Enterprise Solutions Development Division (ESDD) is engaging in services with vendor to provide Middle Tier COTS Support Services.

The consultant will undertake duties and responsibilities as a solution architect for enterprise systems, this include but isn t limited to myCalPERS and its critical sub-systems. They will lead efforts for enhancing the enterprise systems along with performing analysis, design, testing, documentation, implementation, functional enhancement, and maintenance of the system.

Project Scope/Tasks

The work primarily involves the consultant acting as a subject matter expert to perform a range of work, from moderate to highly complex, time sensitive, and critical work for the enterprise systems/subsystems. This includes commercial off-the-shelf integration and customization to meet business requirements.

In addition, the consultant will also act as the technical subject matter expert on complex projects. The consultant will collaborate with other team members on projects of a complex nature or broad scope. The consultant will submit to the contract manager a written weekly and monthly status report as part of this agreement and provide knowledge transfer to State staff as needed.

Consultant responsibilities also include ensuring that all work performed under this agreement will comply with CalPERS Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB) policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines.

The scope of this project encompasses the following tasks:

Application and engineering support and knowledge transfer to the team.

Deliverable 1: Senior Middleware Specialist for enterprise applications engineering and support

On an ongoing basis through the end of the contract, work products will be assigned by in contract manager. Work product include participating in analysis and design efforts in enhancing various enterprise application(s) and sub-system(s). Assist and guide Middle Tier Service team members with administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of enterprise applications(s). Lead product upgrade, changes, and replacement of enterprise applications. Provide 3rd tier enterprise application support to the Middle Tier Service team members.

Deliverable 2: Knowledge Transfer of enterprise applications

On an ongoing basis through the end of the contract all work products and deliverables (project status reports, business process, triage incident reports with resolution, meeting minutes, test cases, test outcomes) details have to be discussed with the contract manager to ensure that all

of the information is documented and placed in a file share. The contract manager will schedule knowledge transfer sessions at regular intervals to ensure that all of the work production details have been documented and the knowledge has been transferred to the state personnel.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Fifteen (15) years (within last 10 years) of expert experience as a system integrator using commercial off-the-shelf products.

Five (5) years (within last 10 years) of experience as a solution architect for enterprise applications.

Five (5) years (within last 10 years) of expert experience managing Java based applications.

Five (5) years (within last 10 years) of expert experience managing business intelligence and reporting software for SAS, Cognos and OBIEE.

Five (5) years (within last 10 years) of experience as a middleware specialist on retirement application solution similar to myCalPERS.

Five (5) years (within last 10 years) of experience writing documentation (standards, best practices, procedures) and providing training to team members.

Four (4) years (within last 4 years) of experience with cloud technologies for Microsoft Dynamic Fraud Protection, Azure Front Door, Azure AD B2C, and Azure App Service.