Job Title: Senior Enterprise Architect
Contract Duration: 7 months, possible extension
Location: Columbus, OH
Work Arrangement: Remote (candidates preferably in Ohio, or within EST)
Summary
The Senior Enterprise Architect supports multiple business units across Family Assistance, Unemployment Compensation, Workforce Development, Community Support Services, Finance, and other administrative functions. This role is responsible for driving business and IT strategy alignment, developing enterprise architecture artifacts, and providing architectural leadership for modernization initiatives. The architect partners closely with senior leadership, business relationship managers, subject matter experts, and technology teams to support digital transformation initiatives involving Cloud technologies, Generative AI, Virtual Assistants, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), and enterprise modernization efforts.
Responsibilities
Strategic Planning & Enterprise Architecture
- Facilitate and lead Business and IT Strategic Planning discussions with senior leadership, business relationship managers, and subject matter experts.
- Develop and maintain business capability models, customer journey maps, and enterprise architecture artifacts.
- Create IT strategies, technology roadmaps, standards, and governance processes aligned with organizational objectives.
- Maintain a holistic view of business strategy, processes, information, applications, and technology assets.
- Participate in enterprise architecture development across business, information, application, and technical architecture domains.
Technology Leadership & Innovation
- Conduct market research, technology evaluations, and comparative analyses to identify emerging technology opportunities.
- Lead proof-of-concept initiatives leveraging innovative technologies and industry best practices.
- Provide recommendations to leadership on technology investments, modernization strategies, and digital transformation initiatives.
- Support modernization efforts through Cloud Smart strategies and cloud platform adoption.
Solution & Technical Architecture
- Provide architectural oversight and technical guidance for projects to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards and strategies.
- Collaborate with business and IT teams to develop technology solutions supporting critical business objectives.
- Establish technical standards and implementation guidelines for projects and enterprise initiatives.
- Support enterprise architecture governance for cloud modernization programs.
Stakeholder Collaboration & Consulting
- Serve as a strategic advisor to assigned lines of business regarding technology strategy and innovation opportunities.
- Partner with application development teams, requirements teams, operations leaders, client partners, and business managers.
- Assess business priorities and translate requirements into technology recommendations.
- Communicate technical and business concepts effectively to executive leadership and stakeholders.
Project & Portfolio Support
- Collaborate with enterprise program management teams to monitor project status, risks, issues, and benefits.
- Facilitate development of enterprise-wide solutions spanning multiple business units.
- Support innovation portfolio development through research and emerging technology adoption.
- Conduct organizational learning sessions focused on technology strategies and emerging trends.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Enterprise Architecture and Solution Architecture expertise.
- Experience with:
- Generative AI
- Conversational AI / Virtual Assistants
- Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
- Cloud Platforms (Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform)
- Business Capability Modeling
- Customer Journey Mapping
- Technology Strategy and Roadmap Development
- Experience with architecture and collaboration tools:
- Avolution ABACUS
- Microsoft Word
- PowerPoint
- SharePoint
- Lucidchart
- Visio
Professional Skills
- Strong strategic planning and business consulting abilities.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to business stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving skills.
- Proven leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Ability to establish trust and build strong customer relationships.
- Experience facilitating cross-functional collaboration and enterprise-wide initiatives.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Master’s degree preferred.
- TOGAF Certification preferred.
Experience
- 5-7 years of IT experience.
- Minimum 2 years of Enterprise Architecture experience.
- Minimum 2 years of Solution Architecture experience.
- Experience leading AI initiatives involving Generative AI, Virtual Assistants, and RPA.
- Experience providing Enterprise Architecture governance for cloud modernization efforts.
- Experience designing solutions within AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud ecosystems.
- Experience with RPA technologies such as UiPath.
- Experience using the ABACUS Enterprise Architecture platform preferred.
- Exposure to diverse technologies, platforms, and enterprise processing environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting large-scale government, public sector, or enterprise modernization initiatives.
- Experience conducting technology assessments, innovation research, and enterprise transformation planning.
- Demonstrated success driving digital transformation programs across multiple business units.
- Experience creating enterprise architecture governance frameworks and standards.
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