INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECT - 76000030

Requisition No: 859122 

Agency: Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle

Working Title: INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECT - 76000030

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 76000030 

Salary:  $80,000.00 Annually 

Posting Closing Date: 09/18/2025 

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Division of Information Systems Administration

Bureau of Motorist Modernization

*Career Service*

*Open Competitive*

To be considered for this position, applicant responses to qualifying questions must be clearly stated within the employment history. Software systems, actual work experience, and years of employment must be clearly defined, or the application may not be considered for the position. 

Contact Person: Kristine Monroe, (850) 617-2013

The Organization
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) provides highway safety and security through excellence in service, education, and enforcement. With a workforce of approximately 4,500 employees throughout the state, the Department is leading the way to A Safer Florida through the efficient and professional execution of its core mission: the issuance of driver licenses, vehicle tags and titles, and operation of the Florida Highway Patrol.

 
Our Benefits include

• Paid Parental Leave
• Annual and Sick Leave Package
• Nine Paid Holidays
• State Health and Life Insurance
• Educational Benefits
• Contributory Retirement Plan  

To learn more about FLHSMV and why it’s a great place to work, visit our website at: flhsmv.gov/careers.

If you're seeking employment with a meaningful mission, opportunities for skill growth and career advancement, competitive medical and life insurance, retirement benefits, ample vacation and sick leave, paid holidays, and educational assistance, consider building your career at FLHSMV!  

Duties and Responsibilities
The Infrastructure Architect reports to the Agency’s Chief Technology Officer, providing support to the entire agency. This role encompasses managing technology infrastructure, application capacity planning, and infrastructure design for assigned projects. Additionally, the Infrastructure Architect contributes to enterprise standards and architecture, evaluates technologies, and supports IT governance. Furthermore, the Infrastructure Architect assumes responsibility for managing the process that ensures the proper control of IT assets required to deliver services. This process also entails providing accurate and reliable information about these assets when necessary.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong experience with cloud infrastructure (e.g., Azure, AWS)
• Experience working with managed service providers (MSPs) and vendor-supported infrastructure
• Infrastructure planning, operations, design, and deployment
• Network and server administration
• Enterprise application deployment
• IT Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations Planning
• Service Asset and Configuration Management
• Knowledge of architectural and application design principles, patterns, and practices
• Familiarity with DevOps and Continuous Integration principles
• Strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

Preferred Qualifications
Preference will be given to candidates with the following:

• Experience and knowledge of architectural and enterprise application design principles, patterns, and practices

Job Related Requirements

• The position you are applying is subject to a Level 2 background check, along with Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) clearance, to include a fingerprint-based check of the criminal records of the FBI, as a condition of employment pursuant to Chapter 110.1127, 435 and 943, Florida Statutes. Please note that, since this position requires CJIS clearance, the Department will have access to all an applicant’s criminal and juvenile delinquency records, even those that have been sealed or expunged.  

General Information

• The elements of the selection process may include a skill assessment and/or oral interview.
• Applicants being considered for employment will be required to submit to a fingerprint-based background investigation, which will include a check of the criminal history records of the FBI. Fingerprints and associated information/biometrics will be retained in the FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) system and fingerprints may continue to be compared against fingerprints submitted to or retained by NGI.
• FLHSMV employees are paid once a month on the last workday of each month.  All state employees are required to participate in the direct deposit program pursuant to s. 110.113 Florida Statutes. 

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE.  Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.  Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.  Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.  Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.