Agile Programming Methodologies, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Atlassian JIRA, Automation, Best Practices, Business Operations, Child Support, Communication Skills, Cross-Functional, Data Recovery, Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Identify Issues, Identity Data Management, Information Technology & Information Systems, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), MongoDB, Operations Processes, Performance Analysis, Performance Tuning/Optimization, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Scalable System Development, Software Architecture, Splunk, Support Documentation, Systems Reliability, Team Player, Technical Leadership, Technical Writing, Webcams, Writing Skills, nginx Web Server
State of Indiana
Title/Role: IN-DCS-Software Architect Senior (803619)
Req. Status: Open
No. of Openings: 1
Start Date: 07/02/2026
End Date: 06/30/2027
No New Submittals After: 06/09/2026
Max Submittals by Vendor: 1
Work Arrangement: Remote
Worksite Address: Local candidates only
500 N. Meridian Street Indianapolis, IN 46204
Agency Interview Type: Webcam only
Short Description:
Responsible for ensuring quality and consistency of the software architecture and providing day-to-day technical guidance to the development teams. This position is with the Child Support Bureau for their Information Technology Department
Complete Description:
*** OVERVIEW ****
· Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Alertmanager, and Grafana
· Experience with NGINX Ingress or NGINX Gateway
· Experience with Fluent Bit for log forwarding
· Knowledge of pgvector or vectorbased database extensions
· Experience with Keycloak for identity and access management
· Experience using KEDA for eventdriven scaling in Kubernetes
· Experience with MongoDB
· Experience with Helm chart deployment and management
· Experience with Jira
· Experience with Confluence
· Experience with Bitbucket
· Experience with Splunk
· Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure using AWS services such as EC2, EFS, RDS, ALB, IAM, and S3.
Manage and operate Kubernetes/EKS clusters, including deployments, integrations, and troubleshooting
Develop, implement, and support document generation or automation solutions using SmartDocument
Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to build scalable, secure, and automated solutions
Monitor system performance, reliability, and capacity, and proactively resolve issues.
Create and maintain technical documentation, diagrams, and operational procedures.
Ability set defined goals and meet deadlines.
· Must demonstrate a willingness to learn and adapt to new applications and technology platforms.
· Ability to critically evaluate information from multiple sources and translate business needs into technical requirements.
· Thorough knowledge of system performance tuning, reliability practices, and operational best practices.
· Ability to develop and execute system backup and recovery procedures.
· Ability to work effectively with technical teams and business partners.
· Strong oral and written communication skills.
Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience
Bachelor's degree or higher Required
AWS certification Required
Strong hands-on experience with AWS (e.g., EC2, EFS, RDS, ALB, IAM, S3, Lambda Required 5 Years
Experience managing and troubleshooting Kubernetes/EKS (i.e., deployments, integrations, configuration) Required 5 Years
Experience with document generation or automation platforms (e.g., SmartDocuments, DocuSign CLM, Adobe PDF Services) Required 5 Years
Experience with Linux and Windows environments Required 5 Years
Scripting skills for system automation, configuration management, and troubleshooting Required 5 Years
Familiarity with Agile frameworks Required 3 Years
Experience with CI/CD framework and pipeline software such as Jenkins Required 3 Years