Solutions Architect

  • State of Missouri
  • Jefferson City, Missouri
  • Sep 20, 2024
Full Time Architecture
  • Salary: $69,647.62-$92,746.75 per Year USD
  • Salary Top: 92746 USD

Job Description

Job Location:

  • The office for this position is located at the Jefferson State Office Building, 205 Jefferson Street, Floor 3, Jefferson City, MO.
  • Candidates who complete a successful onboarding and training period may be eligible to work at an alternate location in compliance with OA-ITSD's Distributed Workforce Plan.


Why you’ll love this position:

Positions at this level evaluate the applicability of technologies and provide input as team members to influence future IT strategies. Employees develop moderately complex plans that require the integration of multiple technologies and IT functional areas. Employees recommend technical standards across multiple IT functions. Provide input to decisions that impact a wide range of multi-platform integrated IT systems. Prepare and make presentations on current and emerging technologies to stakeholders and business partners. May be utilized as an expert resource on statewide enterprise-wide projects.

This position is with the Office of Administration, Information Technology Services Division (OA-ITSD) supporting the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).

ITSD Core Values - We Innovate and Partner with Passion, Respect, and Integrity United as #OneTeam.

  • Provide recommendations and roadmaps for proposed solutions.
  • Communicate and share technical skills and knowledge with others.
  • Document and share best practice knowledge for new solutions.
  • Translate business requirements into databases, data warehouses, and data streams.
  • Create procedures to ensure data accuracy and accessibility.
  • Analyze, plan, and define data architecture, including security, metadata, and master data.
  • Develop algorithms to transform data into useful, actionable information.
  • Build, test, and maintain database pipeline architectures.
  • Developing application programming interfaces (APIs) to retrieve data.
  • Present technical information clearly and concisely.
  • Analyze the impact of projects and recommend courses of action.
  • Supervisor, coach, and mentor 4 data team members.


  • Cloud Architecture.
  • AWS.
  • Azure.
  • SQL.
  • Software as a Service.
  • .Net, .Net Core.
  • ServiceNow / Low code development.
  • Application Dependencies.
  • Data Modeling.
  • Architecture Methodologies.
  • Successful background check results are required for employment in this position. This may include background checks involving a candidate’s name and/or fingerprints and other screenings as needed for the specific position.
  • Successful background check results are required for employment in this position. This may include background checks involving a candidate’s name and/or fingerprints and other screenings as needed for the specific position.


Lack of post-secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant.

Skill in project management. Skill in planning and organizing multiple initiatives. Ability to analyze the impact of projects and recommend courses of action. Ability to present technical information clearly and concisely. Ability to understand relationships and interactions among systems. Ability to identify issues, explore possible solutions, and obtain a consensus on resolutions. Ability to lead and mentor staff.

The classification for this position is Enterprise Architect ; click for more information.

The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here .

Base Pay

69,647

Job Address

Jefferson City, Missouri United States View Map