Enterprise Solution/Technical Architect

Health & Human Services; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work eligibility

Job summary

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) seeks an Enterprise Solution/Technical Architect to provide technical design guidance across architecture domains and ensure alignment with business goals, security, and scalability. You will guide projects, drive integration, and evaluate emerging technologies for sustainable IT operations.

The role requires leading across architecture domains, cloud experiences, and adherence to standards while ensuring regulatory compliance and

Qualifications

• Minimum education and progressive experience in IT architecture components

Responsibilities

• Provide technical design guidance for application solutions, ensuring alignment with business goals, scalability, and security.
• Develop architecture frameworks and guide development and project teams in solution design.
• Drive seamless integration, evaluate emerging technologies, and solve complex technical challenges to support long-term IT sustainability.

Skills

Business Architecture

Application Architecture

Software Architecture

Database Architecture

Infrastructure Architecture

Security Architecture

RFP process

Vendor evaluation

Cloud MVP

Cloud architectures

SaaS

IaaS

PaaS

SOA

APIs

Open data

Microservices

Event-driven IT

Predictive analytics

Containerization

Immutable infrastructure

Cloud migration

Solution design

Architecture standards

Education

CS/CE related degree

Business administration degree

Tools

None

Job description

Position Overview

Agency Dept of Health and Human Services Division SEC OFFICE - INFO TECH Job Classification Title IT Architect (NS) Position Number 60037627 Grade DT12

About Us

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is one of the largest, most complex agencies in the state, and has approximately 17,000 employees. It is responsible for ensuring the health, safety, and well‑being of all North Carolinians, providing human service needs for special populations including individuals who are deaf, blind, developmentally disabled, and mentally ill, and helping poor North Carolinians achieve economic independence.

Description of Work

The Enterprise Solution/Technical Architect is responsible for providing technical design guidance for application solutions, ensuring alignment with business goals, scalability, and security. In this role, you will develop architecture frameworks and guide development and project teams in solution design. You will also drive seamless integration, evaluate emerging technologies, and solve complex technical challenges to support long-term IT sustainability. This position provides direction across all architecture domains to support current and future IT operations, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and departmental regulations, as well as adherence to defined architecture principles, standards, and models.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities / Management Preferences

Candidates now meet the minimum qualifications of a position if they meet the minimum education and experience listed on the vacancy announcement. The Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)/ Management Preferences are not required. Applicants who possess the following skills are preferred:

• Provide technical leadership for one or more of the following domains: Business Architecture, Application/Software Architecture, Database Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture and Security Architecture.
• Participates in the RFP process and vendor evaluation.
• Hands‑on experience to build MVP (Minimal Viable Product) technology solutions in the cloud.
• Demonstrated knowledge of business ecosystems, cloud computing architectures, software as a service (SaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven IT and predictive analytics.
• Experience working with Microservices, containerization, immutable infrastructure and migrating existing workloads to the cloud.
• Knowledge of solution designs and implementation experience to meet architecture quality standards.

Salary

Salary Grade Range: $105,341.00 – $184,345.00 Recruitment Range: $105,341.00 – $155,000.00

Posting & Funding

The Posting Will Close At 11:59 P.M. The Night Before The End Date

This Position Is Funded In Part Through Federal Funds

This Role Is Eligible To Be Hybrid And Requires Onsite Reporting Located Within Raleigh, NC

Office of the Secretary

The Office of the Secretary serves as the executive leadership arm of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS), guiding the Department’s mission to improve the health, safety, and well‑being of all North Carolinians. Through strategic oversight and collaborative leadership, the Secretary’s Office supports the effective coordination of over a dozen core divisions, ensuring that agency‑wide priorities are aligned, resources are used responsibly, and services are delivered with equity and impact.

NC DHHS Information Technology Division

In collaboration with our partners, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) protects the health and safety of all North Carolinians and provides essential health and human services. The IT division (ITD) is one of the divisions that report to the Operational Excellence portfolio. The ITD division comprises four sections: Implementation and Operations, Strategy and Workforce, Enterprise Technology, and Vendor and Finance. ITD offers the following services but not limited to implementations, operations, project/portfolio management, infrastructure, consulting, business division liaison, digital transformation, IT strategy, enterprise technology, IT contract and vendor management, and data office services.

Compensation and Benefits

• Employees can participate in health insurance options, standard and supplemental retirement plans, and the NCFlex program (numerous high-quality, low-cost benefits on a pre‑tax basis).
• Employees also receive paid vacation, sick, and community service leave.
• In addition, paid parental leave is available to eligible employees.

Supplemental Contact Information

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is an Equal Opportunity Employer that embraces an Employment First philosophy, which consists of complying with all federal laws, state laws, and Executive Orders. We are committed to reviewing requests for reasonable accommodation at any time during the hiring process or while on the job. For more information about DHHS: https://www.ncdhhs.gov/.

DHHS uses the Merit‑Based Recruitment and Selection Plan to fill positions subject to the State Human Resources Act with the most qualified individuals. Hiring salary will be based on relevant qualifications, internal equity, and budgetary considerations pertinent to the advertised position. In accordance with the Governor’s Executive Order 303, our agency supports second‑chance employment for individuals who were previously incarcerated or justice‑involved.

Minimum Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering or closely related degree from an appropriately accredited institution and six years of progressive experience in all areas of information technology architectural components, interfaces and their applications or related work OR Bachelor’s degree in business administration or closely related degree from an appropriately accredited institution and seven years of progressive experience in all areas of information technology architectural components, interfaces and their applications or related work OR An equivalent combination of education and experience

EEO Statement

The State of North Carolina is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and dedicated to providing employees with a work environment free from all forms of unlawful employment discrimination, harassment, or retaliation. The state provides reasonable accommodation to employees and applicants with disabilities; known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; and for religious beliefs, observances, and practices.

Valuing Education and Experience

The State of North Carolina values the knowledge and experience of our jobseekers and current state employees. Approximately 91 percent of state job classifications allow experience to be substituted for education or do not require a post‑secondary degree. Learn more about how you may qualify for a position through education or directly related experience, or a combination of both, with the Education and Experience Equivalency Guide. All job postings close at 11:59pm the night before the End Date on the posting.

State Employer Overview

North Carolina State Government is one of the state’s largest employers, with over 76,000 employees all working toward a common goal: a safer and stronger North Carolina. We are a large organization comprised of various agencies, offices, and universities, each providing important public services. Eligible state employees are entitled to comprehensive benefits, including a variety of leave options, professional development opportunities, insurance, and more. Permanent, temporary, and time‑limited state government jobs can be found from the mountains to the coast.