an applicant has met the qualifications for the position.

The South Carolina Department of Administration offers an exceptional benefits package for full time (FTE) employees:

• Health, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance for employees, spouse, and children. Click here for additional information.
• 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
• 15 days sick leave per year
• 13 paid holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• S.C. Deferred Compensation Program available(S.C. Deferred Compensation)
• Retirement benefit choices *
• State Retirement Plan(SCRS)
• State Optional Retirement Program (State ORP)
• *Enrollment in one of the listed plans is required for all FTE employees; please refer to the contribution section of hyperlinked retirement sites for the current contribution rate of gross pay.