IT Enterprise Arch

Job Description:

IT Enterprise Arch

Description

JOIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN TEAM

At the City of Austin, we are more than just an employer-we are a vibrant community dedicated to shaping one of the nation's most dynamic and innovative cities. As we strive to fulfill our commitment as public servants, it is important that we ground our efforts in a set of guiding principles - Empathy, Ethics, Excellence, Engagement, and Equity - anchors in delivering services that significantly impact the lives of Austinites. Joining the City of Austin means embarking on a purposeful career, contributing to the community, and being part of a forward-thinking organization that values every employee.

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• Make a Difference : Join a team driving meaningful change in one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation.
  
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By joining us, you become part of a community that values its people and is committed to making Austin the most thriving and resilient city in the country.

Job Description:

IT Enterprise Architect

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:

• Experience applying architecture principles and standards to produce usable architecture artifacts (for example, current-state/target-state diagrams, roadmaps, reference architectures, or decision records), either as the primary author or as a contributor.
• Experience documenting, designing, implementing, or supporting integrations across applications, data platforms, and infrastructure, including security considerations, data flows, and system dependencies.
• Experience designing, supporting, or evaluating cloud-based and hybrid architectures, including participation in modernization or migration planning from on-premises to cloud platforms in alignment with enterprise standards and operational support needs (Azure SQL experience preferred).
  
  
• Experience architecting, documenting, implementing, or supporting distributed or field-based technology environments (for example, remote devices, sensors, monitoring systems, or mobile/field workflows) and aligning them with enterprise platforms, data practices, and security requirements.
• Experience contributing to governance and cross-team alignment by applying standards, communicating tradeoffs, and helping drive decisions to completion.

Notes to Candidate:

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW:
Please learn more about our department and how we serve our community: What does the Watershed Protection Department do?

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Austin Watershed Protection is hiring an IT Enterprise Architect to provide enterprise-level architectural leadership for technologies that support flood risk management, field operations, and core business systems. This role develops and maintains current-state and target-state architecture artifacts, including diagrams and documentation that clearly describe integrations, data flows, dependencies, and security controls across operational technology, infrastructure, and data platforms. The Enterprise Architect partners across teams and departments to evaluate options, assess risk and feasibility, and guide solution designs that align with City enterprise strategy, security requirements, and operational reliability expectations. The position also supports cloud migration and modernization efforts, with an emphasis on improving scalability, resilience, and long-term maintainability, including work involving Azure SQL and related cloud services. Success depends on collaborative leadership, clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders, and disciplined architectural judgment as priorities and projects evolve.

Location:
505 Barton Springs Road,

Austin, Texas 78704

Salary Range:
$50.14 - $67.64, depending on qualifications and experience.

Days and Hours:
40 hours per week, Monday - Friday, with the ability for a 60% telework schedule per week after the initial training period. Exceptions may apply, subject to the department's business needs.

EDUCATION:
Verification of education will be conducted on the top candidate.

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.

BENEFITS:
Working with the City of Austin 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.

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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.

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Closing Date/Time: 2026-04-22