Solution Architect - Information Technology Consultant

Location: Augusta,Maine,United States

OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - MAINE IT

ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM

-Multiple Vacancies-

Opening Date: February 12, 2025

Closing Date:  February 27, 2025

Job Class Code: 0172
Grade: 31
Salary: $77,094.16 - $108,692.48/Annually (includes 15% recruitment & retention stipend and eligible for an additional 5% training bonus)
Position Number: 020002534, 004250230, 004250394

OVERVIEW:

The Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAFS) Office of Information Technology (MaineIT) provides information technology support to over 13,000 employees.  MaineIT oversees large-scale enterprise applications that support the critical and diverse business needs of the State and its agencies.

If you are a strategic thinker who enjoys solving complex technology challenges and have a passion for designing innovative solutions that drive business success, we want to talk to you. Help us shape technology investments at the State of Maine.

This position is part of the Enterprise Architecture program, a highly technical team within the Office of Information Technology. The program is essential for designing and overseeing the implementation of robust IT solutions that enable the State to innovate, grow, and operate efficiently in a rapidly evolving technological landscape. This role helps to deliver a strategic technology investment for the Executive Branch, ensuring the right technology is successfully aligned with business objectives. The program recommends scalable, secure, and adaptable solutions capable of supporting future growth and innovation.

In this role, you will collaborate with agency partners and technical teams to ensure investments in technology will provide the best overall value for the State while maintaining scalability, security, and high-performance solutions that align with industry’s best practices. 

MaineIT embraces the following core values (C.A.R.E.)

• Customer-focus - ensuring that our customers are heard, and their needs are met.
• Accountability - holding ourselves to a high standard through transparency with our stakeholders.
• Responsiveness - providing timely updates in a proactive manner.
• Empathy - people-focused services with emotional intelligence.

Your key areas of responsibilities will be:

• Lead the design, oversee the implementation, migration strategies, and optimization of technology solutions to align with MaineIT’s broader Enterprise Architecture framework, while meeting the State’s strategic and business objectives.
• Drive system and process improvements while ensuring scalability, security, compliance, and high-performance solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions, facilitating communication among technical teams, vendors, and business users.
• Provide technical leadership in system integrations, cloud computing, and application design, ensuring future-proof and cost-effective technology investments.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, assess risks, and recommend innovations that enhance operational efficiency and align with MaineIT policies.
• Advise IT and business stakeholders when developing technology RFP’s, technology contracts, amendments and statement of works.  Participate in evaluation technology solutions based on MaineIT and regulatory compliance standards. 
• Actively participate in technology governance initiatives and technology communities of practice.
• Actively participate in MaineIT Architectural Review Board
• Develop and recommend policies, operating procedures, and technology assessment frameworks to support technology solutions.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities that will lead to success in this role

Knowledge:

• Cloud Computing & Infrastructure – Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and hybrid cloud strategies.
• Software Development & Integration – Understanding of application design, development methodologies, APIs, and system integration best practices.
• Cybersecurity & Compliance – Familiarity with security frameworks (NIST 800-53, ISO 27001) and regulatory compliance (HIPAA, CJIS, GDPR, etc.).
• IT Governance & Policies – Experience with IT governance structures, procurement policies, and regulatory requirements on State and Fede