Enterprise Architect

Job Title: Enterprise Architect
Location: Remote
Type: Contract

About the Role
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.

Scope and Deliverables Include:

Serve as the primary architectural liaison for major technology initiatives and assessments underway. Serve as a Technical discovery & systems architect responsible for mapping, documenting, and baselining current-state enterprise IT architecture across on-premises data centers and hybrid-cloud environments.

Work across DIT(Department of Information Technology) Teams to:

• Perform Technical reviews of systems currently within the enterprise.

• Produce authoritative current-state artifacts (system topologies, data flow diagrams, network dependency matrices, and service catalogs)

• Map out and evaluate current enterprise storage platforms, capabilities, and gaps.

• Map our current observability tools and architecture

• Run archive and retention proof-of-concepts (POCs) to reduce cost and risk.

• Comprehensive Current-State Enterprise Architecture Documents

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)