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Job Title: Domain Architect

Job Requisition ID: 48863

Closing Date: 08/14/2025

Salary: $8,281 monthly

Work Hours: M-F 8:30AM - 5:00PM

Work Location: (Hybrid) 555 W Monroe St, Chicago, Illinois, 60661

Union Position: Yes

Work authorization: US work authorization required at time of application. No sponsorship available. Not eligible for F1 OPT/CPT. Positions are W2 only and cannot be converted to a contract position. If you have questions about your work authorization eligibility, please email doit.recruitment@illinois.gov. 

Questions? Email doit.recruitment@illinois.gov

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Are you looking for a rewarding career with an organization that values their staff? The Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) is seeking to hire qualified candidates with the opportunity to work in a dynamic, creative thinking, problem solving environment. 

This position serves as a Domain Architect in the Digital Transformation Section of the Enterprise Architecture team in Cook County. 

In this role you will be working within a specific vertical of our client agencies understanding and documenting current architectures and working with the CIOs and Agency leads to chart and agree to a new vision. 

You will also assist in developing problem statements and defining critical path projects necessary to achieve that vision. 

As those initiatives progress you will be working in tandem with Solution Architects and Business Analysts to ensure the overall solution meets the business needs and aligns with that overall vision. 

If you possess these knowledges, skills, abilities, and experience, we invite you to apply for this position to join the DoIT Team!

 

As a State of Illinois employee, you receive a comprehensive benefits package including:

·         Competitive Group Insurance benefits including health, life, dental and vision plans

·         Flexible work schedules (when available and dependent upon position)

·         10 -25 days of paid vacation time annually (10 days for first year of state employment)

·         12 days of paid sick time annually which carryover year to year

·         3 paid personal business days per year

·         13-14 paid holidays per year dependent on election years

·         12 weeks of paid parental leave

·         Pension plan through the State Employees Retirement System

·         Deferred Compensation Program – voluntary supplemental retirement plan

·         Optional pre-tax programs -Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP) & Dependent Care Assistant Plan (DCAP)

·         Tuition Reimbursement Program and Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility

For more information regarding State of Illinois Benefits follow this link: https://www2.illinois.gov/cms/benefits/Pages/default.aspx

 

Essential Functions

  • Under general direction, serves as a Domain Architect for the Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT), defining, organizing, planning, executing, and overseeing the architecture roadmap of specific domains within the agency and functioning as a knowledge expert for DoIT and client agencies within the domain of the Group Chief Information Officers (GCIOs), relative to applications, processes, and future direction.
  • Supports Change Management in identifying and mitigating risks related to the domain’s architecture, including potential impacts on security, performance, and scalability and communicates architectural strategies and decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Consults with enterprise architects, GCIOs, CIOs, project managers, and business analysts during solution delivery to ensure proposed solutions meet agency and DoIT’s goals while adhering to standards.
  • Develops and improves Business Capability repository, domain architecture standards and approaches, and improves overall delivery across all domains and agencies.
  • Keeps abreast of new developments in the information technology field by continuing education through online training platforms, meetings, training sessions, seminars, and conferences to increase familiarity with and remain current on products, vendors, techniques, and procedures
  • Performs all other duties as required or assigned that are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

 

Minimum Qualifications

  • Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to the completion of four (4) years of college with coursework in management information systems, data processing, telecommunications, or a directly related Information Technology field.
  • Requires prior experience equivalent to three (3) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in management information systems, data processing, or telecommunications in a public or business organization.

 

Preferred Qualifications (In Order of Significance)

  • Three (3) years of professional experience in business analysis, enterprise consulting, and domain architecture for a large-scale organization, including defining architectural roadmaps, aligning with business strategies, and collaborating with executive stakeholders.
  • Three (3) years of professional experience developing and maintaining architectural standards, frameworks, and guidelines, utilizing enterprise architecture tools and techniques such as capability mapping, process modeling, and ServiceNow APM.
  • Three (3) years of professional experience collaborating with enterprise architects and solution delivery teams to ensure flexible, scalable, and standards-aligned solutions across multiple domains.
  • Three (3) years of professional experience conducting architectural risk assessments, including identification of impacts to security, scalability, and performance, and developing strategies to mitigate such risks.
  • Three (3) years of professional experience leading domain-specific digital transformation initiatives, including coordinating cross-functional teams, translating agency needs into technical requirements, and supporting enterprise portfolio planning.
  • Two (2) years of experience using data modeling techniques to design and document data, and process flows for  enterprise systems or large departmental applications.
  • Ability to analyze complex data and operational requirements, exercise sound judgment in defining problems, and recommend architectural solutions aligned with enterprise goals.
  • Ability to gain and maintain effective working relationships with internal stakeholders, vendors, and agency partners to support collaborative solution development.
  • Developed verbal and written communication skills to develop and deliver clear, concise, and technically sound documentation and presentations, including architecture diagrams, solution summaries, and stakeholder reports.

Conditions of Employment

NOTE: Applicants must possess the ability to meet ALL of the following conditions of employment, with or without reasonable accommodation, to be considered for this position. 

  • Requires the ability to verify identity.
  • Requires employment authorization to accept permanent full-time position with State of Illinois.
  • Requires the ability to pass a position specific, agency required background check.
  • Requires self-disclosure of criminal history.
  • Requires the ability to travel in performance of duties.
  • Requires the ability to work outside of normal hours to meet deadlines.
  • Requires the ability to use agency supplied equipment such as laptop, personal computer, work cell phone, etc.
  • Requires the ability to attend seminars, conferences, and training to remain current on methods, tools, ideologies, or other industry related topics relevant to job duties.
  • Requires the ability to lift and carry objects or equipment weighing up to 10 pounds. This is considered sedentary work as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor (20 CFR 404.1567(a)).
  • Sedentary work involves lifting no more than 10 pounds at a time and requires occasional lifting, carrying, walking, and standing.
  • The conditions of employment listed are incorporated and/or related to any duties included in the position description.