Chief Architect

State of Oklahoma; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation days

Sick leave

Paid holidays

Benefits package

Job summary

State of Oklahoma, Office of Management and Enterprise Services, seeks a Chief Architect to lead the Enterprise Governance Architecture team and shape the statewide architecture strategy. You will govern cross-domain decisions spanning solutions, cloud, data, and security, and ensure alignment with executive priorities and modernization goals.

The role is on-site in Oklahoma City, with a focus on mentoring architects, establishing standards, and communicating complex concepts to senior

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical field and five years of enterprise/technical architecture experience.
• Experience leading architecture functions across multiple technology domains.
• Ability to mentor and develop an architecture team.

Responsibilities

• Develop long-term enterprise architecture strategy aligned with agency objectives.
• Govern cross-domain architecture decisions across solutions, cloud, data, and security.
• Lead and mentor the Enterprise Governance Architecture Team.
• Collaborate to create enterprise-wide frameworks and reference architectures.
• Communicate architecture direction to senior leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Technical architecture

Solution design

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

TOGAF

Job description

Agency

090 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND ENTERPRISE SERV

Job Posting Title

Chief Architect

Supervisory Organization

CIO

Job Posting End Date

Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank. Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Full/Part-Time

Full time

Job Type

Regular

Job Description

As a Chief Architect With OMES You Will Enjoy

• Generous leave including 15 days of vacation, 15 days of sick leave and 11 paid holidays annually.
• A comprehensive Benefit Package with a generous benefit allowance to offset the cost of insurance premiums for employees and their eligible dependents.

Job Details

• Full-time 40-hour work weeks.
• Support the Information Services Division.
• Salary is based on education and experience.
• This is an on‑site position located in Oklahoma City, OK.

Position Summary

The Chief Architect serves as the lead for the Enterprise Governance Architecture team, contributing to the enterprise architecture strategy and ensuring all architecture initiatives align with statewide agency goals, executive priorities, and OMES technology direction. This role governs cross‑domain architecture decisions—spanning solutions, cloud, application, data, and security—and resolves conflicts between areas of expertise to maintain architectural cohesion across the enterprise. The Chief Architect establishes enterprise‑wide architecture standards, frameworks, and best practices while managing and mentoring the Architecture team. As the primary architectural liaison to senior leadership and stakeholders, the Chief Architect communicates complex architectural concepts and the solutions developed across architecture disciplines in clear, actionable terms. Through strategic leadership, governance, and cross‑team collaboration, this role ensures OMES delivers modern, sustainable, secure, and cost‑effective technology outcomes that support agencies and the mission of IT Enterprise Governance.

Key Responsibilities

• Actively engage in developing the long-term enterprise architecture technical strategy and ensure architectural direction supports statewide agency objectives and executive priorities.
• Govern cross-domain architecture decisions—spanning solutions, cloud, application, data, and security—and resolve conflicts between areas of expertise to maintain architectural cohesion.
• Align all architecture initiatives with OMES technology direction, statewide priorities, and strategic modernization goals; ensure consistent adoption of enterprise architecture guardrails.
• Lead, mentor, and manage the Enterprise Governance Architecture Team, providing oversight and coaching across all architectural domains to ensure consistent standards and solution quality.
• Collaborate with architecture disciplines (Solutions, Cloud, Application, Data, Security) to develop enterprise-wide architectural frameworks, reference architectures, and best practices.
• Serve as the primary architectural liaison to senior leadership and high‑level stakeholders, communicating complex architectural concepts and advocating for strategic technology direction.
• Ensure that solutions developed across the architecture team are communicated effectively to stakeholders, providing clear narratives, impacts, and rationale behind decisions.
• Oversee enterprise architecture governance processes, ensuring that architecture decisions, exceptions, and standards are evaluated consistently and documented through mechanisms such as Architecture Decision Records.
• Review major technology initiatives and procurement proposals to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture strategy, cost-effectiveness, risk posture, and long‑term sustainability.
• Identify cross‑agency architectural risks and opportunities, guiding leadership on modernization trade‑offs, transformation pathways, and enterprise‑level design impacts.
• Foster collaborative partnerships with executives, agency leaders, program teams, and other enterprise governance functions to ensure architecture informs decision‑making at all levels.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support the mission of OMES, partner agencies, and IT Enterprise Governance.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

This position works in a comfortable office setting with a computer for a large percentage of the workday. The noise level in the work environment is usually mild. Occasional travel may be required.

Minimum Qualifications

Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, management information systems, engineering, or a related technical field, and five years of professional experience in enterprise architecture, technical architecture, solution design, or leading architectural functions across multiple technology domains; or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting twelve semester hours of coursework in computer science, management information systems, engineering, or a related technical field for each year of the required experience, with a maximum substitution of two years.

About OMES

The Office of Management and Enterprise Services provides excellent service, expert guidance and continuous improvement in support of our partners’ goals. We are a highly qualified workforce committed to serve those who serve Oklahomans and make government run in the most efficient, innovative manner possible.

OMES is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities may be provided upon request.

Equal Opportunity Employment

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.

Current active State of Oklahoma employees must apply for open positions internally through the Workday Jobs Hub.