Job Title: Applications Architect 3
Location(s): Austin, TX
Job Summary:Seeking a senior Applications Architect to support a statewide ERP and fiscal systems program. This role provides architectural leadership, technical strategy, product roadmap planning, enterprise application oversight, managed services governance, security compliance, modernization initiatives, and support for large-scale PeopleSoft-based environments serving numerous government agencies.
Key Responsibilities:- Define and evolve long-term product and technology strategy aligned with business and organizational goals.
- Translate business objectives into technical product roadmaps and implementation plans.
- Partner with managed services providers to guide architecture, implementation quality, and technical decision-making.
- Evaluate system designs, APIs, integrations, data flows, scalability, and platform constraints.
- Identify technical risks, dependencies, and modernization opportunities.
- Ensure adherence to architecture, integration, security, cloud, and development standards.
- Provide leadership for digital transformation, cloud migration, and enterprise modernization efforts.
- Support accessibility compliance with WCAG 2.1 standards.
- Participate in IT audits, security reviews, disaster recovery planning, and compliance initiatives.
- Review and approve technical deliverables, architecture documentation, security plans, and technology roadmaps.
- Coordinate enterprise application upgrades, platform enhancements, and release activities.
- Support procurement activities through technical evaluations, requirements development, and vendor assessments.
- Serve as a subject matter expert for Segregation of Duties (SoD), digital identity services, access management, and governance solutions.
- Maintain architecture, integration, configuration, and change management documentation.
Required Qualifications:- 12+ years of Texas public sector experience, directly supporting or working with Texas state agencies.
- 12+ years of experience supporting enterprise application systems.
- 12+ years of experience developing and managing strategic technology roadmaps.
- 10+ years of executive-level presentation experience.
- 10+ years of technical project management experience supporting large ERP programs.
- 10+ years of experience interpreting contractual requirements and managing vendor accountability.
- 10+ years of experience with data integration, data quality, and SDLC methodologies.
- 10+ years of IT security and controls experience.
- 10+ years of technical experience with:
- PeopleSoft FSCM or HCM 9.2
- PeopleTools
- PeopleCode
- Application Designer
- SQL
- PS Query
- SQR
- Application Engine
- Oracle 11g or higher
- 10+ years supporting large-scale ERP production and deployment environments serving 100+ agencies and multiple hub instances.
- 8+ years of IT service desk and ITIL framework experience.
- 5+ years of Segregation of Duties (SoD) experience in multi-tenant software environments.
- 2+ years serving in a technical product leadership role managing outsourced technical teams and managed services providers.
Preferred Qualifications:- 10+ years of software and hardware lifecycle management experience.
- 10+ years supporting legacy statewide financial systems.
- 10+ years developing technical specifications for IT procurement initiatives.
Specialized Skills:- PeopleSoft architecture and administration.
- Enterprise ERP strategy and governance.
- ITIL service management.
- Identity and access management.
- Segregation of Duties (SoD) governance.
- User Access Review (UAR).
- Single Sign-On (SSO).
- Data Masking.
- Enterprise security and compliance.
- Disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
- Vendor and managed services oversight.
- Technical procurement support.
