Technology Solutions Architect #557

Technology Solutions Architect #557

Target Hiring Range: $139,009 - $175,000 

Department: Chief Information Officer
Posting Date Range: 1/29/2025-2/12/2025
Pay Grade Range: $139009-$189558
Work Hours: 8:30am-5:30pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Remote Work Status: Hybrid 
Hybrid Schedule: Primarily remote with ad hoc onsite presence.
All remote or hybrid work arrangements must be performed from within the continental United States, subject to Sergeant at Arms approval.

This vacancy announcement closes at 7pm EST. Late applications will not be accepted.

JOB OVERVIEW

Job Description

The Target Salary Range for this position is: $139,009-$175,000

We are seeking a results-driven Technology Solutions Architect to provide technical guidance in support of the Senate’s Financial System. The Senate Financial System is comprised of PeopleSoft Financials (FSCM), Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) and a Kubernetes-based application. This position will also work closely with the Senate’s Payroll team which utilizes PeopleSoft HCM. Work involves managing the software architecture for Java-based applications and then working closely with stakeholders to manage updates, enhancements, integrations and testing. The candidate will work with business owners to ensure that the application has capability to meet requirements and collaborate with other departments to ensure technical infrastructure is supported in a cost-effective manner; identifying and assisting in process improvements and automation; and assessing risks or changes affecting the systems and determining appropriate action plans.

Key Accountabilities/Essential Job Duties
Acts as a senior team leader responsible for structuring complex solutions and delivering IT services. Provides technical guidance and architectural recommendations for designing, building, testing, deploying, and maintaining highly available, scalable, and secure applications, systems, and services. Provides long-range strategic planning activities for the Senate in the areas of modern IT systems and services. Monitors the impact of technological developments; identifies emerging technologies and scopes potential Senate utility. Leads product evaluations and technical studies and task forces; directs pilot testing programs; analyzes new technology for its impact on the Senate environment; tests new releases on Senate supported platforms; develops product configuration standards for use in the Senate environment; recommends strategic direction for the Senate. Creates and reviews system architectures; analyzes system requirements and ensures that systems will be effectively integrated with current applications. Acts as a technical leader and mentor to implementation teams and collaborate across the organization to provide leadership and guidance on technical solutions; Collaborates across organizations in the creation of valuable technology solutions.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

Required Education
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, Accounting or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Other Duties/ Responsibilities

• Develop proof of concept applications to validate proposed solutions.
• Continuously review and evaluate the effectiveness of solutions and propose changes as needed.
• Contract(or) oversight. 
• Assist with the establishment and adoption of technology architecture standards and methodologies.
• Write policies.
• Consult with/lead other Senate teams 
• Write RFPs.
• Review and evaluate responses to RFPs.
  
  

Required Work Experience

• 8-10 years’ experience as a lead software engineer and demonstrated leadership and mentoring skills.

Required Special Skills/ Knowledge

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with team members and stakeholders from across the organization.
• Ability to explain technical challenges and solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• High level of self-discipline and ability to work independently.
• Strong leadership skills.
• High attention to detail and ability to organize, manage, and prioritize many tasks.
• High aptitude for continuously learning new skills.

As part of our hiring process, we may conduct a skills assessment to better understand an applicant’s proficiency in key areas relevant to the role. 

Desired Qualifications

Work experience in custom application development in an Agile Scrum environment is desirable. The ideal candidate will bring a minimum of six years of related technical project management experience including six years of experience managing development teams, and a demonstrated history of successful implementation, and the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Demonstrated experience with a large-scale federal program comprising of discrete project teams with interrelated components.
• Federal experience is preferred, with a desire and willingness to learn more about the legislative branch, as well as the history and operation of the Senate.
• Knowledge of financial management automated systems, programs, and regulatory requirements
• Ability to understand practices, methods, and techniques of financial accounting, governmental accounting, budgeting, and managerial-financial reporting to ensure integrity of fundamental systems requirements.
• Working understanding of clustered infrastructure.
• Knowledge of JAVA and Kubernetes.
• Ability to architect, implement and maintain a DR solution that leverages a multi-clustered Kubernetes environment over a WAN; to provide for redundancy and distribution of workloads.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Skilled in the delegation and management of high-level project tasks.
• Ability to effectively utilize an issue tracking/bug system to collect, document, collaborate, and resolve reported issues and enhancements requests of system users across multiple interrelated applications.
• Knowledge and experience working with Agile teams.
• Knowledge of various data processing hardware, services, and software and their applicability to the needs and requirements of financial systems.
• Knowledge of information security policies/issues and technologies and practices associated with architectural design, testing, installation, operation, and maintenance of systems.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other Senate entities.

Working Conditions

• No exceptional physical demands.

Security Clearance

• This position requires that the applicant obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Government security clearance.
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens in order for the SAA to submit your application for a security clearance.

 CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

To be employed by a Senate employing office in a paid position in the continental United States an individual must:
1. Be a U.S. citizen;
2. Be lawfully admitted for permanent residence and seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3)(B);
3. Be (i) admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157 or granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1158 and (ii) have filed a declaration of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible; or
4. Owe allegiance to the U.S. (i.e., qualify as a non-citizen U.S. national under federal law).

Employment is contingent on background / security investigation results.  

BENEFITS AT-A-GLANCE

The SAA provides a highly competitive benefits package for all SAA staff. Our benefits extend beyond health care coverage to help provide employees with student loan reimbursement, professional development, transportation subsidy, TSP/retirement savings, access to our Employee Assistance Program, and more! For more information regarding SAA’s benefits, please visit https://sen.gov/OPPW.

ACCOMMODATIONS

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the SAA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAA and need special assistance or an accommodation to complete the application process, please submit your request to employment@saa.senate.gov email with “Accommodation” in the subject line.

VOLUNTARY SELF-IDENTIFICATION FOR VETERANS' PREFERENCE

If you are identifying as veterans' preference eligible under the VEOA, please use this link to complete your application for Veterans' Preference AFTER you apply for this position. The link will also be available on the "Thank You" page after you have submitted your job application.

Candidates only need to apply one time for veterans’ preference to be considered for all future veterans’ preference positions within the Senate Sergeant at Arms. 

• All supporting documents must ONLY be provided within the Veterans’ Preference Application and within the stated deadline of the job announcement.
• Late applications for veterans’ preference will not be considered.
• Documentation to obtain veterans’ preference will not be considered if attached to the job application.
• If you need to revise or resubmit your Application for Veterans' Preference/documents, please withdraw your previous Application for Veterans' Preference and resubmit. If you require assistance, please email employment@saa.senate.gov.
• mailto:employment@saa.senate.gov="">To view additional information regarding the VEOA, please click here.

An applicant who declines to self-identify as a disabled veteran and/or to provide information and documentation regarding his/her disabled veteran’s status will not be subjected to an adverse employment action, but the individual may be ruled ineligible for veterans’ preference.

Salary : $139,009 - $189,558