Information Technology Architect 1 (Application Development)
Job Description
The New York State Insurance Fund is seeking a highly motivated Information Technology Architect 1 to support enterprise technology initiatives and advance the agency’s architectural maturity. Reporting directly to the Assistant Information Technology Services Architect, the incumbent will play a critical leadership role in designing scalable technology solutions, strengthening governance practices, and enabling innovation across application development, infrastructure, and cloud platforms.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Develop and implement enterprise solutions to discover, inventory, and manage application, infrastructure, and cloud resources across platforms such as Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
• Design, implement, and audit governance frameworks for low-code and no-code platforms to ensure security, compliance, and operational integrity.
• Manage and evolve technology architectures supporting modern application development, including the creation and maintenance of shared API services.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives with business units, ITS teams, and external vendors to deliver strategic technology solutions aligned with organizational goals.
• Establish governance standards for AI initiatives, including risk management, responsible use, and lifecycle oversight.
• Create, standardize, and maintain CI/CD templated solutions to promote automation, consistency, and secure deployment practices across development teams.
• Serve as a strategic liaison between application development and infrastructure teams, fostering collaboration and promoting a culture of proactive communication.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and provide architectural recommendations to improve reliability, scalability, and security.
• Develop architectural standards, reference patterns, and documentation to guide enterprise technology decisions.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development and engineering teams.
• Facilitate interoperability between legacy and modern platforms while minimizing operational disruption.
Current initiatives the incumbent may support include but are not limited to:
• Enterprise cloud adoption and governance.
• Application modernization efforts.
• API standardization and shared services.
• AI program governance and implementation.
• DevSecOps maturity and CI/CD standardization.
• Low-code platform governance.
• Technology asset discovery and configuration management.