IT Solutions Architect (CDO)

City of Austin

2d • $85,120 - $109,400 • Hybrid

About The Position

This position is responsible for defining and designing architecture that drives the City towards targeted outcomes by leveraging existing and innovative technology to enable the City’s future-state business capabilities and business models. This position aligns IT and enterprise strategy, maintains business capability models to reflect new or improved processes or IT systems, creates common standards to ensure integrity of the models, and influences enterprise strategy. The Data Office is Austin Energy's dedicated hub for advancing data management, analysis, and business intelligence strategies. By fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making, the Data Office empowers our organization to harness the full potential of our data assets. As a key component of our commitment to excellence, innovation, and operational efficiency, the Data Office plays a pivotal role in shaping the utility's future through the strategic collection, secure storage, insightful analysis, and effective utilization of data. The successful candidate will contribute their expertise and insights to further elevate Austin Energy's data management capabilities and advance our organization's data-driven initiatives.

Requirements

• Knowledge of business architecture tools and techniques, including strategy on a page, strategic planning, business model canvas, disruptions and trends, balance scorecard, economical modeling, risks and interdependencies, process models, business capability modeling, ecosystems modeling, customer and user profiling, journey maps, and human-centric design.
• Knowledge and understanding of different types of business and operating models (existing, new, emerging and hybrid).
• Knowledge of existing, new and emerging technologies and being able to practically incorporate them into new business designs and business models.
• Knowledge of architecture methodologies (e.g., SABSA, Zachman, TOGAF) and modeling languages (such as UML and ArchiMate).
• Knowledge in all aspects of designing and constructing business processes, functions and organizational structures.
• Knowledge of facilitation and organization change management.
• Skill in analytical and conceptual skills and proven ability to create original concepts and theories for a variety of projects.
• Knowledge of finance, accounting, valuation and metrics development.
• Skill in statistical and information analysis.
• Skill in financial analysis, architecture evaluation, solutions delivery orchestration, project management, road mapping, risk management, interdependency management, agile methodologies, information security, cloud computing infrastructure, data architecture skills.
• Ability to be organizationally savvy, understanding of the political climate of the City and how to navigate obstacles and politics.
• Ability to apply multiple technical solutions to enable future-state business capabilities that, in turn, drive targeted business outcomes.
• Ability to communicate, influence and persuade — both business and IT leaders as well as peers.
• Ability to adapt to rapidly changing technology and apply it to business needs.
• Ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and lead cross-functional teams, with the proven ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to leverage intellectual curiosity to inform solutions and innovate.
• Ability to take responsibility for personal growth and acquire strategies for gaining new knowledge, behaviors and skills.
• Ability to adhere to required compliance to all change management policies and procedures.
• Ability to adhere to required compliance to all information security policies and procedures.
• Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in a field related to the job, plus four (4) years of experience in a related field.
• Experience may substitute for education for up to four (4) years.
• Graduation with a Master's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field may substitute for two (2) years of experience.
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Nice To Haves

• Experience with relational and modern data systems.
• Strong ability using visualization platforms such as Power BI, Tableau.
• Knowledge in all aspects of designing and constructing business processes, functions and organizational structures.
• Advanced skills in programming languages such as Python, R, or SQL.
• Ability to translate findings into insights and strategic recommendations.
• Experience with data integration and ETL processes.
• Experience leading data-related projects.
• Advanced knowledge of data modeling tools such as Visio, ER/Studio.
• Skill in statistical and information analysis.

Responsibilities

• Promotes digital business initiatives and identifies potential impact on the City’s critical financial metrics and economic architectures.
• Supports business and technology innovation that drives the City’s objectives.
• Engages key business stakeholders and product managers to facilitate both strategy and innovation planning.
• Collaborates with stakeholders involved in digital strategy and digital innovation to develop an IT investment roadmap.
• Creates deliverables that illustrate how to strategically move the business forward.
• Works with enterprise architects and key organizational stakeholders to define a strategic plan for leveraging integrated architecture as part of the enterprise architecture.
• Participates in enterprise strategy development, including environmental analysis, opportunity identification, value cases and business innovation portfolio development.
• Provides strategic consultation to product managers in defining or designing business capabilities, processes, functions and organizational structures, as well as in researching, identifying and internally marketing, selling and enabling technologies based on business and end-user requirements.
• Participates in enterprise architecture development, including business architecture, information architecture, application portfolio and technical architecture, and champions the balance of flexibility and risk.
• Facilitates agreement on organizational work models and processes to meet business requirements.
• Seeks ways to apply new technology to, and reuse existing technology for, business processes.
• Researches and provides information on technical trends and competitors' practices relevant to assigned products and value streams.
• May provide leadership, work assignments, evaluation, training, and guidance to others.
• Perform advanced data analysis to extract actionable insights.
• Utilize statistical analysis and data mining techniques.
• Design, create, and maintain relational databases and data systems.
• Develop and maintain data models to support data analysis.
• Create interactive data visualizations and dashboards using BI tools.
• Lead data profiling and cleansing efforts to ensure high data quality.
• Implement and use statistical models to identify data trends / patterns.
• Conduct predictive analysis to support strategic decision-making.
• Lead and manage data-related projects, ensuring timely project delivery.
• Create data visualizations and reports to present findings.

Benefits

• Generous leave
• Work-life balance programs
• Extensive benefits
• City of Austin Employees' Retirement System
• Access to public transit
• Bike-friendly infrastructure
• Wellness programs
• On-site fitness centers
• Mental health support
• Professional development
• Leadership opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior