Enterprise Architect, IT Architecture
Inc Washington
Olympia, United States of America
7 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
Senior Compensation
$ 138KJob location
Remote
Olympia, United States of America
Tech stack
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Applications Architecture
Architectural Patterns
Azure
CompTIA Security+
Computer Security
Information Systems
Enterprise Architecture Framework
Federal Enterprise Architecture
IT Management
Wide Area Networks
Zachman Framework
Data Storage Technologies
IT Architecture
Multi-Cloud
Technical Debt
Togaf
Information Technology
Data Management
Legacy Systems
Job description
- Develop and maintain enterprise-wide architecture models, diagrams, and standard documentation across business, application, information, and technology domains to ensure alignment with Agency goals.
- Build and maintain a two-year rolling IT technology roadmap in coordination with leadership that identifies modernization priorities, end-of-life risks, funding requirements, and opportunities for efficiency and standardization.
- Develop conceptual and logical models of future-state architecture incorporating hardware/software frameworks to support long-term modernization aligned with the Agency's mission and IT strategy.
- Ensure platform changes and technology additions align with existing Agency systems, strategy, and outcomes, and support long-term planning and growth.
- Align enterprise architecture and engineering efforts with business strategy and agency outcomes.
- Define and enforce enterprise architecture principles, standards, and compliance for architectural consistency across all initiatives.
- Develop and maintain a standardized documentation repository of architectural artifacts to ensure institutional knowledge is accessible and reusable across the enterprise.
- Lead and support enterprise-wide IT initiatives that drive strategic alignment and technology adoption.
- Establish and enforce enterprise architectural policies, standards, and governance practices to reduce technical debt, improve lifecycle management, and ensure consistent, supportable environments.
- Advise agency leadership, service owners, and business partners on technology decisions, ensuring alignment with mission, strategy, and performance for business objectives.
- Communicate architecture perspectives (conceptual, logical, physical) in language and format tailored for both executives and technical teams.
- Develop and present visual models and strategic plans to support IT decision-making.
- Engage with business and technical partners to ensure technology decisions are transparent, aligned, and well-understood.
- Provide consultation to project teams and service owners to ensure early alignment with enterprise architecture.
- Advise leadership in understanding return on investment (ROI), total cost of ownership, and value of technology initiatives.
- Drive enterprise-wide IT initiatives and ensure architectural consistency across projects.
- Monitor and improve enterprise architecture performance through measurable outcomes and partner feedback to drive service and technology quality improvements through data-informed decisions.
Requirements
- BS - Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or other closely related field AND (8) eight years of relevant progressive experience providing IT architecture support and solutions; OR an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
- Experience in conducting proof-of-concept evaluations and developing current-state and target-state architectural models.
- Experience in the development of multi-year technology roadmaps.
- Experience and proficiency with architecture modeling tools and diagramming platforms.
- Knowledge of principles and practices of multiple IT disciplines, including data management, IT security principles, local and wide area networks, data storage, and application architecture principles.
- Knowledge of IT governance, standardization, and lifecycle management.
- Experience in evaluating technologies and aligning architecture with business strategy.
- Experience with on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud infrastructure (e.g., Microsoft ecosystems, Azure, AWS)., * Master's degree in information systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field;
- OR an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
- Experience working in a public sector, government agency, or highly regulated environment.
- Advanced knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman, FEAF).
- Experience in modernizing legacy systems or leading digital transformation initiatives.
- Experience in enterprise-level IT governance or standards development.
- MSCE, CITA, CCNA, EACOE, CISSP, Security+, ITIL,
- TOGAF certifications. One certification counts towards 1-year of total experience required, up to three certificates.
