Help improve the lives of North Dakota citizens by partnering with our customers to meet business needs and deliver transformational customer and state constituent experiences across Team ND.
North Dakota Information Technology (NDIT) is seeking an Enterprise Architect to join our Technology division. The Enterprise Architect will partner with agencies across state government to align business needs with technology strategy, helping deliver modern, effective services to North Dakota citizens.
As a member of the State of ND's Enterprise Architecture team, the Enterprise Architect will develop and drive enterprise architecture strategy across the state's IT landscape. This includes aligning business and IT strategy, managing the state's IT portfolio, guiding solution pathing for agency initiatives, overseeing IT procurement alignment, and advising agency and NDIT leadership on strategic direction. Additionally, the Enterprise Architect will work across a broad portfolio of enterprise platforms and agency-specific solutions.
In This Role:
Strategy & Planning
- Develop and maintain enterprise architecture roadmaps that align business objectives with technology direction.
- Lead IT planning efforts in partnership with agencies to identify needs, evaluate options, and define solution paths.
- Support IT portfolio management by assessing the state's application and service landscape and identifying opportunities for consolidation, modernization, or retirement.
- Research emerging technologies and evaluate their applicability to the state's modernization initiatives.
Governance & Standards
- Evaluate IT change and procurements for alignment with state standards and architectural direction.
- Establish, manage, and promote IT standards, policies, and best practices for enterprise solutions.
Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership
- Serve as a trusted advisor to agency and NDIT leadership, providing strategic insights and actionable recommendations.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders across agencies to understand business processes, identify gaps, and translate needs into solution paths.
- Lead cross-functional groups in the research, evaluation, and selection of new IT solutions, communicating clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
What Success Looks Like
Within the first year, the Enterprise Architect will own the strategy and roadmap for one or more enterprise domain areas, build trusted advisory relationships with agency stakeholders, and present strategic recommendations to NDIT leadership. Over time, this role will shape how the state approaches IT planning, portfolio management, and enterprise governance.
What Strong Candidates Bring
- Familiarity with TOGAF or similar enterprise architecture methodologies.
- Experience with business architecture practices such as capability modeling, value stream mapping, or business process analysis.
- Experience with IT portfolio management, application rationalization, or IT investment planning.
- Experience working in government, higher education, or other regulated environments.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical information for non-technical audiences and influence decision-making at the leadership level.
Minimum Qualifications
Requires an associate degree in Computer Science or an Information Technology related field, and at least five years of current and progressive work experience designing, evaluating, and implementing IT solutions across multiple technology domains.
Additional work experience as described may substitute for the education requirement on a year-for-year basis
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This position can be based anywhere in North Dakota (or a border community such as Moorhead, MN, East Grand Forks, etc), but preference will be given to candidates living or able to relocate to the Bismarck/Mandan area.
- For candidates living outside of Bismarck, regular travel to Bismarck will be expected through the use of the state fleet system.
- For those living within 50 miles of the Bismarck or Fargo office, this position will work a hybrid schedule, composed of both onsite and remote work.
This role is identified as a hard to fill position, making it eligible for an enhanced annual leave accrual rate.
About Team ND
"Far and away the best prize life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." - Theodore Roosevelt
More than 7,500 talented, hard-working people across sixty-three agencies have come together as Team North Dakota. At Team ND, we are driven to succeed through gratitude, humility, curiosity and courage. Our purpose is to empower people, improve lives, and inspire success. Join us in being legendary.
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Application Procedures
The answers given on this application are to be reflective of your work experiences. Any use or suspected use of AI during the application process may affect the outcome of the hiring decision.
Please make sure that your resume includes information to demonstrate how you meet the minimum qualifications as posted. Your work history will not be given credit if North Dakota Information Technology cannot determine that you meet the minimum qualifications.
All application material, including your resume, must be received on or before the closing date by 11:59 PM Central Standard Time (CST).
North Dakota Information Technology does not offer or provide sponsorships. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
For more information or if you need an accommodation, please contact [email protected] or (701) 328-4470.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The State of North Dakota and this hiring agency do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), genetics, religion, age or disability in employment or the provisions of services and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.
As an employer, the State of North Dakota prohibits smoking in all places of state employment in accordance with N.D.C.C. Sect. 23-12-10.
