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As part of HHSC IT Applications Social Services Applications initiatives the Cloud Solution Architect 2 will be responsible for:
Architect develop and reengineer applications that fully leverage the Cloud capabilities (preferably AWS)
Define and develop blueprints and roadmaps for building efficient and highperformance solutions in the cloud (preferably AWS)
Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable and efficient software solutions.
Design and implement cloudnative solutions leveraging microservices architecture containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes).
Drive the adoption of cloudnative best practices for scalability resilience and maintainability.
Implement and advocate for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
Plan and engineer cloud computing infrastructure and applications.
Integrate applications with various third parties such as Federal agencies State agencies and private firms (For example CMS Federal Hub SSA MMIS EBT IRS DHS BCBS etc.)
Provide cloud architecture guidance for Security Identity/Access Management and Monitoring. Ensure compliance with HHS enterprise security configuration standards.
Provide cloud architecture guidance for applications across all layers User Interface Middleware integrations and data bases.
Provide cloud architecture guidance for batch processing applications.
Provide AWS operational guidance both internal to the team and for external operations teams
Define standard concepts practices and procedures for cloud technology including Software as a Service (SaaS) Platform as a Service (PaaS) or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
Lead and ensure HHSC best practices and methodologies are applied to the design deployment and operations in the cloud.
Participate in application modernization.
Investigate and provide feedback on new AWS services and solutions.
Provide technical oversight review and quality control throughout the life cycle of the implementation.
Other duties as assigned.
Education
Graduation from an accredited fouryear college or university with major course work in computer science computer information systems engineering or management information systems is preferred.
Certification
Cloud Solutions Architect Certification
Cloud Infrastructure Certifications
II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
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.
Years
Required/Preferred
Experience
7
Required
Hands on experience in designing building and supporting cloudnative application solutions.
7
Required
Experience in combined roles of enterprise or technical architecture cloud platform development cloud strategy or IT strategy
7
Required
Experience in migration of applications from onpremise to cloud with enterprise architecture
7
Required
Experience in Application security architecture in Cloud/onprem environment
7
Required
Experience in implementation of cloudbased solutions leveraging AWS and demonstrate expertise in authentication and authorization using Okta SailPoint and/or similar technologies
7
Required
Experience in security policies implementing multifactor authentication enabling singlesignon (SSO) capabilities and securing APIs using gateway platform for multiple channels
7
Required
Experience in design and implementation of Single Page Applications (SPA) using Angular ReactJS and/or other similar frameworks/libraries
7
Required
Experience in developing cloudnative applications adhering to best practices for cloud platforms
7
Required
Experience in designing microservicesbased architectures. Decomposing monolithic applications into microservices
7
Required
Experience in developing microservices using Spring Spring Boot Spring Cloud JPA and/or Hibernate
7
Required
Handson development experience implementing applications utilizing any J2EE Application Server Authentication and Authorization Caching strategies
7
Required
Experience with IaaC automation and various CICD principles ability to apply this experience to manage cloud based infrastructure.
7
Required
Experience with middleware process orchestration and integrations using IBM BPM/BAW and/or similar technologies
7
Required
Experience with batch processing scheduling tools and file storage in cloud environment
7
Required
Experience in application integrations with external systems preferably with CMS IRS and/or other third parties
7
Required
Experience in designing applications for scalability and optimizing performance in cloud environment.
7
Required
Experience in implementing robust logging using tools like Splunk and Dynatrace in cloud environment
7
Required
Handson programming experience in the following languages: Java J2EE HTML5 JavaScript AJAX CSS3 Bootstrap SASS UI frameworks/libraries (preferably Angular) Spring Java Server Pages Servlet EJB JSON XML ES5/ES6 NPM Maven Business Process
7
Required
Experience in implementing Clientfacing applications with responsive design and development
7
Required
Experience with deployment and orchestration technologies (such as Docker Kubernetes EKS OpenShift)
7
Required
Handson experience participating in all phases of Agile methodologies like Scrum or Kanban
7
Required
Experience with messaging platforms using IBM MQ and/or similar technologies in cloud environment
7
Required
Experience in Testdriven development and test creation using frameworks such as Katalon Karma Jasmine Selenium
6
Preferred
Handson experience with IBM WebSphere Application Server 8 or later and JBOSS
6
Preferred
Prior state eligibility systems experience either State of Texas or other states including CMS experience
4
Preferred
Handson development experience for mobile and tablet platforms
4
Preferred
Experience with business rules engine using IBM ODM and/or similar technologies
4
Preferred
Knowledge of APIs design and implementation.
4
Preferred
Knowledge of Monitoring tools
4
Preferred
Knowledge of common DevOps tools GitLab Jenkins and Container
Full Time