Integration Architect (Remote from anywhere in CO)

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Do you want to make our beautiful state even better? At OIT, we provide secure digital services that put Coloradans first. As our new Integration Architect you will be assigned to projects or initiatives that involve designing, reviewing, and optimizing integrations within a major application or set of applications. The Integration Architect has a deep specialization in integration system design and architecture, systems orchestrations, and systems integration development, especially using integration platforms as a service (iPaas) as well as cloud-based integration tools and managed file transfer solutions. 

You will translate complex business objectives into architectural designs that meet requirements for security, compliance, and scalability. This involves continually collaborating with various business units, OIT development teams, and other OIT teams to ensure that integration solutions are fully documented and adhere to industry best practices and technical standards for the State of Colorado. 

Some of the day to day opportunities include:

Bridging API-first integration development and point-to-point development to enable different

software applications, systems, and data sources to communicate and work together seamlessly.

Providing comparisons of technical options for Integrations solutions, determining the most

resilient, efficient, and cost-effective approaches to meet customer demands.

Guiding teams from a hands-on technical approach with the development of code, integrations,

data conversions, and other technical activities in the course of each given development cycle.

Creating and writing solid, detailed technical features and user stories (aka "enablers" for technical roadmap)

Consulting on new projects to determine best architecture for the app/workload, estimated costs to host app, publish designs/recommendations.

Providing technical leadership and  acting as technical authority and mentor to the Enterprise Integrations team, providing guidance on best practices and architectural principles.

A wide salary range is posted for this position and any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state seniority as compared to others doing substantially similar work. While all offers are compliant with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, there is no guarantee an offer will be at the top of the posted range based on the salary analysis. 

This is a skills-based job announcement. The required minimum qualifications and/or education (if substituting for the proven experience, knowledge, and skills), are as follows: 

Minimum Qualifications:

A minimum of seven (7) years of experience working with development technologies such as C# .Net, SQL Server or MySQL, TFS, Visual Studio, JavaScript/Typescript, .Net, .NETCore.

Experience with Mulesoft.

Experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD.

Familiarity with performing data research to determine proper data relationships and source validation

Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications. 

Training or Certification related to the work assigned to the position will be assigned credit towards substitution for experience and/or education, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications. 

If the minimum qualifications include a degree requirement, additional appropriate paid or unpaid experience will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications:

Subject Matter Domain Expertise on the platforms (applications) used for the execution of the State Strategy for Data Sharing and Integrations premised on API led connectivity:

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform – an enterprise level integrations platform that is used for management of all aspects of API life cycle, from design, development, testing, deployment, exception handling, operational monitoring and support. 

Ipswitch MOVEit Transfer and MOVEit Automation - MOVEit consolidates all file transfer activity to one system to ensure better management control over core business processes. MOVEit Transfer provides the security, centralized access controls, file encryption and activity tracking needed to ensure operational reliability and compliance with SLA, internal governance and regulatory requirements like PCI, HIPAA, etc.

Automic Workload Automation – an enterprise level process orchestrator for controlling tasks and handling events among disparate servers, operating systems, and programming languages; used to manage event (logic) and time driven dependencies. 

Tableau – an enterprise level platform used to support data analysis and data visualization needs of the business and technology teams that OIT supports. 

Current MuleSoft certification

Experience with relational database technologies such as MS SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or others desired

Familiarity with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines a plus

Experience using Azure DevOps a plus

Familiarity with source code management tools such as TFS or Git a plus

Familiarity with Cloud technologies such as AWS a plus

Experience working in an Agile/SAFe environment a plus

Experience working with SAP S/4HANA, SAP Integration Suite, SAP Datasphere, and SAP Business Warehouse a plus

Experience working with system orchestration and automation a plus

Conditions of Employment:

OIT employees must comply with any screening procedures in place at state agency locations where they might perform work. 

A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process. Post-employment background checks will be required for specific agencies as business needs dictate, which may include a polygraph exam, fingerprint-based criminal history search, reference checks, and a drug test.

This position may require travel within the specified geographic area, and to locations across the state as needed. 

If this posting indicates “remote from anywhere in CO” in the title, periodic reporting to the primary state work location designated for the position is required. All remote work must be performed in Colorado. 

While candidates from out of state will be considered for this role, the candidate selected for the position must relocate and reside in Colorado on the first day of their new position.  A reasonable timeframe for relocation will be established on an individual basis, while considering business needs, and determining a start date.

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The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness.  The State is resolute in non-discriminatory practices in everything we do, including hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities.

The Governor's Office of Information Technology is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADA Coordinator at [email protected] or call (303) 764-7900.

This posting may be used to fill multiple vacancies based upon business need. 

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