Job description
Job Title: Enterprise Architect (Hybrid)
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Duration: 12 Months
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop, publish, and maintain enterprise reference architectures and standards.
- Lead modernization planning for transitioning legacy systems to cloud-native or hybrid architectures.
- Architect and oversee integrations with enterprise platforms such as Salesforce, Appian, and Azure.
- Design secure, scalable cloud solutions aligned with Commonwealth security frameworks, federal regulations, and industry best practices.
- Collaborate with agency stakeholders to ensure architecture aligns with business goals and citizen engagement needs.
- Provide technical guidance and solution oversight to development teams and project managers.
- Define and promote data interoperability strategies across multiple systems while ensuring compliance with record retention and protection policies.
- Research and recommend emerging technologies to improve service delivery, reporting, and efficiency.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation, roadmaps, and architectural standards.
- Bridge the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders by communicating complex technical strategies in a comprehensible manner.
- Support architecture governance by reviewing and validating solution architectures, ensuring compliance with enterprise policies and guiding technology decision-making.
- Develop business capability models and ensure roadmaps align with strategic goals, regulatory mandates, and citizen service objectives.
- Collaborate across business, data, application, and technical domains to deliver holistic solutions that integrate seamlessly across the enterprise.
- Influence without direct authority, serving as a trusted advisor to IT leadership, business partners, and project teams.
Required Experience:
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:
- Six years of professional information technology experience and a bachelor’s degree; or
- Ten years of professional information technology experience; or
- An equivalent combination of experience and training.
Additional Requirements:
You must have experience with:
- Application development and modernization.
- Enterprise reference architectures and technology standards.
- API design and secure system integrations.
- Cloud solution architecture (preferably Azure).
- Developing and executing technology roadmaps that align technical domains with business objectives.
- Translating complex technical concepts into actionable guidance for diverse stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Certifications such as TOGAF 9.x, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Salesforce Certified Application Architect.
- Experience in state or federal government environments.
- Familiarity with low-code platforms, especially Appian (case management, workflows, and regulatory systems).
- Familiarity with Salesforce, geospatial systems, or regulatory data standards.
