Applications Architect for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Austin, Tx

SCOPE OF SERVICES.

Services Overview.The selected Vendors Candidate will be part of CPAs Fiscal Management Statewide Fiscal Systems team supportingthe Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel System (CAPPS) Program. The CAPPS Program for this engagement comprises the following components: HR/Payroll (inclusive of Recruit functionality) Financials STARR and all ancillary selected Vendors Candidate must be adaptable and able to learn and integrate new systems and platforms as needed such as CGI Advantage.

Annual Professional Training Requirement.In addition to other CPA training requirements the following professional training requirement applies on an annual basis during the CPA Contract Term including each renewal term under the CPA Contract resulting from this solicitation:

• For no compensation from CPA the selected Vendors Candidate shall be required to complete a minimum of ten (10) hours of professional training in a relevant area of expertise associated with the Services provided under the CPA Contract.
• The professional training as determined by the Vendor and/or the selected Vendors Candidate shall be conducted and completed by the selected Vendors Candidate on personal the professional training is intended to be conducted during the CPA-approved work schedule the selected Vendors Candidate must coordinate the associated time off with the CPA Supervising Manager as applicable.
• The Vendor and/or the selected Vendors Candidate shall be fully responsible for all associated costs including but not limited to tuition materials conference fees and/or travel will not approve or make payment for any hours associated with the professional training requirement.
• By July 31st of each CPA Contract Term the Vendor shall provide the CPA Contract Manager with an annual professional training report documenting the completed professional training hours and courses.

Position Requirements.The CPA Work includes but is not limited to the following:

• Performing highly advanced (senior-level) consultative services and technical assistance work related to supportingthe CAPPS Program.
• Responsible for the CAPPS Program Vision and Strategy which includes but is not limitedto:
• Defining and evolving the products longterm strategy ensuring it aligns with the State of Texas goals and technical realities.
• Translating high-level business objectives into clear technical product roadmaps. Prioritize features based on customer value technical feasibility and team capacity.
• Partnering closely with our Managed Services vendor to shape architecture evaluate technical tradeoffs and ensure high-quality implementation.
• Understanding system design APIs data flows and platform constraints well enough to make informed decisions.
• Identifying technical risks dependencies and scalability considerations early.
• Communicating product decisions and rationale clearly across teams.
• Serving as the bridging voice between business needs and technical execution.
• Ensuring that the long-term roadmap for systems data and platforms supports CPA business goals as the application service provider for the CAPPS Program.
• Ensuring that guidelines for solution designs integration patterns security cloud usage and technical best practices are followed.
• Reviewing proposed solutions and ensuring they fit the enterprise ecosystem and prevent duplication or unnecessary complexities.
• Providing architectural leadership for digital transformation cloud migrations modernization and large-scale projects as directed by the CAPPS Product Manager.
• Working with our Managed Services vendor to identify architectural risks such as scalability issues integration and weaknesses and legacy system constraints.
• Working with functional analysts solution architects developers security teams and business to ensure a cohesive approach.
• Defining and evolving the products longterm strategy ensuring it aligns with the State of Texas goals and technical realities.
• Translating high-level business objectives into clear technical product roadmaps. Prioritize features based on customer value technical feasibility and team capacity.
• Partnering closely with our Managed Services vendor to shape architecture evaluate technical tradeoffs and ensure high-quality implementation.
• Understanding system design APIs data flows and platform constraints well enough to make informed decisions.
• Identifying technical risks dependencies and scalability considerations early.
• Communicating product decisions and rationale clearly across teams.
• Serving as the bridging voice between business needs and technical execution.
• Maintaining standards for security performance compliance and architecture. Ensuring technical risks are identified and managed responsibly.
• Responsible for ensuring that all digital products and content meet WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards. This includes maintaining perceivable operable understandable and robust experiences for all users regularly reviewing content for compliance and implementing updates or remediation whenever accessibility issues are identified.
• Assisting with all applicable contract management oversight responsibilities associated with the CAPPS Program including but not limited to:
• Assisting and participatinginthe annual IT control audits related to the CAPPS Central applications.
• Ensuring contract data security user permissions audit trails and compliance with organizational and regulatory standards.
• Performing technical reviews of contract templates metadata structures workflows and automation rules to ensure accuracy and usability.
• Working closely with Fiscal Managements contract managers to identify gaps and optimize contract processes.
• Overseeing and/or assisting with technical oversight and support related to but not limited to SLAs system monitoring environment analysis hardware/software evaluation network troubleshooting migration paths coding standards security standards compare reports application change management review and batch scheduling review.
• Maintaining documentation related to architecture configuration integrations and change management.
• Supporting reporting and analytics for contract KPIs compliance metrics and lifecycle performance.
• Reviewing and suggesting approval for all assigned Technical Deliverables related to CAPPS Architecture CAPPS System Development Lifecycle Disaster Recovery CAPPS Security Plans (SSP) and all CAPPS related Technology plans related to CAPPS applications currently and planning for the future.
• Planning and coordinating various technical upgrades (e.g. PeopleSoft image PeopleSoft Fluid PeopleTools other software publisher upgrades etc.).
• Participating as a technical advisor during the procurement cycle for certain CPA-issued procurements for products or services associated with CPAs CAPPS may include but are not limited to the following: research of products and services planning activities drafting and reviewing documents for use in solicitations providing technical input for purposes of developing guidelines for evaluating the developed technical specifications and serving as a technical advisor providing input to CPAs teams during the evaluation and negotiation phases.

Specialty Skill Sets:

• Serve as a subject matter expert associated with user role Segregation of Duties (SOD) in CAPPS multi-tenant software applications.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and perform Delegated Administration Level 3 for the Texas Digital Identity Services (TDIS).
• Serve as the subject matter expert and be able to implement support and maintain products offered by PathLock that include: User Access Review (UAR)
• Single Sign-On (SSO) Data Masking and A360.

Required/Preferred Skill Sets: