IT Enterprise Architect Senior

City of Austin

1d•Onsite

About The Position

JOIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN TEAM At the City of Austin, we are more than just an employer—we are a vibrant community dedicated to shaping one of the nation's most dynamic and innovative cities. As we strive to fulfill our commitment as public servants, it is important that we ground our efforts in a set of guiding principles – Empathy, Ethics, Excellence, Engagement, and Equity – anchors in delivering services that significantly impact the lives of Austinites. Joining the City of Austin means embarking on a purposeful career, contributing to the community, and being part of a forward-thinking organization that values every employee. What Makes the City of Austin Special? Make a Difference: Join a team driving meaningful change in one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation. Value and Innovation : Work in an environment where employees are valued and innovation thrives. Competitive Benefits: Enjoy a comprehensive compensation package that includes generous leave, work-life balance programs, and extensive benefits. Retirement Security: Plan for the future with the City of Austin Employees' Retirement System. Sustainable Transportation Options: Commute easily with access to public transit and bike-friendly infrastructure. Focus on Wellness: Stay healthy through wellness programs, on-site fitness centers, and mental health support. Career Growth: Advance your skills and expertise with professional development and leadership opportunities. Modern Workspaces: Work in innovative and sustainable environments that foster collaboration and inspiration. By joining us, you become part of a community that values its people and is committed to making Austin the most thriving and resilient city in the country. With limited supervision, guides City departments requiring business systems or related architectural analysis through the enterprise architecture process. Contributes in the planning of the overall organization Information Technology (IT) Strategy. Develops, maintains, and leverages the department enterprise architecture practice to ensure optimal selection and use of technology to support business objectives. Job Description: Duties, Functions and Responsibilities: Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned. Implement enterprise architecture practices and principles. Leads and coordinates the pursuit of technical business information needs, governing principles, and solution architecture viewpoints. Works with business partners and IT to develop and tract strategic technology roadmaps. Develops and oversees architecture implementation including documentation of an enterprise architecture framework. Leads enterprise architecture team to identify and analyze business needs for future innovative technology, develops solution architecture requirements, and determines potential impact of technology solution. Ensures governance structure and compliance activities are in place to allow multi-stakeholder participation and agreement in finding solutions. Analyzes current business and IT environments and recommends solutions for improvement. Leads and facilitates the creation of governing principles to guide solution decision-making. Socializes the enterprise architecture practice within the department through collaboration, communication, and training across all business units. Develops long term partnerships with department business units and vendors to facilitate collaboration in the development strategic business plans. Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised: Responsible for the full range of supervisory activities including selection, training, evaluation, counseling, and recommendation for dismissal. Notes to Candidate: Austin Energy (AE) is seeking a Lead Enterprise Architect to develop, maintain, and leverage AE’s enterprise architecture to ensure optimal selection and use of technology to support AE’s business objectives. The IT Enterprise Architect Sr. is responsible for the establishment, development and implementation of architectures and frameworks and is responsible for the development of solution architecture deliverables and approaches. This position guides enterprise architecture (EA) reviews, gains acceptance of solutions, and informs key stakeholders of review outcomes. The senior EA demonstrates technology leadership to include interacting and discussing subject area with vendors and consultants, providing architectural leadership and architectural direction to IT and AE business units, and promoting EA process improvement. Duties include supervising other EAs, advising, coaching and mentoring other senior technologists as well as overseeing architectural governance.

Requirements

Graduation with a Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in Information/Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or related field, plus six (6) years of experience in an architecture-related field, including two (2) years in a lead or supervisory capacity.
Experience may substitute for education up to four (4) years.

Nice To Haves

Extensive IT solution architecture experience.
Demonstrated experience of utility business processes and operations.
Experience with data application architectures.
Experience with technology architectures.
Extensive experience and demonstrated knowledge of EA frameworks.
Experience developing and implementing business-aligned IT strategic plans.
Knowledge and/or experience with evolving IT technologies, including cloud infrastructure, securing networking, Digital Customer Experience, Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Customer Energy Data Collection and Processing, Work and Asset Management systems.
Experience developing and maintaining strategic relationships with senior management.
EA certification(s) or the ability to obtain within 6 months of employment.
Ability to travel to more than one work location.

Responsibilities

Implement enterprise architecture practices and principles.
Leads and coordinates the pursuit of technical business information needs, governing principles, and solution architecture viewpoints.
Works with business partners and IT to develop and tract strategic technology roadmaps.
Develops and oversees architecture implementation including documentation of an enterprise architecture framework.
Leads enterprise architecture team to identify and analyze business needs for future innovative technology, develops solution architecture requirements, and determines potential impact of technology solution.
Ensures governance structure and compliance activities are in place to allow multi-stakeholder participation and agreement in finding solutions.
Analyzes current business and IT environments and recommends solutions for improvement.
Leads and facilitates the creation of governing principles to guide solution decision-making.
Socializes the enterprise architecture practice within the department through collaboration, communication, and training across all business units.
Develops long term partnerships with department business units and vendors to facilitate collaboration in the development strategic business plans.
Responsible for the full range of supervisory activities including selection, training, evaluation, counseling, and recommendation for dismissal.