CAPPS Enterprise Architect for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Austin, Tx

Pedigo Staffing Services•Austin, TX

4d•Remote

About The Position

The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (CPA) requires the services of an Enterprise Architect 3 to support the Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel System (CAPPS) Program. This role will be part of CPA's Fiscal Management Statewide Fiscal Systems team and will encompass HR/Payroll (including Recruit functionality), Financials, STARR, and all ancillary systems. The selected candidate must be adaptable and capable of learning and integrating new systems and platforms as needed, such as CGI Advantage. An annual professional training requirement of ten (10) hours in a relevant area of expertise is also mandated, to be completed on personal time or coordinated with the Supervising Manager if during work hours. All associated costs for this training are the responsibility of the vendor/candidate, and CPA will not compensate for these hours. An annual training report must be submitted by July 31st each contract term.

Requirements

Extensive Texas public sector experience, directly working for or supporting a Texas state government agency (20 years Required)
Extensive experience performing technical activities in support of CPA application systems (20 years Required)
Extensive experience creating and managing a strategic roadmap by combining strong planning skills, technical insight, and effective cross functional communication (20 years Required)
Experience serving in a lead role with responsibility for managing outsourced technical teams and overseeing a Managed Services provider (10 years Required)
Experience preparing materials for and conducting executive-level presentations (10 years Required)
Experience performing technical project management activities in support of CPA’s CAPPS program (10 years Required)
Experience in interpreting contractual language and integrating it into daily workflows, while consistently holding vendors accountable to contractual requirements (10 years Required)
Extensive knowledge of/experience with data integration, data quality, and SDLC processes and methodologies (10 years Required)
Experience in IT security and control practices (10 years Required)
Technical experience with PeopleSoft FSCM or HCM 9.2, PeopleTools, Peoplecode, Application Designer, SQL, PS Query, SQR, Application Engine and Oracle 11 or higher (10 years Required)
Experience with CAPPS Central production and deployment technical support activities for more than 100 agencies and 5 Hub instances (10 years Required)
Experience with IT service desk functions, knowledge of ITIL framework methodologies and processes (10 years Required)
Have experience in gathering business requirements for large projects
Work independently in a diverse team environment with on-site and remote team members.
Have strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
Have knowledge of project management methodologies.
Have knowledge of technical and functional attributes of Oracle PeopleSoft.
Have problem-solving skills and the ability to multitask with readiness to put in extra efforts when necessary.
Have experience with Agile and other SDLC methodologies.
Have experience with ITIL methodologies.
Have experience with or knowledge of information security frameworks (i.e., NIST).

Nice To Haves

Experience with software and hardware management industry best practices (20 years Preferred)
Experience with CPA’s legacy Statewide Financial Systems production support activities (10 years Preferred)
Experience developing technical specifications to support IT procurements (10 years Preferred)

Responsibilities

Performing highly advanced (senior-level) consultative services and technical assistance work related to supporting the CAPPS Program.
Responsible for the Enterprise Technology Vision and Strategy, including ensuring the long-term roadmap supports CPA business goals, establishing guidelines for solution designs, integration patterns, security, cloud usage, and technical best practices, and reviewing proposed solutions for enterprise ecosystem fit.
Providing architectural leadership for digital transformation, cloud migrations, modernization, and large-scale projects as directed by the CAPPS Product Manager.
Working with the Managed Services vendor to identify architectural risks such as scalability issues, integration weaknesses, and legacy system constraints.
Collaborating with functional analysts, solution architects, developers, security teams, and business stakeholders to ensure a cohesive approach.
Managing and overseeing CPA’s CAPPS Technology Operations section, including technical decision-making, serving as the primary escalation point for complex technical issues, assigning work, conducting quality reviews, monitoring team performance, and proactively addressing personnel, timeline, process, and procedure issues.
Overseeing and/or assisting with troubleshooting technical issues related to the software application and/or supporting infrastructure, including testing activities.
Overseeing and/or assisting with communicating technical requirements to functional and/or technical staff.
Managing and coordinating all technical activities for CAPPS between the CAPPS Technology Operations Team and various internal CPA stakeholders, external CAPPS customers, and contracted vendors.
Leading and/or assisting with special project support as needed.
Preparing status and productivity reports for CPA Management review.
Ensuring that all digital products and content meet WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards, including maintaining perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust experiences, and implementing remediation for identified accessibility issues.
Assisting with all applicable contract management oversight responsibilities associated with the CAPPS Program, including IT control audits, ensuring contract data security, user permissions, audit trails, and compliance.
Performing technical reviews of contract templates, metadata structures, workflows, and automation rules.
Working closely with Fiscal Management’s contract managers to identify gaps and optimize contract processes.
Overseeing and/or assisting with technical oversight and support related to SLAs, system monitoring, environment analysis, hardware/software evaluation, network troubleshooting, migration paths, coding standards, security standards, compare reports, application change management review, and batch scheduling review.
Maintaining documentation related to architecture, configuration, integrations, and change management.
Supporting reporting and analytics for contract KPIs, compliance metrics, and lifecycle performance.
Reviewing and suggesting approval for all assigned Technical Deliverables related to CAPPS Architecture, CAPPS System Development Lifecycle, Disaster Recovery, CAPPS Security Plans (SSP), and all CAPPS related Technology plans.
Overseeing and supporting various technical upgrades (e.g., PeopleSoft image, PeopleSoft Fluid, PeopleTools, other software publisher upgrades, etc.).
Participating as a technical advisor during the procurement cycle for certain CPA-issued procurements, including research, planning, drafting/reviewing solicitation documents, providing technical input for evaluation guidelines, and advising CPA teams during evaluation and negotiation.
Managing and overseeing CPA’s CAPPS Service Desk (e.g., BOSSDesk), including design, configuration, testing, and software administration support.