Enterprise Systems, Technology & Engineer Fellow
About The Position
The Enterprise Systems Architecture (ESA) group serves as a strategic and technical leadership function within MTA IT, responsible for guiding the design, integration, and governance of enterprise-wide technology solutions. ESA oversees a portfolio of highly technical functions and software applications that are central to delivering secure, scalable, and cost-effective IT services across all MTA agencies and administrative units. The group ensures that architectural decisions, delivery practices, and standards align with both agency-specific needs and the broader goals of the MTA enterprise. This includes managing the full lifecycle of business-facing and infrastructure-enabling applications, defining, and maintaining reference architecture models, and supporting investment, sustainment, or retirement decisions. ESA also oversees platforms such as network monitoring tools, configuration systems, and low-code environments that support field assets and operational continuity. Through strategic planning, interface design, and governance modeling, ESA promotes resilience, interoperability, and long-term sustainability of IT assets. The group plays a key role in mentoring teams, shaping technology vision, and enabling innovation across the MTA's digital infrastructure, while ensuring alignment with business objectives and enterprise strategy. Fellow will support strategic planning, architecture governance, data & analytics, and emerging-technology evaluation.
Requirements
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite is a must.
- The candidate should possess organizational, analytical and communication skills.
- The candidate should be able to work well under pressure and prioritize tasks effectively.
- The candidate should have a keen eye for detail and be able to work independently while being an active team player.
- Matriculated in an undergraduate program in good standing with at least 2.5 GPA
- All applicants must be authorized to work in the United States at the time of application.
- Students' transcript must be submitted.
Nice To Haves
- Major(s) Preferred: Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, Architecture; Information Systems, Enterprise Architecture, or related field.
Responsibilities
- Assist in creating or updating the MTA-wide enterprise architecture inventory: cataloging key systems, data flows, interfaces, technical standards, or documentation gaps.
- Analyze business / technical requirements for upcoming capital-program-driven technology projects, to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture policies.
- Develop dashboards, matrices or visualizations (e.g. in PowerBI) to show alignment, gaps, risks, or cost-benefit of proposed technology investments.
- Support drafting sections of architecture-governance deliverables (policies, standards, roadmaps).
- Stakeholder outreach: interview or survey internal teams on their architecture needs, gaps, or priorities.
- Propose pilot-scale evaluation of an emerging / innovative technology (for example, cloud migrations, data governance improvements).
- Document and present your findings: short-form memo or presentation to senior leadership (architecture lead / IT executive).
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Industry
Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
