Austin, TX
Cloud Solutions Architect - Solicitation# 781600233
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)
The Cloud Solutions Architect will perform highly advanced (senior level) computer systems architecture, design, and analysis work in the Technology Operations and Support (TOS) team for the Information Technology Services division of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Must work effectively in a cross-functional team environment focused primarily on supporting and enhancing the infrastructure of the agency’s applications hosted in Microsoft Azure. This position may also support applications and infrastructure in the Texas Private Cloud. Works under minimal supervision, with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. This position reports to the Senior Director of Technology Operations and Support (TOS).
General Duties and Responsibilities:

• Architects, modifies and enhances enterprise network, server, and cloud infrastructure to support business needs of the agency.
• Leads or participates in the development and execution of enterprise level strategies and technical direction, including establishing and maintaining technology road maps.
• Leads or assists in modernizing and refreshing legacy IT infrastructure systems.
• Applies ITIL best practices and follows established change control procedures.
• Develops or provides input into agency technology systems, operating plans, and budgets.
• Serves as a technical lead in IT projects that cross functional agency systems and other state entities.
• Develops and maintains detailed, accurate technical documentation on the infrastructure environment, configurations, and procedures. Presents info in various formats such as dashboards, diagrams, tables, and business or executive status reports.
• Leads or participates in defining disaster recovery responsibilities and procedures for infrastructure systems.
• Resolves complex support tickets, including using logical and analytical troubleshooting skills to remediate systems and network errors/issues.
• Provides status updates on work assignments and any technical issues that present risk to project timeline as required by selected project framework.
• Leads or assists in mentoring and training technical staff.
• Regularly documents and shares knowledge across the technical teams.
• Works closely with the Information Security Office team to review and remediate periodic risk assessments on agency applications and infrastructure.
• Perform on-call duty on a rotational basis and occasionally work additional hours based on infrastructure projects or system outages.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state and agency Web Accessibility policies and procedures.
• Applies appropriate Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) standards at all times.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The working position is On Site
 

Minimum Requirements: Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.
Actual Years Experience	Years Experience Needed	Required/ Preferred	Skills/Experience
	7	Required	Full-time working experience in design, implementation, administration, and securing of cloud, on-prem, and network infrastructure systems
	5	Required	Working experience configuring, securing, and administering network infrastructure systems such as LAN, WAN, WLAN, VPN, VLAN, DNS, and DHCP
	4	Required	Working experience in system administration or senior level analysis work in Microsoft Azure cloud environments
	4	Required	Working experience in scripting using SQL, PowerShell and Azure CLI
	4	Required	Excellent verbal and written communication skills for engaging stakeholders and documenting processes.
	5	Preferred	Working experience managing systems and applications in the State of Texas hosted data centers.
	3	Preferred	Working experience in supporting Database architecture and integrations.
	2	Preferred	Working experience in Azure Front Door administration

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