Enterprise AI Business Architect

Description

Enterprise AI Business Architect

(IT Architecture-Senior Specialist)

WaTech: Leading the way forward!

As a Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech) employee, you will have a unique opportunity to help advance the latest IT technologies and practices used by state government to meet the needs of Washington’s residents. Through teamwork, partnership, and collaboration WaTech works to transform public service through a connected government.

About the position

This position is within the Enterprise Architecture unit in the Architecture and Innovation Division (AID) within WaTech. This position informs the highest, most impactful decisions on technology investments in the state of Washington and reports to the State Chief Enterprise Architect.

As the Enterprise AI Business Architect, you will be responsible for aligning AI initiatives with statewide and agency business objectives, focusing on an iterative use case inventory that integrates with business processes and statewide business domains. In this role you will drive the statewide deployment of AI services by collaborating with service owners and program leaders to accelerate the adoption of AI-enabled capabilities. You will be relied on to provide direct guidance to agencies, equipping them with templates and consulting support to maximize the value of AI-enabled technology, ultimately enhancing the customer experience and improving agency operations for the benefit of Washington’s residents.

Duties

Some of what to expect with this role:

• Develop AI business architecture artifacts to drive the responsible use of AI in the state (e.g., business capability models, process-to-capability maps, context models, value stream maps).
• Lead the development of a statewide AI strategy that aligns with long-term business goals, ensuring AI initiatives enhance government services and operations.
• Support the lifecycle of enterprise architecture policies within the AI business architecture by contributing to the establishment, development, implementation and periodic updates of state-wide AI policies and standards.
• Perform architectural reviews of AI initiatives to ensure compliance with statewide data privacy, security standards and federal regulations.
• Lead and manage the portfolio of statewide AI capabilities. Maintain a capability map and service gap analysis for cloud-based AI capabilities for the state.
• Collaborate with statewide service owners, cloud teams and program leaders to expedite the deployment of AI-enabled services across the state.
• Ensure that AI initiatives are strategically aligned with statewide business objectives.
• Review technology funding requests as part of the biennial and supplemental budget cycles and help determine whether a proposed investment aligns with the state IT strategy.

Qualifications

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Ten years of information technology (IT) experience in business architecture or business management. This required experience must include the following:
  • Five years of information technology experience in a business architecture functional area such as business process design and reengineering or business capability mapping.
  • Five years of total experience practicing one or a combination of specific architecture methodologies (business architecture, enterprise architecture and solution architecture) on a full-time basis.
  • One year working on enterprise (organization-wide) approaches for the use of complex types of AI (machine learning, deep learning, generative AI).

• A bachelor’s degree in information technology or IT business management may substitute for up to four years of required experience.

Preference may be granted to applicants with the following:

• A master’s degree in information technology or IT business management.
• Previous experience in enterprise architecture practices using one of the major Enterprise Architecture frameworks, such as Scaled Agile, Zachman, TOGAF, or FEAF.
• Previous enterprise-level enterprise-architecture experience in the business or technical domain, involving enterprise-technology service delivery to large, multi-domain organizations.
• Possess professional business architecture certification, such as:
  • Enterprise Architecture Center of Excellence.
  • Scaled Agile Framework Certified Architect.
  • The Open Group Architecture Framework.

Supplemental Information

We value diversity and different perspectives:

WaTech is committed to providing equal access and opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees. We seek to attract and retain a diverse staff and welcome your experiences, perspectives, and unique identity.

What WaTech offers:

As an employee of WaTech, you’ll have access to an outstanding employee benefits package that includes medical and dental plan options for you and your family, paid leave and holidays, retirement plan options and more.

While WaTech is headquartered in Olympia, Washington, which is near some of the country’s most scenic national parks, we are able to offer many of our positions telework and flexible schedule options to help support a healthy work life balance.

To learn more about WaTech, and what our employees enjoy about working here, please visit our website.

How to apply:

Applications for this recruitment will be accepted electronically. Please select the large “apply button” at the top of this announcement. You may need to create a profile and account in Washington state's automated application system. We invite you to include your name and pronouns in your material to ensure we address you correctly throughout the application process.

To be considered for this position you will need to:

• Submit acomplete Online Application.
• Answer all required Supplemental Questions.
• Attach a Letter of Interes tthat addresses how your experience qualifies you for this role.
• Attach a Resume that clearly documents the work history, training, and education that makes you a viable and competitive candidate for this position.
• Attach a separate document with at least Three Professional References. This should include: Reference name, nature of the relationship (i.e. company and supervisor, coworker, etc.), phone number, and email. References should be individuals you have worked with in the past five years, if possible, and include at least one current, or most recent supervisor. *We will not conduct reference checks without your signed release.

Note: Applications without the requested information identified above or containing supplemental question responses with comments such as "see resume" may lead to your application being disqualified from consideration.

Applicants wishing to claim Veterans Preference should attach a copy of their DD-214 (Member 4 copy), NGB 22, or signed verification of service letter from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to their application. (Please redact any personally identifiable data such as social security number prior to submittal.)

Conditions of employment:

This position requires a background check. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant's suitability and competence to perform in the position and is a continued condition of employment.

Recruitment process:

First round of application assessments will be conducted seven days after the initial job posting date. The hiring authority reserves the right to offer the position at any time after the initial seven-day job posting date during the recruitment process. It is to the applicant's advantage to apply as early as possible. This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions.

Contact us: For inquiries about this position, please contact Rebekah Wilkes at (360) 407-8646 or email to Rebekah.Wilkes@WaTech.wa.gov

Persons requiring accommodation in the application process or for an alternative format may contact Human Resources at (360) 407-8242 or Human.Resources@watech.wa.gov.Persons of disability or those who are deaf or hard of hearing can call the Washington Relay Service by dialing 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6388. WaTech complies with the employment eligibility verification requirements of the federal 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 on the first day of employment.