IT Project Architect

Overview

Prince George’s County Office of Information Technology (OIT) is currently seeking qualified applicants for an IT Project Architect (Info Tech Project Coordinator 4G), grade G27
, in the Project Management Office. This principal level professional and technical role designs and implements IT solutions for County agencies, serving as IT strategy planner, IT architect, and project manager. The incumbent supports County agencies in researching, identifying, planning, and implementing information technology solutions that meet business missions and operational requirements. Work includes technical architecture, project governance, administration, and leadership responsibilities, such as business analysis, technology opportunity identification, feasibility analysis, and coordinating with OIT technology teams.

Work is performed under general supervision of the PMO Manager with a high degree of independence.

The Office of Information Technology provides support to County agencies, departments, and branches. The OIT Service Desk offers IT support and maintenance to Prince George’s County personnel. OIT aims to align technology with the County’s strategic goals and to lead ideation, development, and deployment of innovative technologies and streamlined processes for improved government efficiency and citizen access.

• Lead the architectural assessment, design, and planning of complex technology solutions, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, cybersecurity requirements, regulatory mandates, and business needs.
• Engage with agency leadership, business stakeholders, and IT executives to develop and maintain enterprise technology roadmaps, strategic IT plans, and project portfolios aligned with organizational objectives.
• Facilitate cross-functional solution design workshops and technical strategy sessions involving agency representatives, infrastructure teams, application teams, cybersecurity personnel, vendors, consultants, and executive stakeholders.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to assigned agencies in identifying technology needs, evaluating solution alternatives, and developing business cases and funding justifications for inclusion in annual budget requests and capital improvement programs.
• Direct the planning, coordination, and execution of large-scale IT initiatives from concept through implementation, ensuring successful delivery of scope, schedule, budget, quality, and business outcomes.
• Develop and oversee integrated project management artifacts including project charters, technical architecture documents, project plans, schedules, resource plans, risk registers, and governance reports.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural oversight for enterprise projects, ensuring solution designs are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise architecture principles.
• Lead project governance activities, including Project Steering Committees, architecture review boards, and executive status briefings; communicate project progress, risks, dependencies, and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Coordinate activities among multiple agencies, business units, IT divisions, contractors, and third-party vendors to ensure effective collaboration, issue resolution, and achievement of project objectives.
• Monitor vendor and/or contractor performance, evaluate deliverables for compliance with contractual and technical requirements, and recommend corrective actions to Management when necessary.
• Establish project scope, objectives, success metrics, and deliverables while ensuring stakeholder expectations are managed and aligned throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate technical, operational, and organizational risks; proactively resolve project issues and conflicts to minimize impact on service delivery and project outcomes.
• Ensure compliance with established OIT policies, PMO governance standards, cybersecurity frameworks, and organizational procedures.
• Support technical reviews of proposed solutions, infrastructure designs, application architectures, cloud implementations, and system integrations to ensure adherence to enterprise standards and best practices.
• Develop executive presentations, strategic recommendations, business communications, and briefing materials for elected officials, executive leadership, steering committees, and stakeholder groups.
• Mentor project managers, business analysts, architects, and technical staff on project management methodologies, architecture standards, governance processes, and best practices.
• Support the continuous maturation of the Project Management Office by improving methodologies, templates, governance frameworks, performance metrics, and enterprise project delivery capabilities.
• Research emerging technologies, industry trends, and government IT best practices to identify opportunities for innovation, modernization, operational efficiency, and risk reduction.
• Represent the OIT in meetings with agencies, industry partners, vendors,…