As the central information technology organization for the City, DoIT provides a number of technology and telecommunications services to departments, the Mayor, Aldermen, other city agencies, residents, businesses and tourists.

The department also supports City innovation by:

• Facilitating creative thought about existing business processes across departments
• Providing departments with tools to deliver valuable new processes and services
• Designing and implementing systems that deliver these processes and services
• Applying technology where appropriate to automate processes and services
• Developing strategic partnerships

If you are interested in becoming a part of something big,  where your work has true meaning and you can experience what it takes to make the City of Chicago work...then this job is for YOU

TITLE: Enterprise Architect

• With limited direction, functions as key member of the strategic Information
  Technology management team overseeing the City’s overall enterprise
  architecture.  Generally, provides strategic direction, guidance and design principles to the City’s Department of Innovation & Technology. 

• Ensures close alignment between business objectives, technical design principles and solutions.

• Provides the ability to de-conflict competing inputs to solve technical challenges.  Uses models and architectural frameworks to identify key relationships and gaps between business objectives, process and technical systems.

• Develops roadmaps that enhance operational efficiency and provide visionary guidance for solutions.
  

  ESSENTIAL DUTIES
  

  Duties may include:
  

  • Shape the design
    architecture based on strategic business and operating models.
  
  
  • Develop
    principles, strategies and frameworks.
  
  
  • Ensure standards
    and framework compliance across the business.
  
  
  • Develop and
    maintain strategic and technology roadmaps.
  
  
  • Develop and
    maintain a strategic vision for the delivery of technology based on key
    business drivers.
  
  
  • Provide advice
    and consultancy on strategy to management team.
  
  
  • Liaise with
    solutions architects to develop design standards.
  
  
  • Produce models
    to describe the artifacts, principles, frameworks and strategy.
  
  
  • Lead the
    development of capabilities in all facets of strategic and tactical
    implementation from conception to post deployment.
  
  
  • Provide cross
    project architectural governance that includes identifying relevant
    strategy, policy and roadmaps.
  
  
  • Monitor and
    report on project compliance and alignment to technology strategy.
  
  
  • Provide expert
    consultancy in the development of programs of work and capital budget
    allocation.
  
  
  • Liaise with engineers
    and technology experts to ascertain system functional capacity,
    constraints and support lifecycles.
  
  
  • Model and assess
    the organizations' baseline Architecture

  
  

  NOTE:    The list of essential duties is not intended
  to be inclusive; there may be other duties that are essential to particular
  positions within the class. 
  

  MINIMUM QUALIFICATION
  

  Education, Training,and Experienc
  

  
  
  • Graduation from an accredited college or
    university with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information
    Technology/Systems, Business Administration or a directly related field
    plus five years of information technology experience of which two years is
    in a supervisory role related to the responsibilities of the position or
    an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
  
  

  Licensure, Certification, or Other
  Qualifications
  

  • Applicable
    professional licenses or certifications relative to the specific
    responsibilities of the position are appreciated

    Interested applicants
    should submit a resume to [email protected]