Solution Architect (Information Technology Specialist II)

California Health and Human Services Office of Technology and Solutions Integration · Sacramento County

Salary: $8,625 – $11,557 per month

Closes: 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z

Job description and requirements

Job Description and Duties Why Join California Health and Human Services Agency Office of Technology and Solutions Integration (CalHHS OTSI or OTSI)? At OTSI, your work directly improves the health and well-being of Californians. We exist to be the trusted partner to CalHHS and its 12 state departments to deliver high-impact IT and data solutions that strengthen health and human services programs statewide. We bring leadership, expertise, and capacity together and work collaboratively with our partners to design, deliver, and support IT and data solutions that accelerate the delivery of health and human service program outcomes and service value. Our culture is grounded in accountability, respect, integrity, and collaboration, and we integrate those values in how we lead, how we work, and how we serve. If you are interested in applying your knowledge, skills, and experience in supporting critical public services, influencing statewide health and human service outcomes, and working alongside leaders and professionals who take ownership of results – OTSI is where that happens! About this role: The Solution Architect will support the solution planning, design and implementation of the CalHHS Statewide Verification capability. This includes the foundation technology and infrastructure necessary for cross-program data services necessary to support CalHHS program verifications, verification data sharing. Program verification information is a key contributor to the CalHHS IT and Data Strategic Plan concept of a Future Data and Digital Ecosystem, necessary to provide person-centered, coordinated care. The verification capability will contribute to the ecosystem goals for coordinated care and satisfy the business need for the transactional processing of benefit/program eligibility performed by California counties. You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement. Special Requirements Simple Application Steps: If you are interested in this position, complete the following simple steps: • Review the education and experience minimum qualifications (MQ’s) of the Information Technology Specialist II Classification CalHR . See the Minimum Requirements section above. • Complete the statement of qualifications and the state application by clicking “Apply Now” above. See below for detailed application instructions. • Submit your application package with all required documents, which include the statement of qualifications - see the "Required Application Package Documents" section below. Once you have applied, take the Examination. Desirable Qualifications In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate: 1. Extensive experience implementing, administering, managing PaaS solutions2. Solution architect, integrator, open source experience, and understanding of common integrated data management platforms and technologies. 3. Experience establishing cloud solutions that enable shared services.4. Cloud architecture environments5. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to accelerate operations and service delivery.
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Job Description and Duties

Why Join California Health and Human Services Agency Office of Technology and Solutions Integration (CalHHS OTSI or OTSI)?


At OTSI, your work directly improves the health and well-being of Californians. We exist to be the trusted partner to CalHHS and its 12 state departments to deliver high-impact IT and data solutions that strengthen health and human services programs statewide.

We bring leadership, expertise, and capacity together and work collaboratively with our partners to design, deliver, and support IT and data solutions that accelerate the delivery of health and human service program outcomes and service value. Our culture is grounded in accountability, respect, integrity, and collaboration, and we integrate those values in how we lead, how we work, and how we serve.

If you are interested in applying your knowledge, skills, and experience in supporting critical public services, influencing statewide health and human service outcomes, and working alongside leaders and professionals who take ownership of results – OTSI is where that happens!

About this role:

The Solution Architect will support the solution planning, design and implementation of the CalHHS Statewide Verification capability. This includes the foundation technology and infrastructure necessary for cross-program data services necessary to support CalHHS program verifications, verification data sharing. Program verification information is a key contributor to the CalHHS IT and Data Strategic Plan concept of a Future Data and Digital Ecosystem, necessary to provide person-centered, coordinated care. The verification capability will contribute to the ecosystem goals for coordinated care and satisfy the business need for the transactional processing of benefit/program eligibility performed by California counties.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

Special Requirements

Simple Application Steps:

If you are interested in this position, complete the following simple steps:

  1. Review the education and experience minimum qualifications (MQ’s) of the Information Technology Specialist II Classification CalHR . See the Minimum Requirements section above.
  2. Complete the statement of qualifications and the state application by clicking “Apply Now” above. See below for detailed application instructions.
  3. Submit your application package with all required documents, which include the statement of qualifications - see the "Required Application Package Documents" section below.

Once you have applied, take the Examination.

Desirable Qualifications

In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate: 1. Extensive experience implementing, administering, managing PaaS solutions2. Solution architect, integrator, open source experience, and understanding of common integrated data management platforms and technologies. 3. Experience establishing cloud solutions that enable shared services.4. Cloud architecture environments5. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to accelerate operations and service delivery.

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Salary context

The annualized midpoint for this posting is $121,092. That matches the $121,092 median among 20 current California public jobs with the same normalized title.

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California Health and Human Services Office of Technology and Solutions Integration currently has 2 other open positions in this database.

Regional hiring context

There are 658 current state openings in Sacramento County, including this position.

Application timeline

Applications close in 1 day, on November 5, 2026.

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Posting history

This posting appears on CalCareers. CA Public Jobs first observed it on October 15, 2026. It was last verified open on November 4, 2026.

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