Enterprise Architect

**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: **focuses on facility move-outs, workload transitions, cloud infrastructure, storage and lifecycle planning, modern workplace capabilities, critical communications, cloud governance, and facilitating architecture workshops and roadmaps.

**Roles and Responsibilities: **

1. Serve as the primary architectural liaison for major facility move‑outs and large‑scale workload shifts, planning how to address capacity gaps and move enterprise platforms to scalable cloud infrastructure.

2. Work with infrastructure and database teams to:

a. Evaluate storage capability gaps.

b. Oversee hardware and software lifecycle strategies.

c. Run archive and retention proof‑of‑concepts (POCs) to reduce cost and risk.

3. Partner with desktop engineering to define:

a. Modern endpoint management capabilities.

b. Security baselines for devices and workspaces.

c. Strategies for “modern workplace” provisioning (on‑prem, hybrid, and cloud).

4. Align cross‑functional requirements for critical communication systems, including:

a. Messaging platform upgrades.

b. Contact center capabilities.

c. Unified paging and alerting architectures.

5. Establish and evolve cloud governance models, including:

a. Landing zone and account/subscription structures.

b. Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC) standards and patterns.

c. Preparation of materials and options for Architecture Review Board (ARB) discussions.

6. Facilitate workshops with agencies and technical teams to surface requirements, constraints, and opportunities, and translate them into practical roadmaps.