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IT Technical Architect

Salary

$5,845.00 - $10,521.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Promotion

Job Number

CRT-2025-208378-PW

Department

Culture Rec & Tourism-Off of Sec'y

Opening Date

05/01/2025

Closing Date

5/6/2025 11:59 PM Central

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Supplemental Information

This is a full time position located at theCapitol Annex Building in Baton Rouge, LA.

This position will be filled as an internal promotion; you must be a current permanent employee of the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism, serving in a Classified position, in order to qualify.

About this position:

This position serves as the IT Technical Architect responsible for a large scale, complex, statewide enterprise network. Primary responsibility is the architecture, planning, implementation, and management of a secure statewide network running secure statewide enterprise systems as well as providing WIFI for public access at over 60 sites statewide. Functions include performing administrative, supervisory, management, and highly complex technical work and responsibility for the design, procurement, installation, operation, and maintenance of the highly complex statewide information management network; does related work as required. Supervision is received from the IT Administrator.

10+ years of experience being a Network Engineer/Architect over a large enterprise network is a preferred qualification.

No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana) ” link and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. *

The Office of the Lieutenant Governor and the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism are participants in the E-Verify system for identification and employment eligibility purposes.

Louisiana as a State, is a Model Employer for People with Disabilities.

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Pacee Wallace

Department of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism

1051 N. 3rdStreet

Baton Rouge, LA 70802

Phone: 225-342-8202

[email protected]

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Seven years of experience in information technology; OR

Six years of full-time work experience in any field plus five years of experience in information technology; OR

An associate's degree in information technology plus five years of experience in information technology; OR

A bachelor’s degree plus five years of experience in information technology; OR

A bachelor’s degree with twenty-four semester hours in an information technology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or business analytics field plus four years of experience in information technology; OR

A master’s degree plus four years of experience in information technology.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:

Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

NOTE:

A certification in an approved area may be substituted for the education and/or experience requirements at the time of hire or promotion, provided the appointment is made from a Certificate of Eligibles.

Job Concepts

FUNCTION OF WORK:

To architect enterprise technical systems and solutions that are outside of the scope of the Office of Technology Services.

LEVEL OF WORK:

Program Manager.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Broad from an IT Manager or higher-level information technology personnel. Other reporting relationships may be approved by SCS.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

May provide functional supervision over lower-level personnel. Other reporting relationships may be approved by SCS.

LOCATION OF WORK:

State agencies with information technology functions that are outside of the scope of the Office of Technology Services.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:

Differs from IT Technical Engineer by the presence of responsibility for architecting enterprise information technology technical systems and solutions that are outside of the scope of the Office of Technology Services.

Differs from IT Manager by the absence of managerial responsibilities for one or more information technology functions that are outside of the scope of the Office of Technology Services.

Examples of Work

EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

At this level, scope of work involves the planning, design and development of all components of large scale and high impact enterprise technical solutions, including budgetary considerations and allocation of resources to accomplish project goals.

Architects enterprise technical system solutions. Determines project timelines, budgets, and other necessary resources. Develops system design and integration points with various technologies. Evaluates testing results, prepares implementation schedule, and ensures functionality post-implementation.

Evaluates the enterprise information technology portfolio and provides recommendations on priorities to management personnel.

Meets with agency management and executives to determine strategic needs as relative to enterprise applications systems. Prepares proposals how information technology applications will meet those needs.

Architects highly complex systems involving networks, databases, applications, etc. and plans maintenance activities to ensure seamless integration across all components. Provides updates on project statuses to management personnel.

Applies an expert understanding of the technical system landscape in order to ensure that system development activities are successful. Reviews the work of lower-level personnel relative to the development of specific system components.

Coordinates teams of IT professionals to ensure continuity of technical systems; oversees installation and maintenance activities. Guides teams in developing solutions to address future needs.

May respond to highly complex technical system troubleshooting requests. Provides troubleshooting guidance to lower-level IT personnel as needed.

Responds to technical emergencies as needed. Resolves highly complex system issues and guides lower-level personnel in emergency resolutions.

Manages the development and continuous improvement of procedures for highly complex technical systems. Serves as a liaison for information technology vendors, technology users, and agency management relative to the assigned technical systems.

Researches and evaluates new application technologies; provides recommendations to management personnel to improve enterprise application performance and align with the agency's goals and objectives.

Provides specialized training to applications staff on tools, techniques, and procedures as it pertains to the assigned technical systems.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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Are you a current employee of the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism, serving in a Classified position?

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+ No

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State of Louisiana

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For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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