Senior Enterprise Architect

Senior Enterprise Architect

Company: Stealth Entry Cybersecurity Solutions

Client: State of Ohio, Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS), Office of Information Services (OIS)

Location: Remote. Candidates in Ohio or the Eastern time zone preferred.

Engagement: 1-year contract with the possibility of an extension
Eligibility: U.S. Citizens and Green Card holders only.

Interviews: Conducted remotely

About Stealth Entry

Stealth Entry Cybersecurity Solutions is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and Ohio Minority Business Enterprise headquartered in Westerville, Ohio. We provide skilled IT and cybersecurity professionals to federal, state, and commercial clients.

About the Role

Stealth Entry is hiring a Senior Enterprise Architect for our client, the State of Ohio, to support the Office of Information Services at the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. OIS supports multiple business units, including Family Assistance, Unemployment Compensation, Workforce Development, Community Support Services, and admin areas such as Finance. The team’s work focuses on modernization, Cloud Smart strategy, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), and AI/ML, including virtual assistants and Generative AI.

You will be aligned to one or more business units and provide backup support to others. You will create business capability models and customer journey maps. You will also facilitate business and IT strategic planning with Business Relationship Managers and senior leadership. You will give architectural guidance on new projects and make sure current projects follow JFS technical and application standards and match enterprise strategy.

What You’ll Do

Strategy and Planning

• Facilitate and drive business and IT strategic planning discussions with senior leadership, Business Relationship Managers, and subject matter experts
• Partner with IT staff and technology experts to create IT strategy and set technology standards and guidelines for project design and implementation
• Provide strategic consultation to assigned line-of-business (LOB) customers on business and IT strategies, and research, promote, and enable standard technologies
• Maintain a holistic view of the organization’s strategy, processes, information, and technology assets

Architecture and Technology Evaluation

• Participate in enterprise architecture development, including business, information, application portfolio, and technical architecture, and build models that drive business and IT decisions
• Provide architectural input and technical consultation to put strategies and guidelines into practice on projects
• Provide technical architecture leadership in Generative AI, conversational UI, RPA, and cloud services (Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, AWS) to enable digital transformation and guide modernization
• Conduct market research, technology evaluations, and tool comparisons, and make recommendations to senior leadership
• Plan, launch, and lead proof-of-concept initiatives using emerging technologies
• Contribute to business opportunity identification and the business innovation portfolio

Systems Analysis and Delivery Oversight

• Manage, organize, and administer systems analysis and applications programming work
• Set priorities, schedule, oversee, and review the work of systems analysis and programming staff
• Review feasibility studies and time and cost estimates for new or revised systems
• Help develop project plans and schedules with key milestones, contingency plans, and workflow diagrams, considering resource needs, storage and processing capacity, and intended use of output data
• Oversee conversion of workflows into code, entry of program code and test data, analysis of test runs, and correction of code and input data
• Manage revisions to existing programs to improve efficiency or meet new requirements
• Compile documentation of program development and revisions, and prepare records and reports
• Help develop standards, procedures, and conventions, including standard terms and symbols that make programs easier to interpret

Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration

• Assess near-term needs through structured interviews, develop alternative technical solutions, and advise on options, risks, costs and benefits, and impacts on other processes and systems
• Facilitate cross-LOB (enterprise) solutions
• Keep LOB customers informed of project progress, and keep IT technology and service managers aware of key customer issues
• Work with stakeholders and management to deliver projects on time and to organization standards
• Coordinate with other information systems groups, and consult with management to clarify intent, identify problems, and recommend changes
• Collaborate with the enterprise program management office on project status, issues, risks, and benefits
• Collaborate with technology vendors and other users to develop new programming methods
• Lead informal learning sessions on new strategies and emerging technologies, and train staff in systems analysis, feasibility studies, and programming
• Produce technical documentation using Word, PowerPoint, Lucidchart, Visio, Avolution ABACUS, and SharePoint

What You Bring

• 10+ years of experience in software development, testing, and project management, or 5 to 7 years in IT
• At least 2 years of Enterprise Architecture experience and 2 years of Solution Architecture experience
• Experience developing strategic technology plans and roadmaps, business capability models, and customer journey maps
• Technical experience leading AI implementations, including Generative AI, RPA, and virtual assistants
• Solution architecture experience in AWS, GCP, and/or Azure for AI and RPA technologies such as UiPath
• Experience providing EA governance for cloud modernization efforts
• Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments
• Demonstrated skills across multiple IT domains, such as application, security, and infrastructure
• Experience leading the creation of technology solutions and architectures that affect critical areas of the business
• Ability to lead emerging technology analysis initiatives
• Ability to present business and technical concepts to any audience
• Strong leadership, negotiation, and consultative skills across business and technical groups
• Strong analytical, conceptual, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to build and keep a high level of customer trust and confidence

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience with extensive related project work

Preferred

• Master’s degree or other advanced study
• TOGAF certification
• Enterprise Architecture experience with the Avolution ABACUS EA tool
• Public sector or state government experience

This is a remote position.