OneWA Business Solutions Architect

Description

OneWA Business Solutions Architect

(IT Architect Senior Specialist)

Full Time | Permanent

Salary Range: $104,304 - $140,268 Annually

This is a telework/hybrid position. The candidate of choice may work from anywhere within the state of Washington with a reliable internet connection. Travel may be required.

Are you a strategic thinker who can connect business priorities, technology, and organizational transformation? As the OneWA Business Solutions Architect, you will play a critical role in shaping how the agency’s business and technology environments evolve, helping ensure that solutions are aligned with both organizational needs and the broader goals of the OneWA program.

In this role, you will apply advanced expertise in enterprise business architecture to understand the agency’s business processes, strategic direction, and the impacts of those processes on internal and external stakeholders. You will partner with business divisions to assess, document, and develop current and future-state business architectures, facilitating their evolution through planning, analysis, design, configuration, and problem solving. You will also connect business processes and requirements to IT services, helping ensure technology solutions effectively support business operations and OneWA program objectives.

The OneWA Business Solutions Architect will bridge business and IT strategies by aligning organizational goals and objectives with decisions related to products and services, partners and suppliers, business capabilities, and key technology initiatives. Using repeatable approaches, cohesive frameworks, and industry-standard techniques, you will develop an integrated view of the business and IT systems impacted by OneWA and help guide informed decisions across the organization.

This is an opportunity to be at the intersection of business strategy, technology, and transformational change. If you thrive on connecting people, processes, and technology and want to help shape solutions that will have a lasting impact across the agency, bring your expertise to the OneWA team.

A completed application packet will include:

• A cover letter regarding your interest in this position with our agency
• A detailed resume
• Three professional references

Duties

We are looking for teammates who share our vision of public service and are committed to an equitable and inclusive culture that fosters and inspires excellence, while promoting innovation, engagement, and safety, leading to better outcomes for our incarcerated population, our agency, and our community.

As an IT Architect Senior Specialist, some of your duties will include:

• Developing and maintaining a business architecture strategy and practice based on a situational awareness of business scenarios and motivations across the organization which could look like:
  • Applying advanced and comprehensive knowledge of best practices and expertise in strategic planning
  • Leading the definition of the future state and current state business architecture
  • Ensuring architecture evolves in response to business needs.
  • Participating in enterprise-wide architectural development, including business architecture, information architecture, application portfolio and technical architecture.
  • Owning stewardship duties of business architecture artifacts and develops architectural models that represent the agency’s business operations using industry standard frameworks; BPMNv2, TOGAF, MITA, and Federal Enterprise Architecture FrameworkV2.
  • Supporting, developing and communicating domain-wide policies, standards, guidelines and procedures; leads efforts for those that pertain to Enterprise Business Architecture
  • Setting business architecture standards and methodologies for cataloging and maintaining repositories
  • Ensuring compatibility with existing solutions, infrastructure, services, and strategic requirements
  • Leading architectural efforts between multiple disciplinary groups across the organization to ensure business strategic and tactical requirements are fulfilled, and overall impacts of outcomes are clearly articulated to leadership and consumers.
  • Seeking ways to apply new technology to, and reuse existing technology for, business processes.
  • Working with business leaders to understand business requirements and help them understand how technology tradeoffs influence strategy.
  • Keeping technology and application managers aware of key customer issues, identifying and resolving potential problems and conflicts.
  • Selling the business architecture process, its outcome, and ongoing results.
  • Identifying user business requirements by researching and analyzing user needs, preferences, objectives, and working methods and studies how users consume content.
  • Assessing near-term needs to help establish business priorities
  • Providing leadership, technology guidance and mentors others throughout One WA project
  • Leading the design of the business architecture, across multiple business units and domains
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

What we need (required qualifications):

• High school diploma or equivalent

AND

• Fourteen (14) years of progressive technical and leadership experience in a related IT discipline

OR

• Bachelors degree in a computer science related field

AND

• Ten (10) years of progressive technical and leadership experience in a related IT discipline

In addition to the above education/experience, the below knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies are required:

• Six years (6) experience working in a complex/enterprise IT environment across multiple disciplines (IT Security, software development, network engineering, application security, database, risk management, project management, etc.)
• Four (4) years of experience in articulating business risks for complex technical issues to non-technical personnel
• Five (5) years of experience delivering solutions in complex enterprise business environments including technical aspects of release coordination, stabilization/hyper care, and M&O plan development and implementation
• Five (5) years of experience developing requirements and system documentation for complex financial systems
• Two (2) years of experience establishing, cultivating, and leading working groups across state agencies to identify solutions for shared business and technical challenges
• Experience must include:
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
  • Scrum Master certification
  • Demonstrated ability to bridge the gap between waterfall and agile methodologies
  • Demonstrated experience leading a multidisciplinary group in an IT operations context.
  • Experience with ERP system design and delivery
  • Knowledge of at least one of the following architectural frameworks; TOGAF, MITA, Federal Enterprise Architecture FrameworkV2. (Must be willing to obtain a solid working knowledge of these within six months of appointment into the position.)
  • Working knowledge of industry standard notations for documenting business processes for use in architectural designs (BPMNv2 preferred).
  • Demonstrated experience in proficiently translating complex business issues into readily understood concepts for staff, management, and the public.
  • Be results oriented, self-motivated, work well independently and in a collaborative team environment.

*Experience can occur concurrently.

What will make your application stand out (preferred qualifications):

• Architectural Framework Certification (TOGAF, MITA, and Federal Enterprise Architecture FrameworkV2)
• Business Analyst Certification (CBAP, CPOA, CBDA)
• Understanding of ITIL/ITSM methodologies
• Demonstrated experience leading infrastructure or data analysis/data modeling projects
• Fluent in IT configuration management, change management and release management processes
• Knowledge of Service Asset Configuration Management (SACM)
• One (1) year of software training experience (course development and delivery)

Supplemental Information

Vision: Working together for safer communities.

Mission: Improving public safety by positively changing lives.

Our Commitment: To operate a safe and humane corrections system and partner with others to transform lives for a better Washington.

Our Core Values:

• Cultivate an environment of integrity and trust: Corrections values partnership and trust. We foster openness and support courageous conversations. We are committed to doing what we say we are going to do by being accountable and taking personal ownership in our actions.
• Respectful and inclusive interactions: Corrections appreciates and values individuals by promoting an inclusive and diverse environment, which encourages safety. We respect, value, and listen to the thoughts, feelings, and perspectives of our stakeholders and consider the impact on those we serve as well as each other.
• People's safety: Corrections believes in creating an environment that values physical, mental, and emotional security and well-being. We honor those who advance safety for all.
• Positivity in words and actions: At Corrections, we assume positive intentions and believe there is a shared desire for the best outcome. We consistently demonstrate positive behavior and always put forth our best effort.
• Supporting people's success: Corrections is committed to our community – understanding individuals, instilling hope, embracing change, and providing opportunities.

DOC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, honorably discharged veteran, veteran status, genetic information, or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• DOC complies with the employment eligibility verification requirements for the federal employment eligibility verification form I-9. The selected candidate must be able to provide proof of identity and eligibility to work in the United States consistent with the requirements of that form. [external link]
• DOC does not use E-Verify; therefore, we are not eligible to extend STEM-Optional Practice Training (OPT). For information, please visit .
• This recruitment may be utilized to fill more than one position.
• Please include a minimum of three (3) professional references with your application. A professional reference is defined as an individual who has been paid to supervise your work and can attest to your work performance, technical skills, and job competencies. If you do not have any or sufficient professional references, please include non-related professionals, such as educators or other professional associates.

Please note: Phone number AND email address are required for all professional references.

Telework Details

This position may be allocated for telework. If authorized for the role, work may be performed from your home or another offsite location within the state of Washington using a reliable internet or cellular hotspot service at that time. Employees are expected to perform assigned duties in a safe manner, to take proper care all state-issued equipment, and maintain confidentiality of all information in possession while working offsite. Employees will be required to commute to a Department of Corrections facility or field office as business requires, to potentially include components of the onboarding process. Some offices will have a “drop in” area available, however, a dedicated workspace within a DOC facility will not be provided.

What We Offer

As an employee of the Department of Corrections, your work-life integration is a priority. Washington State employees are offered one of the most inclusive and competitive benefits packages in the nation. Besides comprehensive family insurance for medical, dental, and vision, these perks also may include:

• Remote/telework/flexible schedules (depending on position)
• Up to 25 paid vacation days a year
• 8 hours of paid sick leave per month
• 12 paid holidays a year
• Generous retirement plan
• Flex Spending Accounts
• Dependent Care Assistance
• Deferred Compensation and so much more!

*Teamsters 117 represented positions receive 3 days of bereavement leave.

Retirement Options

• PERS: State Employees are members of the Washington Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS). New employees have the option of two employer contributed retirement programs. For additional information, visit the Department of Retirement Systems (DRS) or call 800-547-6657.
• PSERS: Many positions within DOC are covered by the Public Safety Employees' Retirement System (PSERS). If someone moves from a PERS-eligible position to a PSERS eligible position, they will retire under two different systems/plans. Contact DRS for more information.

For questions about this recruitment, or to request reasonable accommodation in the application process, please email [email protected] or call us at 509-630-9160. For TTY service, please call the Washington Relay Service at 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6388.