Description

Duties

We are looking for teammates who share our vision of public service and are committed to an equitable and inclusive culture that fosters and inspires excellence, while promoting innovation, engagement, and safety, leading to better outcomes for our incarcerated population, our agency, and our community.

As an IT Architecture Senior Specialist, some of your duties will include:

• Working with Product Line Owners (PLO’s) to define the vision and requirements for solutions within the .Net unit to include:
  • Recommending options, facilitating solution selection processes, and oversight of technical implementation
  • Converting business and technical requirements into new technology solutions
  • Articulating complex technical decisions, constraints, and opportunities to a non-technical audience
  • Identifying customer requirements, analyzes alternatives, and produces product recommendations related to software, platform and system configurations
  • Collaborating with business areas and technical teams to ensure proposed solutions include technical requirements that accurately address business needs
  • Creating roadmaps that link outcomes, capabilities (business and technical), and processes to schedule and resources
  • Working with Enterprise Architecture and Ops leadership to ensure all relevant stakeholders are represented in decision process
  • Reviewing product life cycle initiatives and projects to ensure alignment with industry standards and best practices for solution architecture
• Identifying architectural solutions to business needs, addressing gaps in .Net functionality, and ensuring solutions adhere to industry standards and best practices which could look like:
  • Leading discussions with technical teams, subject matter experts, and vendors to identify sustainable solutions to gaps in .Net applications
  • Developing solutions intended to support program investment decisions, maintaining appropriate balance between costs, risks and quality of the solution
• Engaging with enterprise IT governance to shape agency architectural standards and facilitate program alignment
• Supervising .Net developers and cultivate platform technical expertise within DOC.
• Other tasks as assigned

Qualifications

What we need (required qualifications):

• High school diploma

AND

• Fourteen (14) years of progressive technical and leadership experience in a related IT discipline

OR

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field from an accredited university

AND

• Ten (10) years of progressive technical and leadership experience in a related IT discipline

In addition to the above education/experience, the knowledge, skills and/or abilities are required:

• Five years (5) experience working in a complex/enterprise IT environment across multiple disciplines (IT Security, software development, network engineering, application security, database, risk management, project management, etc.)
• Two (2) years’ experience in designing solutions in cloud and hybrid cloud environments to meet business needs
• Five (5) years as a .Net developer
• Two (2) years’ experience in articulating business risks of technical issues to non-technical personnel
• Demonstrated ability to bridge the gap between waterfall and agile methodologies
• Two (2) years of experience delivering solutions in complex business environments including technical aspects of M&O planning, release coordination, and managing stabilization
• Demonstrated ability to understand and create low-level roadmaps with business leadership to help set requirements' context and strategic direction

What will make your application stand out (preferred qualifications):

• Two years’ experience in supervising or leading application developers
• Training, experience, or certifications in Microsoft & Cloud technologies, such as:
  • Azure
  • Microsoft 365
  • SharePoint
  • Microsoft Security & Identity Management
  • Microsoft Mobile Device & Workstation Management and Compliance
• Knowledge of IT Architectural frameworks like TOGAF and Zachman

Supplemental Information

• DOC complies with the employment eligibility verification requirements for the federal employment eligibility verification form I-9. The selected candidate must be able to provide proof of identity and eligibility to work in the United States consistent with the requirements of that form. https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents
• DOC does not use E-Verify; therefore, we are not eligible to extend STEM-Optional Practice Training (OPT). For information, please visit www.uscis.gov.
• This recruitment may be utilized to fill more than one position.
• Please include a minimum of three (3) professional references with your application. A professional reference is defined as an individual who has been paid to supervise your work and can attest to your work performance, technical skills, and job competencies. If you do not have any or sufficient professional references, please include non-related professionals, such as educators or other professional associates.
  **Please note: Phone number AND email address are required for all professional references.
• A background check including criminal record history will be conducted prior to a new hire. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant’s suitability and competence to perform in the position.
• Employees may work directly with or near incarcerated individuals in a potentially hazardous setting. Please consider this when deciding whether to apply.
• We are committed to maintaining a drug and alcohol-free work environment, and our employees are expected to comply with all state and federal laws. A pre-employment drug test may be administered as part of the selection process, and applicants who test positive for any controlled substances, will be disqualified from consideration.
• Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) is an aerosol pepper spray made available as a means of self-defense and/or de-escalation. Applicants with sensitivities or allergies are encouraged to ask about the level of exposure they could expect in this position.
• Animal care projects are a common component of most Washington State prisons, including dog and cat programs. Applicants with animal sensitivities or allergies are encouraged to ask about the level of exposure they could expect in this position.
• Tuberculosis (TB) is a priority health issue for DOC employees. The successful candidate may be required to provide valid proof of a baseline TB skin test within 60 days from the date of hire. When positive tests result, further information, testing and treatment will also be required. Employment is not contingent upon test results.
• Foreign equivalent degrees awarded outside the United States must have a credential evaluation report attached to your application. You may request the required evaluation/documentation from www.wes.org and www.aice-eval.org. Until this documentation is provided, you will not be selected to move forward in the hiring process.

• Remote/telework/flexible schedules (depending on position)
• Up to 25 paid vacation days a year
• 8 hours of paid sick leave per month
• 12 paid holidays a year
• Generous retirement plan
• Flex Spending Accounts
• Dependent Care Assistance
• Deferred Compensation and so much more!