IT Enterprise Architect

Job Description:

IT Enterprise Architect

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IT Enterprise Architects proactively and holistically guide the City through transformation and optimization initiatives and serve as a leader in applying existing, new and emerging technologies to transform and optimize the business and operating model of the organization. IT Enterprise Architects lead the Enterprise Architecture practice and its initiations to enable the City to better respond to department needs and the changing environment.

Job Description:

Purpose:

This position proactively and holistically guides the City through transformation and optimization initiatives, and serves as a leader in applying existing, new, and emerging technologies to transform and optimize the business and operating model of the organization. IT Enterprise Architects lead the Enterprise Architecture practice and its initiations to enable the City to better respond to department needs and the changing environment.

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.

• Provides overall direction, guidance, and definition of technology architecture to effectively support business strategy.
  
• Develops the enterprise viewpoint, in which the business, information and technology viewpoints are synthesized into solutions that deliver capabilities to the broader City.
  
• Develops, reviews, and leads the implementation plan for the enterprise architecture based on requirements and strategies.
  
• Reviews existing processes and establishes metrics to improve processes, as well as support of all architectural disciplines under their direction.
  
• Leads analysis of technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the enterprise architecture.
  
• Ensures the integration of all aspects of architecture across the City IT organization and alignment with business strategies, objectives, and capability needs.
  
• Leads the development of holistic blueprints in coordination with domain architects.
  
• Participates in the business strategic planning cycle, gaining an understanding of common issues, drivers, imperatives, and objectives across the enterprise.
  
• Coordinates with other plans and strategic partners, identifying opportunities for shared solutions.
  
• Provides architectural leadership, guidance, and support for the broader architectural community.
  

Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:

May provide leadership, work assignments, evaluation, training, and guidance to others.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Knowledge of basic graphical modeling approaches, tools and model repositories.
  
• Knowledge of information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT services management, agile and lean methodologies, infrastructure and operations, and EA and ITIL frameworks.
  
• Knowledge of architecture methodologies (e.g., SABSA, Zachman, TOGAF) and modeling languages (such as UML and ArchiMate).
  
• Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven IT and predictive analytics.
  
• Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven IT and predictive analytics.
  
• Knowledge of business models, operating models, financial models, cost-benefit analysis, budgeting and risk management.
  
• Knowledge of combining contextual, conceptual, logical, and physical levels of thinking.
  
• Knowledge of and/or participation in architecture governance forums to get exposure to how governance work in the organization.
  
• Knowledge of various development languages (e.g., Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS).
  
• Skill in financial analysis, architecture evaluation, solutions delivery orchestration, project management, architecture frameworks, road mapping, risk management, and interdependency management skills.
  
• Skill in leading infrastructure architecture, cloud computing architecture, and integration framework and pattern skills.
  
• Ability to establish, implement, and enforce appropriate IT standards to meet business requirements.
  
• Ability to build consensus among stakeholders.
  
• Ability to balance the long-term (“big picture”) and short-term implications of individual decisions and organization goals.
  
• Ability to innovate with aptitude for foresight, systems thinking and design thinking.
  
• Ability to understand the political climate of the enterprise and how to navigate obstacles and politics.
  
• Ability to develop strategic technology plans and roadmaps, including business capability planning.
  
• Ability to lead efforts to create technological solutions and architectures impacting critical areas of the business.
  
• Ability to develop mutually beneficial working relationship with diverse range of stakeholders.
  
• Ability to support development of teammates by sharing knowledge and experience.
  
• 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.
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Information Science, Computer Science, Electronics, or in a field related to the job, plus four (4) years' experience working in a business process/systems analysis environment, two (2) years of which were in a lead capacity.
  
• Experience may substitute for education up to four (4) years.
  

Licenses and Certifications Required:

None.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current certification in TOGAF Level 1 and 2 or the ability to obtain one within 6 months of hire.
  
• Advanced experience with SPARX, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
  
• Ability to fluently communicate (reading, speaking) in the English language.
  
• Strong technical background and experience in application development, security, infrastructure and middleware.
  
• Direct Enterprise Architecture experience.
  
• Experience using a scripting language (e.g., PYTHON or C SHELL).
  
• Experience creating Net Present Value analysis.
  

Other:

• Ability to travel to more than one work location.
  

Notes to Candidate:

The Enterprise Architect works with IT to evaluate and assess changes to the technical eco-system of Austin Energy. The EA works with coworkers to determine the critical elements of a change to the current technical systems and then create drawings in the Austin Energy reference library, using the SPARX tool. Additionally, the EA works with potential vendors to determine Net Present Value analysis across multiple potential solutions providers to determine basic budgetary information for customers. EAs work with BRMs, and Operations teams describing technology changes and explaining the drawings they have made from inception to implementation.

Pay Range: Entry: $48.38 - Mid: $62.90

Schedule: Monday - Friday: 8:30AM - 5:30PM - 40 Hour Work Week ( Additional work hours may be required to support the 24-hour Utility operations, which may include evenings, weekends, holidays, inclement weather and emergency closures ).

Location: 4815 Mueller Blvd., Austin Texas 78723; Hybrid

IMPORTANT INFORMATION :

Working with Austin Energy provides a number of health and welfare benefits such as low-cost medical, dental, vision, paid leave time, a highly competitive retirement plan, career development opportunities and more. Please click HERE for more information.

WHEN COMPLETING THE CITY OF AUSTIN APPLICATION :

The City of Austin employment application is an official document; incomplete applications will not be considered. Please be sure that your application is a reflection of your entire work history. A detailed, complete application is required, and applicants must include on their Employment Record all experience (work and/or volunteer) related to this job posting - up to 10 years or more; this will be used to determine your base compensation. Employment Record dates must include month and year. Verification of employment history dates on resume should match online Employment Application. Statements such as “See Resume” will not be accepted, and a resume alone will not be accepted in lieu of a complete online application.

Please note that Austin Energy may close the job posting at any time after 7 days from the date of the initial advertisement. Once the job posting has closed, applications cannot be changed.

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The responses to the supplemental questions must reference the employment history listed in the employment history section. Once the requisition has closed, the application cannot be changed to update work history, supplemental questions, or any other information.

We reserve the right to verify high school and college education for top candidate(s).

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VETERAN INTERVIEW PREFERENCE :

Military/Veterans must provide a copy of their DD214 verifying honorable discharge, at the time of initial interview to receive military/veteran interview preference.

CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECK :
This position requires a criminal and NERC background investigation.

FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT :
This position is classified as EXEMPT and may require to work additional hours outside of the normal schedule to include nights, weekends, and /or holidays.

TRAVEL :
If you are selected for this position and meet the Driver Safety Standards in the City of Austin Driver Safety Program , you may drive when necessary to multiple locations as part of your regular job duties. Otherwise, you are responsible for getting to and from these locations.

WORK SCHEDULE:

This position has been designated as a Critical Employee position. Critical Employees are considered necessary and vital and supports activities that impact City or department operations. This work can be done while at a designated work site or while working at an alternate work location. Critical employees who are able to work at an alternative work location are required to do so. Schedules may be modified, and employees may be reassigned to another area during extraordinary situations or emergency conditions to provide essential services.

EEO Statement for City of Austin:

The City of Austin will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, religion, veteran status, disability, or sexual orientation. In addition, the City will not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of an individual's AIDS, AIDS Related Complex, or HIV status; nor will the City discriminate against individuals who are perceived to be at risk of HIV infection, or who associate with individuals who are believed to be at risk.

City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require reasonable accommodation during the application process or have a question regarding an essential job function, please call (512) 974-3210 or Texas Relay by dialing 7-1-1.

EEO Statement for City of Austin:

The City of Austin will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, religion, veteran status, disability, or sexual orientation. In addition, the City will not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of an individual's AIDS, AIDS Related Complex, or HIV status; nor will the City discriminate against individuals who are perceived to be at risk of HIV infection, or who associate with individuals who are believed to be at risk.

City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require reasonable accommodation during the application process or have a question regarding an essential job function, please call (512) 974-3210 or Texas Relay by dialing 7-1-1.

Closing Date/Time: 2025-10-07