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Senior Enterprise Architect - Onsite

Senior Enterprise Architect - Onsite

Client  - State of Ohio

ONSITE, 30 E. Broad St. Columbus, Ohio

DAS/Office of Information Technology/Enterprise Shared Solutions is seeking an experienced IT Consultant to serve as the Senior Enterprise Architect to lead technology strategy and implementation efforts. This position will play a crucial role in shaping the ESS technology landscape, driving innovation, and ensuring alignment between IT initiatives and business objectives.

The ideal candidate must possess a strong background in enterprise architecture, cloud technologies (SaaS), integration platforms (iPaaS – e.g., MuleSoft, Oracle OIC, Oracle Identity Cloud), Identity and Access Management, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).

Key Responsibilities:

Technical leadership

  • Advises ESS leadership, Service Owners, and client agencies on technical solutions and approaches
  • Research, evaluate, document, and recommend technical solutions and approaches
  • Provide technical leadership and strategic direction on critical activities to achieve business objectives
  • Drive innovation and digital transformation initiatives by identifying and evaluating emerging technologies and industry trends
  • Define current and future state of technology and applicable integrations
  • Collaborate with peer architects, ESS Service Owners, vendors, and other technical professionals for environment setup, management, configuration, and development
  • Analyze and solve complex technical problems involving multiple technologies
  • Lead cross-functional teams to deliver complex, enterprise-wide solutions and architectural changes that align with business objectives
  • Identify opportunities for system enhancements, process improvements, and cost savings through technology optimization

Strategic Planning and Alignment

  • Evaluate and recommend new technologies to improve business operations
  • Develop and maintain technology and architectural roadmap and standards

Architecture Design and Oversight

  • Lead system and architecture design efforts covering data, applications, technology, and integrations utilizing our technology stack, including:
  • Cloud-based SaaS platforms (e.g., Salesforce)
  • iPaaS platforms (e.g., MuleSoft, Oracle OIC)
  • Oracle Identity Cloud for Securing integration end points
  • Legacy .NET applications
  • various third-party tools and applications
  • Oversee projects to ensure they follow approved architectural framework and standards
  • Evaluate and recommend new technologies to improve business operations

Solution Delivery and Implementation

  • Support implementation of new technology solutions and modernization efforts
  • Ensure technology solutions and system are implemented correctly and follow approved architectural framework and standards
  • Review and ensure project technical and architectural documents are complete and meet standards
  • Anticipate, understand, and communicate implications of technical decisions on business, applications, and project timelines
  • Advise on options, risks, costs vs. benefits, and impact on business processes and system priorities

Business Relationship Management, Collaboration, and Stakeholder Engagement

  • Collaborate with ESS leadership, IT teams, state agencies, and other stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into architectural solutions
  • Challenge the status quo and drive innovation in both business processes and technology implementation
  • Provide thought leadership and expert advice on technology trends, innovations, and system integration

Vendor Relationship Management

  • Maintain relationships with technology vendors and suppliers
  • Maintain awareness of emerging technologies, product roadmaps, and industry trends that impact ESS services
  • Evaluate and recommend technology solutions
  • Escalate issues and drive to resolution

Security and Compliance

  • Identify and mitigate technology risks by ensuring compliance with security policies, regulations, and industry best practices
  • Provide support for ongoing and recurring IT security audits of systems
  • Define project specific security processes
  • Provide implementation guidance on integration with state identity provider