Comptroller - Applications Architect; Reopen

Comptroller – Applications Architect (Reopen)

Organization: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

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Note: If you have previously applied, there is no need to reapply. The posting may be closed without notice if a suitable candidate is found. Please apply promptly.

The Texas Comptroller's Office is looking for an experienced and eager individual to join our Administrative Applications Section within the Information Technology Division. The ideal candidate is passionate about learning new technology and tools to create innovative applications used by internal and external users. You will be involved in working with our internal and external stakeholders in an agile environment to understand business needs and designing solutions adopting the industry best practices;

programming the software solutions with unit testing; leading small to medium size technology projects and innovations; research modern technology & tools; recommend scalable software solutions; work with the Dev Ops team to enable pipelines; follow entire Software Development Lifecycle from inception to deployment, following an Agile development methodology; guide/mentor junior team members; and provide maintenance and post‑production support.

Our Applications Architect, specializing in the Microsoft .NET stack, is a senior technical leader responsible for the comprehensive design, development oversight, and technical strategy of software applications. This role ensures that all Administrative Application’s .NET‑based solutions are scalable, secure, high‑performing, and aligned with enterprise standards and business objectives. This individual will be leading a team of architects and developers to create standardized framework and patterns to be used in all modernized applications created on the new platforms.

• Work hours are 8:00AM to 5:00PM, 40‑hour week, Monday – Friday. Occasionally work non‑standard work hours, overtime and/or additional hours. Hours may change based on business need.
• Teleworking may be considered if certain working conditions are met. The candidate must have permanent residency within the state of Texas and must be able to meet office requirements, which can vary among different sections (i.e., report to office 1 day/month, 3 days/week, etc.). Travel reimbursements are not provided for teleworking.

• Graduation from an accredited four‑year college or university with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or an Information Technology related field.
• Ten (10) years’ experience in solutions analysis, design, implementation, and support of web‑based applications with relational or No
  
  SQL databases.
• Eight (8) years of hands‑on work experience in application architecture and design with microservices based modern technology stack and implementing from start to completion.
• Six (6) years of experience with leading a team of developers and architects.
• Four (4) years of work experience using Cloud technologies.
• Two (2) years of work experience leading medium to large scale projects.
• Two (2) years of experience using AI based coding assistant tools like Git Hub CoPilot.

• Ten (10)+ years of work experience using a structured Software Development Life Cycle methodology for software development and maintenance.
• Nine (9) years of experience with designing and architecting the web applications related to  environment (.NETCore, C#, HTML, CSS, REACT, JavaScript, Typescript, Micro‑fronted, Module Federation, Webpack, Redux) with databases like Mongo
  
  DB, SQL Server and/or DB2.
• Nine (9) years of experience in CICD and Dev Ops methodology as a developer.
• Five (5) years of experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Development tools preferably Jenkin, Bit Bucket, Sonar Qube, Git.
• Five (5) year experience implementing complex applications security requirements.
• Five (5) years of hands‑on experience working with No
  
  SQL DB like Mongo
  
  DB or similar.
• Four (4) years of work experience in designing applications with Linux environment.
• Four (4) years of hands‑on work experience with Amazon Web Services Cloud technologies.
• Two (2)…