IT Solutions Architect - Platform Technologies

Pay Range: $52.34 - $68.04/hr. I $108,870 - $141,530 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Friday, October 24, 2025 📅

Workdays & Hours: Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm; Some evening/weekend work required. Hybrid on-site work model available with supervisory approval; staff are required to be on-site at least 2 days per week (this is non-negotiable).

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and Find Out More!

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

An IT Solutions Architect position is available with the City of Fort Worth IT Solutions’ Platform Technologies Division (Infrastructure Team). This Architect position is responsible for designing and guiding the overall architecture of enterprise technology solutions, ensuring they align with organizational strategy and business objectives. They evaluate and select technologies, frameworks, and platforms to deliver secure, scalable, and efficient systems. This role requires collaboration with stakeholders across business, development, and operations teams to translate requirements into practical, sustainable designs. The IT Architect will also set standards, best practices, and governance models to ensure interoperability and long-term maintainability.

Specifically, this person will need to have understanding and command of: SAN/NAS architectures, storage protocols (iSCSI, NFS, SMB, Fibre Channel); enterprise storage platforms (e.g., Pure Storage, Dell EMC), hypervisors such as VMware vSphere/ESXi; Backup platforms (Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik, Cohesity); Active Directory Domain/forest design, replication, and trust relationships; integration with authentication/authorization systems (Kerberos, NTLM, Entra Connect).

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in computer science, management information systems, business or a related field.
• Five (5) years of increasingly responsible experience in an applicable field.
• Valid Driver’s License.
• Candidate selected for hire must pass a Criminal Background Check for CJIS.

Preferred Qualifications:

• VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) or VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX).
• Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator, Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate, or Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
• Security certifications like CISSP, CISM, or GIAC.
• Storage certifications (e.g., Pure Storage, NetApp, Dell EMC, HPE).

The IT Solutions Architect job responsibilities include:

• Designing and presenting complex architectures to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Translating business requirements into scalable, secure, and cost-effective technical solutions.
• Utilizing automation and orchestration tools to drive efficiency and standardization.
• Provide advanced systems administration, operations, maintenance, and support of network-related IT systems.
• Diagnosing and solving software bugs and security vulnerabilities associated to IT related systems.
• Ensuring compliance requirements (CJIS, HIPAA, etc.) relevant to infrastructure and data protection.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Sedentary Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.

Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) Background Check 

Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility.  Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position:  Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A Misdemeanor Conviction, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions in the last 10 years, Class A Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication in the last 10 years, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and ALL Family Violence Convictions regardless of class.

Apply Now! Come be part of something special in Fort Worth. 🌟

Conditions Of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.  It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.