Enterprise Architect Consultant

Capio Group is looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect Consultant!

Full-time employee - Sacramento

Salary: $135,000 - $145,000

Capio Group is a California-based Information Technology Consulting firm serving the public sector since 2010. We assist the Government in delivering large, complex systems and solutions. Capio Group is a small, but quickly growing firm that mixes good ideas, with great people, to achieve extraordinary results for our clients. We offer the salary and benefits of the bigger companies, with the added bonus of a flexible workplace and a great work-life balance.

Capio Group is looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect Consultant to lead the tactical execution of enterprise architecture (solutions guidance, standards enforcement, architectural runway) while designing and standing up the EA Office integrated with PMO and BRM within a unified Strategy & Governance department. Establish shared services for intake orchestration, AI and data architecture enablement, and financial analytics, and co‑own process automation and AI enablement for project managers and shared services specialists.

In addition, the Enterprise Architect Consultant is expected to perform tasks including but not limited to:

• Solution Architecture & Guidance:
  Produce solution intents, architecture decision records (ADRs), and reference architectures aligned to enterprise standards.
• Standards & Patterns:
  Curate cloud, data, integration, security, and AI/ML patterns (e.g., Azure reference implementations, data mesh vs. warehouse).
• Architecture Governance:
  Chair/coordinate Architecture Review Board (ARB); manage exceptions, waivers, and technical debt logs.
• Road mapping:
  Maintain capability maps and technology roadmaps; ensure fit to business strategy and PMO portfolio plans.
• Risk & Compliance:
  Embed security/privacy by design; align with regulatory and data governance requirements.
• Vendor/Tool Evaluation:
  Conduct comparative assessments; ensure interoperability and cost-effectiveness.
• Asset Management:
  Optimize and maintain the CMDB.
• Change Management:
  Participate in Change Management Review Boards to assess and validate.
• Software Purchase Evaluation:
  Evaluate software purchase requests and approve or decline based on client policies including security and inventory review.
• Project Technology:
  Evaluate and validate software proposed in overall solutions for specific projects.
• Architecture Design and Strategy:
  Develop and maintain enterprise architecture frameworks, including business capability maps, technology roadmaps, and IT standards.
• System Integration:
  Evaluate and integrate IT systems, ensuring interoperability and scalability across applications and platforms.
• Stakeholder
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work with senior management, technical specialists, and business units to align IT solutions with organizational strategy.
• Technology Assessment:
  Research emerging technologies, recommend architecture changes, and advise on system strategies.
• Documentation and Communication:
  Create and maintain architectural models, transition plans, and business cases for IT investments.
• Technology Lifecycle Governance:
  Manage acquisition request intake, processing, risk management, cybersecurity, procurement, and end‑of‑life (EOL).
• Enterprise Technology Standards: Establish governance to define, develop, and enforce enterprise standards.

• Operating Model:
  Define mission, scope, decision rights (RACI), engagement model with PMO/BRM, and service catalog (e.g., solution reviews, standards stewardship).
• Processes:
  Establish demand‑to‑delivery lifecycle: intake → triage → architecture initiation → design reviews → ARB → delivery checkpoints → benefits traceability.
• Org & Roles:
  Define EA lead, domain architects (data, app, infrastructure, security), architecture analysts, and integrate shared services.
• Tooling:
  Implement common tooling (e.g., repository for artifacts, ADRs, patterns; Power BI dashboards; Power Automate workflows; M365 Copilot for documentation).
• Metrics & Reporting:
  Develop dashboards to monitor architectural compliance, reuse rates, cycle times, risk posture, and…