Solution Architect Supervisor

SOLUTION ARCHITECT SUPERVISOR

Job No: 525984
Work Type: Full-time
Location: REMOTE OPTIONS, PHOENIX
Categories: Information Technology/Services

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY

Your Partner For A Stronger Arizona.

DES works with families, community organizations, advocates and state and federal partners to realize our collective vision: A thriving Arizona.

DES serves more than 3 million Arizonans. Our Mission is to strengthen individuals, families, and communities for a better quality of life.

SOLUTION ARCHITECT SUPERVISOR

Job Location:

Division of Technology Services (DTS)
1400 West Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85007

Posting Details:

Salary: $84,823 - $ 119,511

Grade: 29

Closing Date: April 24, 2024

Job Summary:

Would you like to be part of an amazing team that helps Arizonans thrive? At the Department of Economic Security (DES) we strengthen individuals, families, and communities for a better quality of life. DES is looking for individuals who are committed to service, community, and teamwork. To learn more about DES please visit des.az.gov; or click on the link here to view 'Our DES' video. Come Join the DES Team!

DES is seeking an experienced and highly motivated individual to join our team as a Solutions Architect Supervisor. This position will manage a team of applications developers, solutions architects, database, and quality assurance analysts. This position will be responsible for technical design, new feature development, working with UX designers, researching, and evaluating new technology, and maintaining a well-tested and high quality software code base.

This position may offer the ability to work remotely, within Arizona, based upon the department's business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures.

The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords flexibility, autonomy and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, commissions, many State employees participate in the State's Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona, unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.

Job Duties:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Manage professional employees and or supervises medium to large, complex technical or business support or production operations teams. Provides leadership to supervisors and or professional staff. May provide technical guidance to employees, colleagues, and or customers.
Work closely with Technical Product Managers and Project Managers and with business teams to architect technology solutions to meet client needs. Suggest alternative technical solutions to meet client requirements and or with greater re-usability, and or longer life.
Manage the technical delivery of integrations, security, single-sign-on, and application-customizations. Publish and present the architecture and innovative solutions to technology leaders and business executive. Track and identify technologies to solve business problems and present findings to technology leaders.
Define and implement development best practices including secure coding, adequate unit testing, code quality checks, automated build processes, and continuous integration, Ensure compliance of new and exiting applications with technology standards and policies.
Prepare reports for Applications Development Senior Manager. Reports will identify the health of software applications, performance metrics and the status of development projects. Provide technical information required to develop the annual budget, including cost to upgrade or renew software and hiring additional resources.
Make decisions guided by policies, procedures and business plans; receives guidance from senior manager.
Create and promotes a productive work environment, ensuring that necessary skills and competencies are in place to meet the goal of the team. Adapts departmental plans an priorities to address resource and operational challenges.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge of: Broad and deep understanding of all facets of management and leadership, a s well as a vision for DES technical environment as it relates to application development and the being managed
The infrastructure technologies, in-house developed applications and vendor applications utilized in the enterprise
Organization's methodologies and tools including waterfall, Agile, and Scrum
Organization's policies and procedures
Interrelationships among various internal and external organizational functions
Advanced software/testing methodologies
Designing systems to intrinsically support Quality and Performance Testing
Application architecture, design, coding, automated testing practices and implementation
Skills In: Strong customer service
Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communications
Expert system administration and leadership
Advocating technology changes that provide value and support agency goals
Cohesive and consistent approach to improvement in the organization Conflict resolution
Maintaining confidentiality
Listening which include the ability to listen to others without interrupting
Keeping emotions under control
Remaining open to other's ideas and trying new things
Creating and fostering lines of communication that help multiple teams to identify solutions
Leveraging networks of people to better define and solve problems
Defining immediate and long-term goals, priorities, and operational plan to ensure team goals are aligned with the goals and priorities of the organization
Ability to: Balance, prioritize and organize multiple tasks
Manage/lead medium to large size complex technical teams
Develop/grow teams and resources to meet the needs of DES and its clients
Provide clear and concise direction
Work collaboratively in teams and across organizations
Synthesize feedback and adjust plans accordingly
Build strong relationships both inside and outside of the organization
Evaluate and test emerging technologies
Apply creative solutions to business problems to ensure business needs are most effectively met
Understand and anticipate needs and priorities of both internal and external customers
Quickly learn and lead resources in new programming languages, APls, and platformsA
Selective Preference(s):

This ideal candidate for this position will have: Bachelor's degree plus 10 or more years of programming and analysis experience (or equivalent experience). Master's degree is preferred. Salesforce.com Certified Advanced Developer and/or AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional are preferred.
Pre-Employment Requirements: All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).
Successfully pass background and reference checks; employment is contingent upon completion of the above-mentioned process and the agency's ability to reasonably accommodate any restrictions.
If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, then the following requirements apply. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver's license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver's license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver's license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) R2-10-207.11).
Applicants for this position will be required to apply for and show proof of receipt of a valid Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card that meets DES requirements for a Level One card.
Bachelor's degree in relevant computer science major or related field AND/OR 5 or more years of related experience in related discipline (or equivalent experience).
Benefits:

The Arizona Department of Economic Security offers a comprehensive benefits package to include: Affordable medical, dental, life, and short-term disability insurance plans
Participation in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) and long-term disability plans
10 paid holidays per year
Vacation time accrued at 4.00 hours bi-weekly for the first 3 years
Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
Sick time accrued at 3.70 hours bi-weekly
Deferred compensation plan
Wellness plans
Tuition Reimbursement
Stipend Opportunities
Infant at Work Program
Rideshare and Public Transit Subsidy
Career Advancement & Employee Development Opportunities
Flexible schedules to create a work/life balance

By providing the option of a full-time or part-time remote work schedule, employees enjoy improved work/life balance, report higher job satisfaction, and are more productive. Remote work is a management option and not an employee entitlement or right. An agency may terminate a remote work agreement at its discretion.

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

Retirement:

State employees are required to participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS), the State sponsored retirement contribution plan and the Long-Term Disability (LTD) program after a 27-week waiting period. The ASRS defined benefit plan provides for life-long income upon retirement. You will also have the option to participate in a voluntary deferred compensation program to take advantage of tax-deferred retirement investments.

On, or shortly after, your first day of work you will be provided with additional information about the available insurance plans, enrollment instructions, submission deadlines and effective dates.

Contact Us:

For questions about this career opportunity, please contact us Yolanda Knori at ******** or ******** .

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by contacting Yolanda Knori at ******** or ******** . Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.

Advertised: 18 Apr 2024 US Mountain Standard Time
Applications close: 24 Apr 2024 US Mountain Standard Time