Enterprise Architect II

Works under the general supervision of the Enterprise Architect Manager in the Office of Technology at the Headquarters Office (CHQ). Through the Enterprise Architecture team, creates a roadmap, technical architecture, and implementation designs for the Airports Authority’s Infrastructure (e.g., data center) to align the Office of Technology’s objectives with the Airports Authority’s business goals.

Responsibilities

• Interfaces with multiple Airports Authority Offices to develop a comprehensive understanding of business needs and create a cohesive enterprise technology strategy supporting an efficient and secure IT environment.
• Leads the evaluation of business needs to define technical requirements, identify gaps and risks, evaluate options, and define the technical blueprint for implementation.
• Ensures recommended hardware is compatible with software and applications.
• Works with other Office of Technology departments to plan and implement enterprise architecture, including strategies for retiring or consolidating legacy systems, integrating existing systems, and implementing new systems.
• Ensures IT and technology assets are secure by developing standards, policies, models, procedures, and a comprehensive computer network defense (CND) for all systems and domains.
• Promotes service-oriented architecture (SOA) approaches for application integration to enhance software quality and re-usability.
• Provides leadership in infrastructure architecture, development, release management strategies, and change management, designing solutions that meet or exceed Airport Authority needs.
• Prepares written materials and presents formal briefings to the Board, Board Committees, and senior executive staff regarding proposed architecture solutions.
• Assesses performance and scalability requirements, determining hardware resources such as CPU, memory, storage, and network bandwidth.
• Recommends specific hardware components (e.g., servers, storage arrays, networking equipment) and evaluates vendors and their product offerings.
• Maintains awareness of technological advances to help plan future IT infrastructure supporting business goals.
• Stays updated on technology vendors and their products for informed procurement and integration decisions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Nine years of progressively responsible experience in IT/technology, including implementing enterprise technology solutions, defining and delivering enterprise solutions in a technical leadership role, and analyzing, designing, and optimizing Infrastructure and Enterprise Integration solutions.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Two of the nine years must involve technical architecture and implementation design of network enterprise solutions.
• Knowledge of IT principles, including system architecture, integration techniques, and testing methods to evaluate existing IT infrastructure and create enterprise architecture plans aligning with business goals.
• Skill in analyzing complexities of existing technology, revising policies, planning enhancements, and providing technical and cost analyses.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity principles and practices.
• Ability to establish future-state, baseline, and migration architecture for cybersecurity, network, telephony, datacenter infrastructure hardware, application, and data.
• Knowledge of optimizing data center operations for efficient resource use and maximum uptime.
• Expertise in design, development, and architecture of emerging technologies (e.g., cloud computing, DevSecOps, microservices, AI, IoT) and their impact on enterprise architecture.
• Demonstrated ability to build, lead, verify, and validate complex and critical enterprise network and telephony integrations.
• Knowledge of IT governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) to ensure alignment with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Proficiency in managing organizational change and transitioning to future-state architectures.
• Understanding of data modeling, data governance, and information security to manage data as a strategic asset.
• Knowledge of capability-based architecture roadmap, design implementation, code review, change management, and architecture governance.
• Ability to analyze complex data and information and make recommendations.
• Ability to speak and write effectively, providing written documentation and oral briefings to support analyses and judgments.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• A state driver’s license in good standing.

Preferred Qualifications

• A Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Physical Science, or a related field.
• Certification by Open Group as an Open Group Certified Architect (Open CA) or relevant architectural certifications (e.g., Cloud, Networking, Datacenter).
• Technology experience in the transportation industry, particularly with airport and/or toll road operations.

Schedule

• Must be able to work a standard on-call rotation and varied schedule outside normal business hours.
• Subject to hold over and recall on a 24-hour basis for essential services and emergencies.

A background security investigation will be required for all new hires.