IT Architecture Specialist
IT Architecture - Senior/Specialist
Work Hours and Partial Telework flexibility may be available and considered
Salary: $8,522.00 - $11,460.00 Monthly
Review of applications is ongoing. We reserve the right to make a hiring decision or close this recruitment at any time after 12/16/2025. It is in your best interest to submit materials as soon as possible.
Responsibilities:
- 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 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.
Required Qualifications:
- BS – Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or other closely related field AND 8 years of relevant progressive experience providing IT architecture support and solutions;
OR an equivalent combination of education and/or experience. - Advanced knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman, FEAF).
- 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.
- Experience and Proficiency with architecture modeling tools and diagramming platforms.
- Knowledge of IT governance, standardization, and lifecycle management.
- Experience and capability in evaluating technologies and aligning architecture with business strategy.
- Experience with on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud infrastructure (e.g., Microsoft ecosystems, Azure, AWS).
- Commitment to fostering and supporting an environment that honors diversity, equity, inclusion, and environmental justice practices.