Lansing, MI IT DTMB Agency Services DHHS Infrastructure Solutions Architect

The position is responsible for providing Infrastructure Architecture support for DHHS and DHHS AS Teams. Not filling the vacancy will result in difficulty supporting mission critical applications related to the health and well-being of the public. We will not be able to accommodate requests of MDHHS for adding new/maintaining existing applications and services in a timely manner due to lack of availability for the existing resources.

Job Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and integrate system data models and design to promote data sharing eliminate redundancy and provide for the efficient and effective use of the states data resources.
• Coordinate with and provide technical advice to the Project Manager to develop project plan.
• Coordinate with data stewards to develop communicate and enforce Data Classification policies and standards.
• Create and maintain the metadata repository. Including developing and maintaining a formal description of the data data structures and data flow diagrams.
• Create maintain and verify system level design.
• Define and enforce data standards procedures and guidelines to ensure data integrity dependability quality and usability through the use of appropriate security verification and data management practices.
• Develop an Information Architecture Model supporting and consistent with Enterprise Information Management.
• Develop and maintain the statewide data model for to ensure integrated use across all applications.
• Develop and manage configuration management standards processes and policies.
• Document application controls needed to meet security standards.
• Ensure data integration with internal organizations and with external business and IT communities.
• Evaluate and recommend software fixes to resolve problems.
• Facilitate/lead team members for any application environment consolidation migration or integration efforts.
• Gather organize and track requirements and issues related to IT solutions.
• Lead in implementation for IT solutions.
• Make recommendations to the application developers on software integration for existing software.
• Perform development of a data management strategy to ensure data security and appropriate data retention.
• Prepare for and provide an organized and professionally facilitated environment for SDT sessions.
• Provide data modeling and design guidance including identification of data entities data dependencies and data relationships.
• Recommend solutions based on TIA of proposed infrastructure changes to ensure feasibility and cost effectiveness.
• Review Enterprise Architecture Solution Patterns/Reference Models for specific agency application system. Analyze EA Solution Assessments cataloged in EA SA Library for similar system design guidelines.
• Revise and validate project management documents by applying DTMB PMM and SEM to IT solutions.
• Revise and validate technical designs specifications and diagrams.
• Verify the architectural integrity of the application environment.

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience administering and supporting RHEL environments
• 5 years of experience working with Windows Server in enterprise environments
• 3 years of hands on experience with SQL including querying and basic database support
• Experience designing and supporting native and hybrid cloud environments across AWS Azure and/or Google Cloud
• 5 years of experience creating updating and maintaining system and technical documentation
• 3 years of Network Administration experience including basic troubleshooting and support
• Experience architecting and supporting container orchestration platforms such as K8s and/or OpenShift
• Ability to create and maintain architecture artifacts using tools like Visio LucidChart and/or
• Exposure to application architecture including familiarity with application servers such as WebLogic WebSphere or JBoss
• Experience designing redundant and scalable database deployments for Oracle and/or Microsoft SQL Server
• Hands on experience securing network infrastructure web applications and databases
• Working knowledge of at least one programming or scripting language such as C# Java Python Bash or PowerShell
• Experience with CI/CD and DevSecOps tools such as Ansible Jenkins SonarQube Artifactory or Veracode
• Exposure to IaaS PaaS and SaaS deployment models and environments
• Working knowledge of IaC tools such as Terraform and/or CloudFormation
• Experience administering and architecting web server environments including IIS Apache and WAF
• Experience with Cloudflare or similar platforms