Information Technology Technical Advisor

Job Description

Job Description

KLC Consulting, Inc.

Requirement for: Technical Advisor – Tallahassee, FL

Contact: Maggie Manning:

Client: Florida Department of Corrections, Carlton Building at 501 South Calhoun Street and 315 South Calhoun Street, Tallahassee, FL

Due Date: June 15, 2026 by 11am EST

Term July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 with a possible one (1) year renewal term

The Department's OIT is seeking the services of an experienced Technical Advisor.

LOCATION: The work shall be conducted on-site with the Department's OIT at the Carlton Building at 501 South Calhoun Street and 315 South Calhoun Street, Tallahassee, Florida

SCOPE OF WORK/JOB CHARACTERISTICS: The Technical Advisor on the Offender-Based Information System (OBIS) Modernization Project team will serve as the principal line of communication for the project and technical teams. The duties and responsibilities of this position are:

· Gain a detailed understanding of the OBIS Modernization Project scope directly after onboarding;

· Create the technical architecture documents of all the interacting applications in the current integrated solutions, depicting applications, interfaces, and information flow currently in place;

· Document the current architectural standards followed by the mainframe, web, and mobile solutions currently in place;

· Create the architectural standards for the technologies to be used in the to-be solutions for the Department’s infrastructure and security requirement compliance;

· Enforce the Department’s enterprise architecture models, representations, capabilities, and components to meet the business and technology activities;

· Validate if the proposed technical solutions meet the Department’s requirements;

· Serve as the technical liaison between Department business users and contracted service vendors;

· Provide hands-on leadership for the design of re-engineered processes;

· Provide periodic reports to internal and external stakeholders on the compliance of new solutions and processes in relation to enterprise architecture standards;

· Maintain all technical architectural artifacts in a shared repository with version history;

· Participate in business requirements gathering sessions;

· Lead the development of business process improvements with recommendations for enterprise architecture standards; and

· Work independently as part of a larger cross-functional team.

NOTE: This position is designated as “essential staff” and is expected to report for duty when instructed to do so in times of emergency or potential emergency as required by Section 33-208.002(4), Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.).

NOTE: Any successful Candidate with access to the Department's network is required to complete the Department's Security Awareness Training within 30 calendar days of hire.

NOTE: In addition to the above list, the selected Candidates must successfully complete a Level II Background Check.

Submissions Must Include

1. Candidate’s Resume (limited to a maximum of three (3) pages, highlighting relevant and recent experience) along with any supporting documentation, if desired (i.e., skills matrix, recommendations, etc.)

2. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Matrix

3. References

4. Exhibit E - Resume Self-Certification Form

Must Complete the following Education, Experience, and Skills Matrices

Education

Degree / Date of Graduation

University / School

A bachelor’s degree or master’s degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field,

Equivalent Experience

Years of Experience

or four (4) years of equivalent work experience is required. Relevant experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis when applicable

Required Qualifications

Years of Experience

Year Skills Last Used

• A minimum of seven (7) years of IT experience within one (1) or more technical specialty areas, preferably supporting large-scale, multi-vendor or outsourced environments;

• Deep understanding of information systems, networking theory, and enterprise architecture standards relevant to data, application, or infrastructure domains;

• Experience supporting enterprise-level modernization efforts, preferably involving:

• Data warehouse environments (e.g., International Business Machines Database 2 [IBM DB2], Structured Query Language [SQL] Server platforms);

• Software modernization or transformation initiatives; and

• Multi-vendor technical delivery environments.

Preferred Qualifications

Years of Experience

Year Skills Last Used

• Experience in modernizing and migrating mainframe applications from legacy systems;

• Experience in architecting optimal solutions for migrating applications to the cloud, preferably Azure or Amazon Web Services;

• Experience in containerization of applications; and

• Building application integrations using Application Programming Interfaces.