Enterprise Architect 3

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Title: Enterprise Solutions Architect
Location: Austin, TX 78711
Duration: 12 Months    

Job Description: 
The Enterprise Architect III will support the CAPPS (Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel System) Program within the Fiscal Management Statewide Fiscal Systems team. This role provides enterprise-level architecture leadership, technical oversight, strategic planning, operational management, and modernization support across CAPPS Financials, HR/Payroll, Recruit, STARR, and related systems.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture & Strategy

• Define and maintain enterprise technology vision, roadmap, and long-term strategy.
• Ensure systems, platforms, and data architectures align with business objectives.
• Establish and enforce architecture standards, integration patterns, security controls, cloud strategies, and best practices.
• Review and approve solution designs to eliminate redundancy and reduce technical complexity.
• Lead digital transformation, cloud migration, modernization, and enterprise-scale initiatives.
• Identify and mitigate architectural risks, scalability issues, integration challenges, and legacy system constraints.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, developers, architects, security teams, and vendors.

Technical Operations Leadership

• Manage and oversee CAPPS Technology Operations.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex technical issues.
• Lead technical decision-making and resource allocation.
• Monitor project delivery, team performance, and operational effectiveness.
• Conduct quality reviews to ensure compliance with standards and maintainability.
• Remove project blockers and proactively address operational risks.
• Coordinate technical activities among internal teams, agencies, customers, and vendors.

CAPPS Program Support

• Provide senior-level consulting and technical assistance for CAPPS applications.
• Support production environments, deployments, upgrades, and technical troubleshooting.
• Oversee technical communications between functional and technical teams.
• Prepare status reports, productivity reports, and executive updates.
• Support special projects and strategic initiatives as assigned.

Accessibility & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards.
• Conduct accessibility reviews and remediation activities.
• Maintain secure, compliant, and user-friendly digital experiences.

Contract & Vendor Management

• Support contract oversight and governance activities.
• Participate in IT audits, security reviews, and compliance initiatives.
• Review technical deliverables, SLAs, change management processes, and operational metrics.
• Hold vendors accountable to contractual obligations and performance expectations.
• Evaluate software, hardware, and technology solutions.
• Assist in procurement activities, technical evaluations, and vendor selection processes.

Documentation & Reporting

• Maintain architecture, integration, configuration, and change management documentation.
• Support reporting, analytics, KPI tracking, and compliance monitoring.
• Review and approve technical plans, security plans, disaster recovery plans, and SDLC deliverables.

Service Desk Oversight

• Manage and support CAPPS Service Desk operations (BOSSDesk).
• Oversee design, configuration, testing, and administration activities.

System Upgrades & Enhancements

• Lead and support:
  • PeopleSoft Image Upgrades
  • PeopleSoft Fluid Implementations
  • PeopleTools Upgrades
  • Oracle Upgrades
  • Other enterprise software upgrades and enhancements