Enterprise Architect

Job Description

Job Description

**Enterprise Architect **

We’re looking for an Enterprise Architect to support our Chief Architect while he leads the County through large-scale infrastructure transitions and cloud modernization. In this role, you’ll be the connective tissue between DIT, agencies, and technical teams, spending a lot of time listening, facilitating workshops, and turning complex needs into clear technical architecture and delivery plans.

**Focus: **Centers on disaster recovery, business continuity, secure infrastructure, identity, network resilience, observability, and communicating technical risks and options to senior stakeholders.

**Roles and Responsibilities: **

• Lead key disaster recovery and business continuity efforts, including architecture for critical facilities such as 911 and backup sites.

• Assess the current state (RTO/RPO, DR plans, risks) and define the target state with clear, actionable DR architectures.

• Shape secure remote access and perimeter defense patterns with security and network teams—focusing on principles and capabilities, not just products.

• Partner with domain admins to improve Active Directory and identity architecture, and help define roles and responsibilities (RACI) for core services.

• Guide network segmentation and the retirement of legacy network overlays to improve security and resilience.

• Work with application, database, and infrastructure teams to improve observability—so issues are detected early and recovery is faster.

• Translate technical risks and options into clear language for the CIO, senior leadership, and agency stakeholders, enabling informed decisions.

What are we looking for:

• A strong communicator who can lead workshops and explain complex infrastructure and cloud topics to both technical teams and senior leaders.

• A collaborator who enjoys working across infrastructure, cloud, database, desktop, security, and agency teams to get shared solutions.

• Someone who can bring structure to large, complex systems and projects, and turn them into clear plans.

• Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to build consensus in a multi-stakeholder environment.

• Comfort working in a fast-paced, shifting environment, learning quickly and adjusting plans as needed.

• Experience working in government or public sector environments is preferred (but not required)