Enterprise Architect
About The Position
Global Enterprise Services, LLC is seeking an Enterprise Architect to support enterprise IT and infrastructure initiatives in Illinois. The role works with business stakeholders, technical teams, and technology providers to assess existing environments, identify requirements, develop solution architectures, and oversee technology implementations. Work may include site surveys, architecture discovery, infrastructure assessments, solution design, implementation planning, and technical oversight. The position calls for broad enterprise IT expertise and knowledge of Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) infrastructure, or experience supporting agencies or customers of comparable size and complexity. The role is based in Chicago and surrounding Cook County communities, with availability for onsite assessments, meetings, and implementation activities. Travel to Springfield and other Illinois locations is required as needed. The annual salary range is $130,000–$180,000, depending on experience, qualifications, and relevant enterprise architecture expertise. The architect will produce technical and architecture documentation, evaluate technology and vendor options, guide implementation and operational readiness, and communicate recommendations, tradeoffs, risks, and progress to technical and nontechnical stakeholders. Assignments may include site survey reports, infrastructure inventories, architecture and discovery documentation, requirements and gap assessments, solution designs, roadmaps, implementation reviews, and operational documentation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Eight or more years of progressive enterprise IT experience, including at least three years in enterprise, infrastructure, or solution architecture.
- Experience conducting site surveys, technical discovery, infrastructure assessments, and requirements gathering.
- Demonstrated ability to develop architecture designs and provide technical oversight through implementation.
- Experience supporting Illinois DoIT infrastructure or enterprise IT environments for agencies or customers of comparable size and complexity.
- Working knowledge of enterprise architecture standards, technology governance, security requirements, and infrastructure service delivery practices.
- Broad knowledge of data center infrastructure, servers, virtualization, storage, and backup.
- Broad knowledge of LAN/WAN connectivity, wireless networks, firewalls, DNS, and load balancing.
- Broad knowledge of cloud platforms and integration between cloud and on-premises environments.
- Broad knowledge of directory services, identity and access management, and access controls.
- Broad knowledge of monitoring, high availability, business continuity, and disaster recovery.
- Broad knowledge of application dependencies, systems integration, and data flows.
- Ability to translate business and operational needs into practical technical solutions.
- Strong documentation, communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder coordination skills.
- Must successfully complete applicable customer-required background checks, which may include fingerprint-based screening, and meet requirements for access to customer facilities, systems, and data.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting Illinois public-sector technology initiatives.
- Familiarity with Chicago-area or Cook County public-sector IT environments.
- Experience coordinating technology implementations across multiple sites, agencies, or service providers.
- Experience with infrastructure modernization, cloud migration, network upgrades, or data center initiatives.
- Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF and service management practices such as ITIL.
- Experience contributing technical scope, requirements, and acceptance criteria to statements of work.
- Relevant architecture, cloud, networking, or security certifications.
Responsibilities
- Conduct site surveys and technical assessments to document infrastructure, connectivity, equipment, capacity, and site readiness.
- Lead architecture discovery sessions with stakeholders, technical teams, and service providers to understand requirements, constraints, and dependencies.
- Assess current technology environments, identify gaps and risks, and recommend improvements.
- Develop solution architectures spanning infrastructure, networking, cloud services, identity, security, applications, and systems integration.
- Produce architecture diagrams, technical specifications, design documentation, and implementation roadmaps.
- Align proposed solutions with organizational standards, technology governance requirements, security policies, and operational needs.
- Evaluate technology options and vendor solutions for technical fit, interoperability, scalability, supportability, and cost.
- Define technical prerequisites, implementation dependencies, acceptance criteria, and operational readiness requirements.
- Provide technical oversight during implementation, coordinating with project managers, engineers, vendors, and support teams.
- Review implementation plans and proposed changes to identify architectural impacts and resolve technical issues.
- Support testing, deployment, migration, and cutover planning; validate that implemented solutions meet approved designs and requirements.
- Guide transition to operations through documentation, knowledge transfer, and support readiness reviews.
- Communicate technical recommendations, tradeoffs, risks, and progress to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
