Architect Assistant Jobs in Jackson, MS (NOW HIRING)

Salary: $60,906.98 - $107,040.21 Annually
Location : 25 - HINDS COUNTY, MS
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 9509-0181-20260818HS
Department: 0181 - DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
Opening Date: 08/18/2026
Closing Date: 8/25/2026 11:59 PM Central
Agency Minimum Salary: $60,906.98
Agency Maximum Salary: $107,040.21
About the Agency: The Department of Revenue is the primary agency for collecting tax revenues that support state and local government in Mississippi. For inquiries regarding this position, you can contact De'Andria Trunnell at deandria.trunnell@dor.ms.gov
About the Position: The Enterprise Architect II plays a key role in shaping the agency's technical direction by contributing to the design, modernization, and governance of enterprise level applications, platforms, and data systems. This position supports engineering teams by defining architectural patterns, improving legacy systems, guiding API and service design, and ensuring mission critical systems operate with high levels of reliability, performance, and clarity. This role is ideal for a technically strong individual who enjoys hands on architecture work, collaborating across teams, and helping drive forward looking system designs that strengthen the agency's technology landscape.Key responsibilities include:Software Engineering Leadership: • Design modular, maintainable software systems and guide language/framework selection for performance and reliability. • Assist in leading design reviews and API specification quality; promote best practices such as automated testing, clean code, versioning, and fault tolerance.Enterprise Architecture: • Develop solution architectures across multiple systems, platforms, and integrations; maintain architectural standards, reference architectures, design patterns, and technology roadmaps. • Align designs with enterprise strategy in partnership with development, SRE, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and data teams. • Evaluate new technologies and recommend adoption where beneficial.Application & Integration: • Design reliable APIs, messaging workflows, integration layers, and distributed system interactions. • Oversee interface contracts, versioning, scalability, and performance expectations throughout the lifecycle.Database & Data Platform Architecture: • Architect scalable, high performance data models, schemas, and database structures. • Develop strategies for replication, partitioning, caching, and storage in high volume or mission critical systems. • Define reliability requirements (durability, consistency, recovery) and ensure integrity, optimized queries, and resilient operations.Please note that this position is NOT REMOTE.
What you'll need to be Successful: This position requires strong technical depth, strategic thinking, and the ability to work collaboratively across diverse engineering and operations teams. Key qualities include: • Strong foundational knowledge in software engineering, application architecture, and data centric design. • Ability to design and clearly communicate complex architectures, patterns, system interactions, and modernization strategies. • Comfort collaborating with development, cybersecurity, and infrastructure teams to align decisions with enterprise strategy. • Skill in analyzing reliability, scalability, and performance for mission critical applications and data platforms. • Ability to evaluate emerging tools and technologies to make appropriate recommendations for updates to enterprise roadmaps. • Strong communication and documentation abilities. • A forward looking mindset with an interest in modernizing legacy systems and contributing to architecture governance across the agency.• Strong analytical skills with the ability to break down technical problems and communicate clearly. • Ability to manage multiple tasks, follow structured processes, and maintain organized documentation.
Preferred Qualifications: Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree and 8-12+ years of multi-functional IT experience. Agency Preferred Qualifications:• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field is preferred. • Exposure to solution architecture, system design, or enterprise technology standards. • Experience creating technical documentation, diagrams, workflows, or process descriptions. Experience promoting best practices: disciplined version control, automated testing, clean code, service design, and fault tolerance.Familiarity with APIs, integrations, cloud services, data models, or microservices. • Basic understanding of SQL, databases, or data flow concepts. • Experience working with cross functional IT teams (development, infrastructure, security, data). • Understanding of enterprise change management, IT governance, or SDLC principles.
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Health/Prescription InsuranceEligible employees have the opportunity to participate in the state's health and prescription insurance program. Employees may select either single or family coverage with affordable co-payments. More detail can be found at Know Your Benefits.
Wellness Benefits
Employees are eligible for a wellness and health promotion program. This plan provides annual benefits for certain services with first-dollar coverage with no deductible.
Life Insurance
All eligible employees receive an actual term life insurance policy upon employment. The policy coverage is two times the employee's annual salary to a maximum of $100,000. More detail can be found at Life Insurance Choices.
Optional Insurances
Many agencies offer discounted premiums for dental, vision, and cancer insurance.
Flexible Spending Accounts
Many state agencies provide opportunity for employees to participate in pre-tax spending accounts. These accounts allow employees to withhold childcare expenses and unreimbursed medical expenses prior to application of state and federal taxes.
Paid Personal Leave and Sick LeaveFull-time employees receive paid time off for personal needs and for sick leave. Leave begins accruing after one month of employment and may be used as it is accrued. Employees earn approximately 18 days of personal leave annually and 12 days of sick leave annually.
Military Leave
In accordance with federal law, all employees serving in the armed forces or the military reserves are entitled to 15 days per year for military training.
Holidays
Employees receive up to 10 paid holidays to enjoy many of our nation's celebrations with family and friends.
Retirement Programs
The State of Mississippi provides all its employees a Defined Benefit/Defined Contribution Retirement Program. Employees become vested in the State's retirement system after 8 years of employment. Both you and your employing agency contribute toward your retirement. More detailed information regarding the State's retirement program can be found at http://www.pers.state.ms.us
Deferred Compensation
State agencies offer several opportunities for their employees to participate in a deferred compensation voluntary retirement savings plan. More information can be found at Deferred Compensation.
State Credit Union
All state employees are eligible to participate in the Mississippi Public Employees' Credit Union. This organization offers state employees special savings and borrowing plans. For more information about this program, call 601.948.8191.
Tuition Reimbursement
Many state agencies provide opportunities for their employees to achieve higher education through tuition reimbursement. Common programs include medical and nursing fields, accounting, and business/administrative fields.
Career Development and Training
The Mississippi State Personnel Board offers several management and administrative certification programs, as well as professional development courses to enhance employee value to the agency. Individual agencies also offer technical training and allow membership in professional organizations to employees in their specific fields of employment.
Promotional Opportunities
Employees who have completed 6 or more months of service are eligible for promotional opportunities within state government employment. Minimum qualifications must be met.
Career Ladders
Many job classifications provide career-ladder opportunities based upon attainment of competencies. These career ladders can increase an individual's salary, provided funds are available within the agency.
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