Technology Architect

Description

Under general supervision, to develop future technology and architectural advancements to support architectural strategy, technology migration, integration and evolution of the technical (i.e. network, platforms, systems, applications, cloud) infrastructure.

Typical Tasks

• Leads and coordinates the technical and business discussions relative to future architecture direction;
• Participates in IT system strategy development, including environmental analysis, opportunity identification, value cases and business innovation portfolio development;
• Collaborates in the definition and implementation of the enterprise disaster recovery approach and plan for the recovery of the IT service portfolio and environment, to meet the need for immediate business continuity and resumption;
• Advises on options, risks, costs versus benefits, system impacts, and technology priorities;
• Develops IT enterprise-wide policies, standards, guidelines and procedures pertaining to technology architecture;
• Collaborates with other IT teams in the management of technical change, verification of testing results, and monitoring of technical standards compliance and deployment;
• Defines the principles that guide technology decisions for the enterprise;
• Designs the implementation of an application and infrastructure architecture based on business requirements and IT strategies, as well as to rectify gaps and pain points within the current state;
• Leads the assessment of the capacity and resource utilization of application and search tools, components, network, application platforms, application/integration/database servers, storage, security and management hardware and software;
• Facilitates the evaluation and selection of hardware and software technology and product standards, as well as the design of standard configurations;
• Analyzes, designs, and develops roadmaps and implementation plans based upon a current vs; future state in a cohesive architecture viewpoint;
• Reviews key customer issues with technology and service managers to identify potential solutions or improvements that are relevant to the technical architecture;
• Provides recommendations based on business relevance, appropriate timing and deployment complexity;
• Identifies the tools and components within area of specialization based on the enterprise toolset and can define exceptions as warranted;
• May be assigned as a Disaster Service Worker as required;
• Performs other related duties as required.

Employment Standards

Sufficient education, training, and experience to demonstrate the possession and direct application of the following knowledge and abilities:

Training and Experience Note:

Possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, System Analysis or a related field,

and

Ten (10) years of IT and business/industry work experience including technical design, implementation and management of information networks, application platforms / servers, database servers, storage infrastructure, load balancers, virtualization infrastructure, security and management hardware / software, or cloud infrastructure.

OR

Possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college,

and

Twelve (12) years of IT and business/industry work experience including technical design, implementation and management of information networks, application platforms / servers, database servers, storage infrastructure, load balancers, virtualization infrastructure, security and management hardware / software, or cloud infrastructure.

Special Requirements

• Ability to travel to alternate locations in the course of work. If driving, possession of a valid California Driver's License prior to appointment and the ability to qualify for and maintain a County driver authorization.
• Depending on the position, related certifications may be desirable.

Knowledge of:

• IT system strategy development, including environmental analysis, opportunity identification, value cases and business innovation portfolio development;
• Enterprise disaster recovery of the IT service portfolio and environment;
• Options, risks, costs versus benefits, and system impacts related to technology priorities;
• Applicable policies, standards, guidelines and procedures pertaining to technology architecture;
• Technical changes, verification of testing results, and monitoring of technical standards compliance and deployment;
• Principles that guide technology decisions;
• Infrastructure architecture based on business requirements and IT strategies;
• Capacity and resource utilization of application and search tools, components, network, application platforms, application/integration/database servers, storage, security and management hardware and software;
• Hardware and software technology and product standards evaluation;
• Planning for current versus future state;
• Recommendations based on business relevance, appropriate timing and deployment complexity;
• Tools and components within area of specialization;
• Application or infrastructure development projects that fit systems or infrastructure to the technical architecture.

Ability to:

• Lead technical and business discussions relative to architecture direction;
• Define and implement the enterprise disaster recovery approach and plan for the recovery of the IT service portfolio and environment;
• Advise on options, risks, costs versus benefits, system impacts, and technology priorities;
• Develops IT policies, standards, guidelines and procedures pertaining to technology architecture;
• Manage technical change, verify testing results, and monitor technical standards compliance and deployment;
• Define the principles that guide technology decisions;
• Design an application and infrastructure architecture based on business requirements and IT strategies;
• Lead the assessment of the capacity and resource utilization of application and search tools, components, network, application platforms, application/integration/database servers, storage, security and management hardware and software;
• Evaluate and select hardware and software technology and product standards;
• Analyze, design, and develop roadmaps and implementation plans based upon a current versus future state;
• Review key customer issues related to technological architecture;
• Identify the tools within area of specialization based on the enterprise toolset and define exceptions.