Title: IT Modernization Architect

Location: Houston, TX (Hybrid in downtown)

Duration: Contract/Contract-to-Hire

Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the US.

Key Skills Required:

• Previous experience working with courts, law enforcement, state or local governments is a requirement

Responsibilities

• Modernization: Define, build and align modernization data and application models and strategy/tools with industry best practice such as 6 R’s (Rehost, Re-platform, Replace, Retire, etc.), Viewpoints: Architecture - Monolith/SOA/Microservice, heavy focus on software architecting and designing, Delivery-Waterfall/Agile/DevOps
• Assessments: Complete initial assessments to understand and document current landscape to supporting applications and infrastructure. Identify any in-flight projects; Assess change readiness levels.
• Strategy/Vision/Prioritization: Develop an architectural roadmap related to the modernization and migration efforts around Application solutions; Developing an overall strategy that aligns with mission and vision. Identify short-term and longer-term initiatives and priorities.
• Hybrid Multi-cloud: Propose on-premise and cloud related design and compare/contrast on on-premise Hybrid cloud models and how they enhance the County’s stance around innovation, security posture, benefits, and speed to value. Government cloud focuses on Microsoft Azure, AWS clouds.
• Collaboration/Partnership and Stakeholder Leadership: Acts as a trusted advisor, and builds and maintains relationships with the director and other IT leaders and executives to develop a clear understanding of enterprise needs; ensures cost-effective delivery of IT services to meet those needs, and can respond with agility to changing industry and organization priorities. As such, the Architect will communicate and coordinate with all areas of the Information Systems department, including infrastructure, applications, database administrators, business owners and vendors; also work with customers, partners, and other critical stakeholders to develop and align architecture roadmaps.
• Disaster Recovery Strategy/Approach: May need to work closely with IT and business teams to understand current state of organization’s application and infrastructure solutions and DR plans, including any hot, warm or cold DR sites, templates, documentation, and related technology assets and tools. It is desired (not required) candidate is able to get clear understanding of the current backup strategy, designs, processes, and tools.
• Compliance/Standard and Governance: Ensure compliance according to Technology Information Security standards and best practices. Establish governance processes related modernization and transformation initiatives aligned with the county standards, processes, plans, tools, and measures.
• Knowledge Management and Enablement: Conduct workshops to provide and get input around important concepts and decisions. Document and align work products with key stakeholders as necessary. Ensure a process that enable knowledge transfer and support for less senior employees.

Work Experience/Qualification

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum 10 years of experience leading large complex projects supporting transformation and modernization goals and objectives
• Minimum 10 years of experience with information technology or application support, design or analysis and/or project management
• Experience working in a complex environment with significant numbers of stakeholders across infrastructure, applications, databased and technology toolset with ambiguous or unclear requirements
• Minimum 3 years of experience working in public service industry especially state and local government within the past 7 years, supporting cross-functional teams influencing senior-level management and key stakeholders effectively across the organization and within complex contexts
• Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) experience is desired
• Strong verbal communication skills, including the ability to present verbally to high-level stakeholders.
• Proven ability to provide excellent customer service and maintain client/professional relationships/partnerships.
• Capacity for quickly understanding new and different concepts/approaches, workflows, and systems.
• Works in a highly organized manner, independently or within a team, in a fast-paced, innovative, and continuously changing environment with minimal supervision.
• Strong leadership and strategic planning skills, with the ability to drive cross-functional projects and initiatives.
• Knowledge of ITIL and IT Service Management is desired.
• Demonstrated skills in managing shared services teams
• Demonstrated ability to constructively influence other people and organizations to drive and achieve objectives, goals and balance competing needs

Education (Required):

• Bachelor Degree

Certification (Required):

• Formal Architecture Training (such as TOGAF or similar industry certification) required
• Project Management Professional (PMP) desired
• Information Technology Infrastructure Library ITIL desired

Our benefits package includes:

• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Competitive pay, 401(k)
• Retirement plan
• …and much more!

About INSPYR Solutions:

Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients’ business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.

INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.