CLOUD SOLUTION and Data ARCHITECT

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES: (Required) The Department of Information Resources (DIR) requires the services of 1 Cloud Data Platform Architect referred to as Worker, who meets the general qualification of Cloud Solution Architect 3- Emerging and the specifications outlined in this document for ITD. Worker, who meets the general qualification of Cloud Solution Architect 3- Emerging and the specifications outlined in this document for ITD. Seeking a candidate who will be a key member of the TXDOT Enterprise Data Architecture team and has overall responsibility for defining the technical architecture and facilitating the technical evolution of a suite of integrated, cloud-based, configurable, and intelligent data platform services. This person will also define the migration strategy for TxDOT data and analytical solutions from on-prem to the cloud. Responsibilities:

• Work with program leaders, technical teams, in the implementation of the technology architecture and execution plan to support TXDOT's vision for its data management program

• Evaluate Cloud Platforms and Cloud Technology vendors and define a product and platform architecture that best fits TXDOT's analytical needs

• Def ine solutions to support (1) dashboards and reports, (2) real time analytics, (3) machine learning, and (4) mobile data solutions

• Function as the solution lead for architecting the data pipelines to support the development/enablement of Information Supply Chains within TXDOT this could include building (1) cloud based data provisioning frameworks, (2) data integration into cloud based data warehouse, data marts, and other analytical repositories (3) integration of analytical results into on-prem operational systems, (4) development of on- prem or cloud based data lakes and other data archival stores.
• Develop the migration plan for TXDOT's current data and analytics ecosystem to future state vision (based on Technology and Platform selections)