**Working Title: Enterprise Architect** **Job Class: Systems Architect** **Agency: Minnesota IT Services** + **Job ID** : 81394 + **Location** : St. Paul + **Telework Eligible** : Yes, #LI-Hybrid + **Full/Part Time** : Full-Time + **Regular/Temporary** : Unlimited + **Who May Apply** : Open to all qualified job seekers + **Date Posted** : 11/05/2024 + **Closing Date** : 11/13/2024 + **Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit** : Minnesota IT Services + **Division/Unit** : Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) + **Work Shift/Work Hours** : Day + **Days of Work** : Monday - Friday + **Travel Required** : No + **Salary Range:** $42.07 - $71.79 / hourly; $87,842 - $149,897 / annually + **Classified Status** : Classified + **Bargaining Unit/Union** : 214 - MN Assoc of Professional Empl/MAPE + **FLSA Status** : Exempt - Professional + Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities (https://mn.gov/mmb/careers/diverse-workforce/people-with-disabilities/connect700/) : Yes **The work you'll do is more than just a job.** At the State of Minnesota, employees play a critical role in developing policies, providing essential services, and working to improve the well-being and quality of life for all Minnesotans. The State of Minnesota is committed to equity and inclusion, and invests in employees by providing benefits, support resources, and training and development opportunities. Join the 2,600+ professionals of Minnesota IT Services (https://mn.gov/mnit/about-mnit/careers/) (MNIT) who connect Minnesotans to services that will improve their lives. This position partners with the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI). MNIT DLI staff help ensure Minnesota’s work and living environments are equitable, healthy, and safe. This division partners with DLI to oversees the state's programs for apprenticeship, construction codes and licensing, dual-training pipeline, occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, workers' compensation and youth skills training programs. The Enterprise Architect will proactively and holistically guide the enterprise through technical modernization and optimization initiatives, support the formulation of future business and technical strategy. The enterprise architect’s scope of activities includes leading the organization to achieve targeted business outcomes related to modernizing technology, optimizing costs and mitigating risks. The Enterprise Architect focuses on building relationships with business and IT stakeholders, offering options and recommendations for long term strategy, communicating the value of Enterprise Architecture and the services it offers, and shaping and guiding the delivery of EA’s services. The Enterprise Architect’s focus is to: + Engage business and IT stakeholders, creating and building relationships + Communicate the value of enterprise architecture, and its portfolio of services + Design and build an Enterprise Architecture oriented around optimizing technology and aligning to strategy + Drive the evolution of the EA teams services and operating model + Facilitate alignment between business and IT, and across the IT landscape + Coach and mentor enterprise architecture team that may include solution and cloud architects on enterprise architecture practices. + Helps business leaders achieve business outcomes and understand, leverage and operationalize existing, new and emerging technologies. + Provides actionable recommendations on initiatives and policies to help the organization drive targeted business outcomes. + Leads, prioritizes and develops the overall enterprise architecture approach for the organization, and communicates architectural direction. + Help business leaders enable their future-state business capabilities that, in turn, drive the organization’s targeted business outcomes through the choice of initiatives in which the organization chooses to invest. **This position is currently eligible for full-time telework:** + Telework (https://mn.gov/mmb-stat/policies/1422-telework.pdf) for Minnesota IT Services allows an employee to perform work from a telework location and an employee may be required to be in the office based on business needs and other dependencies in St. Paul, Minnesota. + Only candidates located in Minnesota and bordering states (Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Wisconsin) are telework eligible. **Minimum Qualifications** **Candidates must clearly demonstrate all of the following qualifications in their resume.** Resume tips here. (https://mn.gov/mnit/about-mnit/careers/hiringprocess.jsp) **:** Position requires a minimum of six (6) years of experience in business, data, application, or technology architecture. Experience must include: + Application development and implementation that constitutes a working knowledge of .NET, JAVA, or other industry standard development languages. + Cloud environments such as Azure or AWS, (Azure preferred), cloud migrations and optimatization + Development, implementation, and governance of enterprise architecture standards, and guidelines + Information Security practices, and tools, across the architectural stack, to ensure secure systems architecture. + Hands-on experience with Application Rationalization, Application Lifecycle Management, SaaS management. + Knowledge of architect standards and conventions such as TOGAF, ISO/IEC, Zachman, Federal Enterprise Architecture, etc.¿ + Ability to deliver effective verbal or written messages that facilitate a mutual understanding on both parties. + Customer service skills that include active listening, empathy, and problem-solving. A master’s degree in Information Technology or an IT related field substitutes for three (3) years of experience, OR an IT related bachelor’s degree substitutes for two (2) years, OR an IT related associate’s degree substitutes for one (1) year. **Preferred Qualifications** + Master's or bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field of study. + Ten or more years of hands-on business experience in strategic and operations planning and/or business analysis. + Ten or more years of experience in at least three disciplines, such as business, data, solution or technical architecture, application development, middleware, requirements gathering, use case development, information analysis, database management or operations in a multitier environment. + Knowledge of business ecosystems, Cloud Infrastructure, SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), service-oriented architecture (SOA), APIs, open data, microservices, event driven IT and predictive analytics. + Knowledge of organization's business models, operating models, financial models, cost-benefit analysis, budgeting and risk management. + Familiarity with data management and architecture practices, system development life cycle management, IT services management, agile and lean methodologies, infrastructure and operations, and EA and ITIL frameworks. + Understanding of the different types of product and agile principles, methodologies and frameworks, especially those designed to be scaled at the enterprise level. Understanding of existing, new and emerging technologies, and processing environments and industry and market trends. **Additional Requirements** It is the policy of Minnesota IT Services that a successful candidate must pass all legally required checks prior to employment which may consist of the following: + SEMA4 Records Check (applies to current and past state employees only) + Criminal History Check + Reference Check + Social Security and Address Verification + Education Verification + Other legally required checks **Minnesota IT Services does not participate in E-Verify. Minnesota IT Services will not sponsor applicant for work visas, including F-1 STEM OPT extensions. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.** AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is an Equal Opportunity employer/educator committed to the principles of diversity. We prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their race, sex, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or membership in a local commission as defined by law. As an affirmative action employer, we actively seek and encourage applications from women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and individuals with protected veteran status. Reasonable accommodations will be made to all qualified applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability who needs assistance or cannot access the online job application system, please contact the job information line at 651-259-3637 or email careers@state.mn.us . Please indicate what assistance is needed.