IT Technology Architect

Montgomery County Public Schools seeks an onsite IT Technology Architect to design privacy-by-design architectures for educational technology systems handling student and staff data.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement privacy-by-design principles across application and system architectures handling student and staff data
• Ensure compliance with education data privacy regulations throughout the data lifecycle, including FERPA, COPPA, and other state-specific requirements such as Maryland's Student Data Privacy Act (MODPA)
• Conduct Data Privacy Impact Assessments (DPIAs) for new educational technologies
• Provide architectural recommendations to mitigate privacy risks
• Assess and apply best practices (including Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)) to support cost optimization
• Collaborate with IT security to enforce security and audit controls
• Develop and maintain architectural documentation, including roadmaps, district-wide system blueprints, and design specifications, and ensure required capabilities are met
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical and functional requirements for architectural designs
• Provide expert support for enterprise-wide technology applications and platforms
• Use a multi-discipline approach across requirements gathering, solutions engineering, reliability, resiliency, solutions development, R&D integration, test and evaluation, maintainability, and analysis across application architectures
• Assist with design, implementation, maintenance, and day-to-day operations of enterprise-wide systems
• Serve as lead technical expert for a specific program area, including project management responsibilities
• Prepare and review Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposal (RFP) responses to identify new technologies
• Establish and maintain vendor relationships and coordinate with contracted personnel
• Define and document repeatable processes and procedures for transitioning new technologies and integrating new applications into current infrastructure
• Identify, troubleshoot, research, and resolve routine issues across varied systems, platforms, and applications to maintain system security, confidentiality, compatibility, and functionality in line with policies, procedures, and regulations

Requirements

• Demonstrated knowledge of standard computer and network operating systems, protocols, and software, with advanced proficiency in standard and ad hoc applications
• Knowledge of, or ability to quickly learn, educational technology requirements
• Ability to determine priorities, allocate resources, manage projects, and measure/analyze results
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Ability to leverage software development and industry-standard solutions to automate required tasks
• Understanding of relationships between solution components and non-solution components
• Demonstrated proficiency designing and implementing comprehensive frameworks and processes (e.g., ALM), ideally within an organization with diverse user groups
• Experience mapping system requirements to architecture and conducting configuration management of system configurations
• Proficiency developing technical specifications and interface control documents, including integration plans and schedules, interservices support agreements, system behavior diagrams, sequence diagrams, and network diagrams
• Strong understanding of Agile and DevOps methodologies, with extensive experience with ALM across various tools and platforms
• In-depth knowledge of governance frameworks and best practices such as TOGAF and ITIL, and ability to coordinate with a wide range of stakeholders, including non-technical users
• Knowledge of education-specific data privacy principles and regulations (e.g., FERPA, COPPA, CIPA) and experience with privacy enhancing technologies (PETs) and secure coding practices
• Proficiency designing secure and scalable cloud-based architectures (e.g., Azure, AWS), including network security, identity and access management, and data encryption techniques
• Ability to write and code custom reports for various education tools
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills with the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic educational environment
• Considerable knowledge of enterprise systems architecture, including Windows/Linux/Unix Server environments, cloud and hybrid cloud design, virtualization platforms, enterprise storage, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, threat intelligence, infrastructure automation, configuration management, patch management, monitoring, identity and access management, server security controls, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Demonstrated ability to architect and implement automated enterprise infrastructure solutions using scripting, configuration management, orchestration, and IaC technologies to support hybrid Windows Server and Microsoft Azure environments, improve operational efficiency, reduce manual administration, enforce configuration standards, and accelerate infrastructure modernization initiatives
• Knowledge of and ability to meet the seven core competencies of the Supporting Services Professional Growth System (SSPGS) (Supporting Services Professional Growth System core competencies include commitment to students, knowledge of job, professionalism, interpersonal and communication and organizational skills, and problem-solving competencies)
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technology field
• Minimum experience: 6 years in technology, with at least 3 years in an architectural role focusing on enterprise-level systems
• Experience managing enterprise technology security, upgrades, and maintenance; implementing and monitoring complex applications; responding to issues timely; preventing client impacts by adhering to SLAs; maintaining and documenting versioning controls and system performance degradation
• Experience with complex and custom enterprise legacy systems and cloud platforms
• Experience managing a mixture of legacy code and modern technology
• Experience working with remote contracting teams
• Experience creating technology workflow diagrams and gathering business functional and technical requirements
• Experience writing and maintaining scripts for infrastructure automation
• Experience with authentication, authorization, and rostering (e.g., LDAP, SAML, OAuth, and others)
• Preferred tools/skills: Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, GIT, PowerBI, Python, and/or SQL

Technology

• FERPA, COPPA, Maryland's Student Data Privacy Act (MODPA), CIPA
• Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
• TOGAF, ITIL
• Azure, AWS
• Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, GIT
• PowerBI, Python, SQL
• Agile, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Windows Server, Linux, Unix
• LDAP, SAML, OAuth
• PETs
• Infrastructure automation, configuration management, patch management, monitoring
• Identity and access management, virtualization platforms

Role & Logistics

• Location: Gaithersburg, MD (onsite)
• Schedule: Full-time, 1.000 (80 hours bi-weekly)
• Working months: 12
• Shift: Day Job
• Job: Information Technology
• Grade: 27 (Optimal Qualified)
• Offices Dept: Infrastructure/Operations
• Compensation: USD $45 - $65 per hourly (wage range $45.14 to $65.91 per hour based on years of service)
• Physical demands: None
• Special requirements: None
• Application screening: Applicants meeting minimum requirements based on submitted materials will be contacted for an assessment prior to interviews
• Posting window: Nov 11, 2026, 11:26:23 AM - Nov 20, 2026, 10:59:00 PM

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