Technical Architect

Asterism IT Solutions•Sacramento, CA

21h•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Technical Architect to support large-scale IT infrastructure operations, architecture, information security, and cloud migration initiatives for the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). The ideal candidate must have strong experience leading enterprise IT infrastructure environments, applying ITIL service management best practices, designing and implementing infrastructure and security solutions, and working with California State Government clients.

Requirements

15+ years of overall IT experience.
Bachelor's Degree in an IT-related or Engineering field.
Minimum 5 years of experience supporting large-scale IT infrastructure operations in a lead capacity.
Minimum 5 years of experience using ITIL service management best practices.
Minimum 3 years of experience working with a California State Government client.
Candidate must be local to Sacramento, CA, within 50 miles.
CISSP certification is required.
Minimum 5 years of applied information security experience.
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. as a U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder.
Minimum 5 years of experience planning, designing, implementing, administering, operating, and upgrading Network Technologies (Palo Alto Firewalls, F5 or comparable Load Balancers, Routers, Data Center Switches).
Minimum 5 years of experience planning, designing, implementing, administering, operating, and upgrading Operating Systems (Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL)).
Minimum 5 years of experience planning, designing, implementing, administering, operating, and upgrading Container & Container Management Technologies (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
Minimum 5 years of experience planning, designing, implementing, administering, operating, and upgrading Middleware & System Software (Apache HTTP Server, Oracle WebLogic, WildFly, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBoss EAP)).
Minimum 5 years of experience planning, designing, implementing, administering, operating, and upgrading Database Management Systems (Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, MariaDB, Microsoft Azure Synapse).
Minimum 5 years of experience planning, designing, implementing, administering, operating, and upgrading Privileged Account Management (Thycotic, CyberArk).
Minimum 5 years of experience planning, designing, implementing, administering, operating, and upgrading Security Information & Event Management (SIEM) (Splunk).
Minimum 5 years of experience planning, designing, implementing, administering, operating, and upgrading Threat & Vulnerability Management (Tenable, Qualys).
Minimum 5 years of experience planning, designing, implementing, administering, operating, and upgrading Enterprise Identity & Access Management (Okta, Azure Active Directory).
Minimum 2 years of experience planning and migrating on-premises infrastructure to cloud environments.
Minimum 3 years of experience providing knowledge transfer to state staff.

Responsibilities

Lead large-scale IT infrastructure architecture and operations initiatives.
Plan, design, implement, administer, operate, and upgrade enterprise infrastructure environments.
Apply ITIL service management best practices to infrastructure operations.
Design and support network, operating system, container, middleware, and database environments.
Design and implement enterprise information security solutions.
Support privileged account management, SIEM, vulnerability management, and identity/access management initiatives.
Plan and execute migration of on-premises infrastructure to cloud environments.
Collaborate with technical teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and state personnel.
Provide technical guidance and architectural recommendations.
Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and security issues.
Develop and maintain technical documentation and architecture standards.
Provide knowledge transfer, documentation, and training to California State staff.
Support project planning, implementation, upgrades, and operational transition.
Ensure infrastructure and security solutions align with organizational requirements and best practices.