Enterprise Technology Architect

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The Enterprise Architect serves as a strategic technology leader responsible for shaping and advancing the District’s enterprise architecture vision. The role provides leadership and expertise in aligning technology strategy with organizational goals, ensuring scalable, secure, and sustainable solutions across the enterprise. This position partners with business and technical leaders to define and govern architecture standards, evaluate emerging technologies, and guide modernization and digital transformation initiatives.

With a deep understanding of system integration, cloud platforms, data architecture, and software design, this position drives enterprise-wide architectural consistency, innovation, and operational excellence. The role may lead technical professionals and serve as the owner of the District’s strategic technology roadmap.

Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the following representative duties, knowledge, and skills. This is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by incumbents of this class; employees may be assigned duties which are not listed below; reasonable accommodation will be made as required. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement and is subject to change at any time by the employer.

Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Lead the development and maintenance of the enterprise architecture strategy and technology roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals, technology trends, and organizational priorities.
• Collaborate with business and IT/OT stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into actionable technology plans, streamlining deployment by integrating IT and OT strategies.
• Assess current-state architecture to identify gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement; lead the design and guide implementation of future-state architectures supporting modernization, digital transformation, cloud adoption, and other innovation initiatives.
• Oversee the development of reference architectures and ensure consistency across platforms and domains.
• Develop and govern reference architectures and architectural standards to ensure consistency, scalability, quality, and interoperability across systems.
• Drive modernization initiatives, enabling digital transformation, and fostering innovation while maintaining compliance and operational excellence.
• Influence both strategic planning and tactical execution, the Principal Enterprise Architect plays a critical role in shaping the organization’s technology landscape and enabling business agility.
• Guide and mentor solution architects and technical teams in applying enterprise architecture principles and best practices.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and vendors to recommend solutions that enhance business capabilities and reduce technical debt.
• Facilitate enterprise-wide integration efforts, ensuring seamless data flow and system interoperability.
• Monitor and measure architecture effectiveness, using KPIs and metrics to inform strategic decisions and optimize performance.
• Communicate architectural vision and strategy to executive leadership, ensuring alignment and influencing buy-in across the organization.
• Exercise sound judgement and discretion in complex or ambiguous situations, while proactively improving processes and driving organizational efficiency.
• Demonstrated commitment to Grant PUD’s mission, vision, values, strategic plan, and Grant PUD / IBEW Local 77 Code of Excellence. The incumbent should be familiar with these organizational priorities and behave in a way that aligns with these expectations.
• Understand and adhere to compliance requirements for this position that may…