OneWA Business Solutions Architect

Washington State Department of Correction; Washington; Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Washington State Department of Corrections is seeking an IT Architect Senior Specialist to shape the agency’s business and technology landscape. You will align business priorities with IT services, guiding architecture planning, analysis, design, and problem solving within the OneWA program.

You will partner with divisions to document current and future-state architectures, develop cohesive models, and ensure solutions support program objectives and operations across the agency.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in enterprise business architecture and strategic planning.
• Ability to partner with business divisions to document and evolve current and future-state architectures.
• Ability to lead cross-functional architecture efforts and communicate standards and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a business architecture strategy aligned with agency goals.
• Lead enterprise business architecture efforts across multiple domains and stakeholders.
• Define standards, methodologies, and repositories for architecture artifacts.
• Bridge business and IT strategies to inform product and service decisions.

Skills

Business architecture

Strategic planning

Enterprise architecture

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

TOGAF

MITA

BPMNv2

FEAFv2

Job 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

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