Enterprise Architect

Position Description

The IT/Enterprise Architect will play a critical role in aligning state agencies need with technology solutions that

drive innovation and manage/shape the overall IT strategy.The position has responsibility for system’s analysis and

design review which includes assuring that business problems are fully understood, detailed requirements are

investigated and proposed, and to collaborate with both internal and external teams to create architecture design.

One of the key responsibilities of the position is to create architectural models/diagrams of existing agency

applications from multiple disciplines (business, systems, data, and technology) by gathering information from

various sources within an organization and through an iterative approach, gain the necessary insight to accurately

depict the architecture within each discipline.

The IT/Enterprise Architect will play a critical role in aligning state agencies' needs with technology solutions that

drive innovation and manage/shape the overall IT strategy.

Responsibilities

• Systematic review of the business, security, service, and information systems domain components of a
  
  

proposed solution to a business (agency) need/problem

• Review enterprise IT Projects for business alignment with state and agency goals, as well as the alignment
  
  

with state and agency IT goals, objectives and strategies

• Review Statewide IT Procurements, inclusive of procurement artifacts (e.g. Requests for Proposals,
  
  

Requests for Quotations, Invitations for Bids) and related enterprise IT project information to assure

alignment between business requests/requirements and available architectural standards, technologies

and solutions.

• Review Statewide IT Procurement Awards to affirm best solutions/vendor to meet both current and future
  
  

state/agency needs

• Collaborate with an enterprise-wide stakeholder group to assess, develop, and maintain the enterprise
  
  

architecture strategy and governance in alignment with the state of North Carolina’s goals and objectives

• Evaluate current technology infrastructure and applications to identify areas of improvement and
  
  

opportunity

• Establish and uphold state-wide enterprise architecture principles, guidelines, and best practices to ensure
  
  

consistency, interoperability, security, and optimization

• Assess potential risks associated with initiatives as it is related to enterprise architecture and work with
  
  

stakeholders to improve, protect and secure

• Review, guide and support enterprise-wide IT projects and IT procurements governed by enterprise
  
  

architecture

• Evaluate third-party vendors and solutions crucial to the success of state projects and procurements,
  
  

ensuring adherence to standards and integrations to existing solutions

• Implement architectural standards, guidance and frameworks while keeping up with emerging technology
  
  

trends

Required Skills And Experience In Following

• Demonstrated experience working as a senior level technologist in a complex, large- scale
  
  

organization - 7 years

• Working knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF) - 7 years
• Experience of enterprise IT infrastructure, applications, data management/integrations, systems
  
  

development, and business processes - 7 years

• Demonstrated experience with IT governance, and the ability to define IT principles, standards
  
  

and framework that support the overall governance model - 7 years

• Demonstrated experience aligning enterprise architecture practice to business strategy, and the
  
  

ability to map business strategy to IT capabilities - - 7 years