City of Austin · 3 weeks ago
IT Enterprise Architect
Austin Energy Headquarters
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$50.14/hr - $64.42/hr
4+ years expThe City of Austin is a vibrant community dedicated to shaping one of the nation's most dynamic cities. They are seeking an IT Enterprise Architect to lead the Enterprise Architecture practice, guiding the City through transformation and optimization initiatives while applying new and emerging technologies.
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Responsibilities
Provides overall direction, guidance, and definition of technology architecture to effectively support business strategy
Develops the enterprise viewpoint, in which the business, information and technology viewpoints are synthesized into solutions that deliver capabilities to the broader City
Develops, reviews, and leads the implementation plan for the enterprise architecture based on requirements and strategies
Reviews existing processes and establishes metrics to improve processes, as well as support of all architectural disciplines under their direction
Leads analysis of technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the enterprise architecture
Ensures the integration of all aspects of architecture across the City IT organization and alignment with business strategies, objectives, and capability needs
Leads the development of holistic blueprints in coordination with domain architects
Participates in the business strategic planning cycle, gaining an understanding of common issues, drivers, imperatives, and objectives across the enterprise
Coordinates with other plans and strategic partners, identifying opportunities for shared solutions
Provides architectural leadership, guidance, and support for the broader architectural community
Qualification
Required
Graduation with a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Information Science, Computer Science, Electronics, or in a field related to the job, plus four (4) years experience working in a business process/systems analysis environment, two (2) years of which were in a lead capacity
Experience may substitute for education up to four (4) years
Knowledge of basic graphical modeling approaches, tools and model repositories
Knowledge of information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT services management, agile and lean methodologies, infrastructure and operations, and EA and ITIL frameworks
Knowledge of architecture methodologies (e.g., SABSA, Zachman, TOGAF) and modeling languages (such as UML and ArchiMate)
Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven IT and predictive analytics
Knowledge of business models, operating models, financial models, cost-benefit analysis, budgeting and risk management
Knowledge of combining contextual, conceptual, logical, and physical levels of thinking
Knowledge of and/or participation in architecture governance forums to get exposure to how governance work in the organization
Knowledge of various development languages (e.g., Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS)
Skill in financial analysis, architecture evaluation, solutions delivery orchestration, project management, architecture frameworks, road mapping, risk management, and interdependency management skills
Skill in leading infrastructure architecture, cloud computing architecture, and integration framework and pattern skills
Ability to establish, implement, and enforce appropriate IT standards to meet business requirements
Ability to build consensus among stakeholders
Ability to balance the long-term (“big picture”) and short-term implications of individual decisions and organization goals
Ability to innovate with aptitude for foresight, systems thinking and design thinking
Ability to understand the political climate of the enterprise and how to navigate obstacles and politics
Ability to develop strategic technology plans and roadmaps, including business capability planning
Ability to lead efforts to create technological solutions and architectures impacting critical areas of the business
Ability to develop mutually beneficial working relationship with diverse range of stakeholders
Ability to support development of teammates by sharing knowledge and experience
Ability to adhere to required compliance to all change management policies and procedures
Ability to adhere to required compliance to all information security policies and procedures
Preferred
Current certification in TOGAF Level 1 and 2 or the ability to obtain one within 6 months of hire
Advanced experience with SPARX, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word
Ability to fluently communicate (reading, writing, speaking) in the English language
Strong technical background and experience in application development, security, infrastructure and middleware
Direct Enterprise Architecture experience
Experience creating business cases and Net Present Value analyses
Ability to travel to more than one work location
Benefits
Generous leave
Work-life balance programs
Extensive benefits
City of Austin Employees' Retirement System
Low-cost medical
Dental
Vision
Paid leave time
Highly competitive retirement plan
Career development opportunities
Company
City of Austin
An award-winning employer, the City of Austin has a Council-Manager form of government and employs 13.8K employees.
10001+ employees
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