Enterprise Architect, IT Architecture

Location: Natural Resources Building- Olympia, WA
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 5/5/26. 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 technology 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.
• Engage with business and technical partners to ensure technology decisions are transparent, aligned, and well-understood.
• Provide consultation to project teams and service owners to ensure early alignment with enterprise architecture.
• Advise leadership in understanding return on investment (ROI), total cost of ownership, and value of technology initiatives.
• Drive enterprise-wide IT initiatives and ensure architectural consistency across projects. 
• Monitor and improve enterprise architecture performance through measurable outcomes and partner feedback to drive service and technology quality improvements through data-informed decisions. 

Required Qualifications: 

• BS – Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or other closely related field AND (8) eight years of relevant progressive experience providing IT architecture support and solutions; OR an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Experience in conducting proof-of-concept evaluations and developing current-state and target-state architectural models.
• Experience in the development of multi-year technology roadmaps.
• Experience and proficiency with architecture modeling tools and diagramming platforms.
• 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.
• Knowledge of IT governance, standardization, and lifecycle management.
• Experience in evaluating technologies and aligning architecture with business strategy.
• Experience with on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud infrastructure (e.g., Microsoft ecosystems, Azure, AWS). 

Desired Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field; OR an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Experience working in a public sector, government agency, or highly regulated environment.
• Advanced knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman, FEAF).
• Experience in modernizing legacy systems or leading digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience in enterprise-level IT governance or standards development.
• MSCE, CITA, CCNA, EACOE, CISSP, Security+, ITIL,
  TOGAF certifications. One certification counts towards 1-year of total experience required, up to three certificates.