Enterprise Technology Lead

About the role

This position is open to U.S. Citizens and permanent residents. The Enterprise Technology Lead performs advanced (senior-level) enterprise technology coordination and portfolio enablement work within the HHSC-CTO organization. In addition to strong coordination, technical, and leadership skills, this role requires broad and practical understanding of modern enterprise technologies—including applications, cloud platforms, data, integration, and security—to effectively engage with vendors, architects, and delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Leads Information Technology (IT) project deployments of artificial intelligence systems for projects across agencies.
• Supports the development of IT roadmaps for the agency to address desired business process and technology improvements.
• Performs business, systems, and/or legislative analyses, formulates logical descriptions of problems, and devises optimum solutions to meet customer needs.
• Supports the development of vendor technical strategies, organizational strategies, project plans, charts, diagrams, tables, monthly and final reports that depict present and proposed systems in terms of costs, benefits derived, and tasks accomplished.
• Provides leadership, plans and coordinates workflow of team members to accomplish team goals and objectives.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in computer science, information systems, engineering, business administration, or a related field is generally preferred.
• At least 7 years of experience in enterprise IT environments, including hand-on experience coordinating across vendors, platforms, or large-scale technology initiatives, is required.
• Experience working within a CTO, enterprise architecture, or centralized technology organization specific to health and human services is strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting executive leadership, technology governance, or portfolio coordination is also preferred.
• Experience in managing the deployment of artificial intelligence systems is preferred.

Skills

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of systems analysis, including technologies, products, trends, standards, operations, best practices and related governance.
• Knowledge of security requirements and configurations to resolve AI security vulnerabilities.
• Knowledge of artificial intelligence in IT workflow and development.
• Skill in the full SDLC, including Agile and Waterfall development methods.
• Ability to analyze and optimize system performance and resource utilization.
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers, IT teams, and others at all levels of the organization.

Qualifications

Professional certifications in artificial intelligence or agentic workflows are preferred.

Benefits

Our comprehensive benefits package includes 100% paid employee health insurance for full-time eligible employees, a defined benefit pension plan, generous time off benefits, numerous opportunities for career advancement and more.

Pay

The salary range is $7,015.16 - $9,583.33 per month.

Schedule

This is a full-time position with a regular schedule, and may require telework and travel.