Technical Architect

ROLE SUMMARY

The Technical Architect evaluates the City's current technology landscape, identifies integration gaps and consolidation opportunities, and defines the technical architecture requirements for a modern ERP environment. This role ensures the future-state design is grounded in sound technical strategy.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assess the City's existing systems landscape, including the ERP, CMMS, CRM, Service Desk, and departmental applications
• Identify redundancies, integration gaps, and systems suitable for consolidation within a future ERP platform
• Define technical architecture principles and integration patterns for the future ERP environment
• Develop a reporting and analytics strategy including native ERP tools, BI integration, and data warehouse/lake architecture options
• Evaluate cloud-readiness and security/compliance considerations relevant to California municipal government
• Contribute technical sections to the Current State Assessment and Future State Design Report
• Draft technical requirements and integration specifications for the ERP RFP document
• Provide technical guidance during vendor evaluation and scoring in Phase 3

QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years of enterprise architecture or solutions architecture experience with ERP
• Deep knowledge of integration methodologies: APIs, middleware, ETL, and data warehouse/lake architectures
• Experience evaluating cloud-based ERP platforms and their integration capabilities (ERP, CRM, UCaaS)
• Understanding of public-sector cybersecurity frameworks and data governance requirements
• Familiarity with Business Intelligence tools (Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent) and their integration with ERP platforms
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders