Title: Technical Architect (Chief Technology Officer)
Location: Phoenix AZ - Onsite 1x per week
Duration: Permanent / Direct Hire
Required Skills & Experience
8+ years of progressive technical experience across cloud, infrastructure, networking, systems engineering, architecture, or software engineering
4+ years of technical leadership experience
Strong expertise with AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
Hands-on Infrastructure-as-Code experience
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, and Site Reliability Engineering practices
Strong networking, automation, observability, and enterprise architecture experience
Experience leading large-scale modernization initiatives
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Proven track record developing and mentoring technical teams
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
Government or regulated industry experience
Large-scale cloud transformation experience
Mainframe modernization experience
Familiarity with NIST, FISMA, PCI-DSS, CJIS, or SOC2
Experience supporting AI-enabled initiatives
Responsibilities:
Lead enterprise architecture, cloud modernization, and infrastructure strategy
Serve as the highest-level technical escalation point for critical architecture and engineering decisions
Design and maintain secure, scalable cloud-native and hybrid environments
Drive modernization efforts across legacy applications, infrastructure, and operational processes
Establish and mature engineering, DevOps, SRE, and Infrastructure-as-Code practices
Build, mentor, and develop engineers, architects, and technical leaders
Partner with executive leadership to align technology investments with business priorities
Support STARS modernization, mainframe migration, and AI initiatives
Manage relationships with implementation partners and vendors while maintaining strong internal ownership
Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve organizational efficiency
Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and innovation
Job Description
Our client is seeking a highly technical, hands-on Chief Technology Officer to lead enterprise technology modernization initiatives while building and mentoring a high-performing engineering organization. This individual will serve as the technical anchor for the organization, balancing strategic technology leadership with hands-on engineering expertise.
The CTO will be responsible for driving cloud adoption, mainframe modernization, automation initiatives, operational excellence, and technical innovation while enabling the CIO to operate at a broader enterprise and executive level.
The ideal candidate combines deep technical knowledge with servant leadership, coaching capabilities, and a passion for developing teams. This leader will play a critical role in supporting ADOR's major transformation initiatives, including STARS modernization, mainframe migration, cloud strategy, and AI enablement efforts.
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This position is listed as full time and hybrid. It was posted today.