Enterprise Identity Architect

State of Washington•Thurston County – Olympia, WA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

This position is within the Enterprise Architecture (EA) unit in the Architecture and Innovation Division (AID). This position reports to the State Chief Architect. As an Enterprise Identity Architect, you will lead the development, maintenance, and use of the state’s identity management architecture, with a focus on ensuring the current- and future-state needs of Washington residents, state workforce, and business partners are supported by the state’s technology portfolio. This position directly impacts the highest, most impactful decisions on technology investments in the state of Washington.

Requirements

Thirteen (13) years of combined Information Technology working experience, with progressively higher level of responsibilities and capabilities.
Five years of information technology experience in an IT functional area such as architecture design and deployment, systems lifecycle management and infrastructure planning and operations.
Five years of experience designing identity management solutions for large-scale organizations.
Three years of leadership experience in managing or leading cross-functional teams or projects of a complex nature.
A Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field may substitute for four years of the required experience.

Nice To Haves

Professional enterprise architecture certifications.
Experience deploying enterprise Identity and Access Management platforms for large-enterprise organizations.
Previous experience implementing enterprise-wide technology projects.
Experience defining authentication (AuthN) and authorization (AuthZ) architectures for federated organizations.
Experience developing trust frameworks for large-scale organizations.

Responsibilities

Principal owner of all statewide strategic goals, policies, standards and the architectural framework for Identity and Access Management (IAM).
Create, update, gather feedback and present new policies or policy changes to the highest technology governance group within the state, the Technology Services Board (TSB).
Make decisions and/or recommendations on allowing, denying or modifying proposed agency IT investments.
Develop the data sharing model and trust framework for statewide authentication services.
Provide guidance on the deployment of modern IAM solutions.
Represent the Enterprise Architecture function in statewide IT governance processes.
Establish the “technical alignment” criteria for all statewide IT investment.
Evaluate all technology funding requests as part of biennial and supplemental budget cycles and make decisions on whether a proposed investment aligns with the State IT Strategy.