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Enterprise Architecture Manager DOH8859
State of Washington
Dept. of Health
Location
Washington, 98504
Salary
$107,364 - $144,372
per year
Type
Full-Time
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March 10, 2026
Job Description
Summary
This job involves leading the technology planning for a major public health agency, deciding on long-term tech strategies, setting rules for how systems are built, and making sure all projects are safe, efficient, and match the organization's goals.
A good fit would be someone with strong leadership skills who enjoys guiding teams, thinking big-picture about technology, and working with executives to turn business needs into practical tech solutions.
It's ideal for a strategic problem-solver who values collaboration and wants to support vital public services through reliable systems.
Key Requirements
- Proven experience leading enterprise architecture programs in complex organizations
- Ability to develop and maintain architecture standards, roadmaps, and target state designs
- Skills in reviewing and governing technology proposals for alignment with standards and security
- Strong advisory capabilities for executive leadership on technology strategy, risks, and investments
- Experience supervising and mentoring senior architects, including performance management
- Knowledge of IT strategy development and enterprise governance practices
- Excellent communication skills to explain complex ideas clearly and collaborate across teams
Full Job Description
Enterprise Architecture Manager
This recruitment is open to Washington residents and those residing on the ID/WA and OR/WA borders.
This position offers a hybrid work arrangement, combining remote work with scheduled onsite work at our DOH facility in Tumwater, WA, approximately 1 day per month.
The Opportunity
This role leads enterprise architecture for a large, complex public health organization. You will set the long term technology direction, establish architectural standards, and guide major technology investments to ensure they are secure, sustainable, and aligned with business priorities.
The work involves building and maintaining current and future state architecture, developing multi year roadmaps, reviewing technology proposals, and ensuring projects align with enterprise standards and security requirements.
You will partner with executive leaders, program managers, and technical teams to translate business needs into scalable architectural solutions.
The role also includes leading and mentoring a team of senior architects and strengthening governance processes that improve consistency and reduce duplication across systems.
Strong enterprise architecture directly supports reliable public health services. Decisions made in this role influence system stability, data integrity, regulatory compliance, and the effective use of public resources.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Lead the Enterprise Architecture program and set strategic direction across data, applications, infrastructure, and business processes
- Develop and maintain enterprise architecture standards, roadmaps, and target state designs
- Review and govern technology proposals and projects to ensure alignment with architectural standards and security requirements
- Advise executive leadership on technology strategy, risk, and long term investment decisions
- Guide and supervise senior architects, including workload planning and performance management
- Support development of agency wide IT strategy and enterprise level governance practices
- Represent the organization in cross agency technology discussions and policy development
Why You’ll Love This Role:
- Direct influence on enterprise wide technology decisions and long term strategy.
- Opportunity to lead and shape a mature, high performing architecture team.
- Work that strengthens secure, reliable systems supporting essential public services.
- A leadership role where thoughtful technology decisions translate into meaningful public value.
What You Bring:
The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker who can see the full technology landscape while still understanding the details.
They are comfortable advising executive leadership, making independent decisions with broad impact, and guiding experienced technical professionals.
They bring sound judgment, communicate complex ideas clearly, and approach governance as a tool for alignment rather than bureaucracy.
This person values collaboration understands the responsibility that comes with public resources, and builds architecture that is practical, secure, and built to last.
Required Qualifications
There are multiple pathways to qualify for this position. You must meet one of the options provided and any additional criteria listed.
Experience may have been gained through paid or unpaid activities. Please ensure any relevant experience defined below is outlined in your cover letter, resume, and/or applicant profile.
Additional Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Experience
- Option 1: Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field, and at least Five (5) years of progressive professional experience in enterprise architecture, IT architecture, or technology strategy that included developing architectural standards, aligning IT investments to business strategy, and leading cross domain technology initiatives.
- Option 2: Associate degree in information technology, computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field, and at least seven (7) years of progressive professional experience in enterprise architecture, IT architecture, or technology strategy that included developing architectural standards, aligning IT investments to business strategy, and leading cross domain technology initiatives.
- Option 3: Nine (9) years of progressive professional experience in enterprise architecture, IT architecture, or technology strategy that included developing architectural standards, aligning IT investments to business strategy, and leading cross domain technology initiatives.
And the following required experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities:
- Experience supervising professional level IT staff
- Experience leading or overseeing enterprise architecture or enterprise wide technology strategy in a complex organization
- Experience designing complex, enterprise wide systems or solutions that span multiple platforms, business units, or technology domains
- Experience developing and maintaining enterprise architecture deliverables such as current and future state architecture documentation, standards, and multi-year roadmaps
- Experience reviewing technology projects or proposals to ensure they align with architectural standards, security requirements, and long term organizational strategy
- Knowledge of enterprise architecture principles, frameworks, and governance practices
- Knowledge of information security fundamentals and regulatory or compliance considerations that affect system design and data management
- Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to executive leaders and non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to make independent decisions within broad organizational guidelines that have wide ranging operational impact
- Experience considering equity and accessibility in technology planning or system design to help ensure systems and services are usable and inclusive
Preferred Qualifications
While these aren’t required, having them can help you stand out as a candidate.
- Master’s degree in information systems, technology management, business administration, or related field
- Professional certification related to enterprise architecture or IT governance
- ITIL certification
- Experience working in state government or another public sector environment
- Experience leading application portfolio review, modernization, or technical debt reduction efforts
- Experience participating in cross agency or enterprise level technology governance groups
- Experience supporting legislative technology analysis, budget development, or funding proposals
- Experience aligning enterprise architecture with enterprise data governance or data strategy initiatives
Employee Benefits
We offer a solid benefits package that supports you and your family’s health, financial security, and work-life balance.
You’ll have access to comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and long-term disability insurance, flexible spending and health savings accounts, and retirement plans that help you plan for tomorrow while you’re living today.
Paid holidays, vacation and sick leave help you recharge, and additional programs like dependent care assistance and professional development opportunities add value beyond basic coverage.
Join us and enjoy benefits designed to care for you as much as you care about public health. Learn more about DOH benefits and see how we support your life at work and beyond by visiting Work@Health.
OIT: Shaping a Healthier Future Through Innovation
The Office of Innovation and Technology works to harness technology and data to advance public health, supporting over 220 systems and 305 applications, including critical programs like the Immunization Registry.
We drive interoperability, strengthen cybersecurity, and promote health equity, delivering impactful solutions that empower communities.
Our team fosters a culture of curiosity, critical thinking, and collaboration, where every member’s contribution shapes a healthier future.
About the Washington State Department of Health
We're nearly 2,000 professionals across Washington working together to protect and improve community health.
Guided by our values of Equity, Innovation, and Engagement, we address health disparities, respond to emerging challenges, and strengthen systems that support resilience.
At DOH, we help reduce barriers, collaborate with diverse communities, and champion equitable health outcomes. We’re passionate people who are driven to make a difference in public health.
Explore more about the Department of Health, our programs, and our impact by visiting our website.
Working Conditions:
The following describes the working conditions of this position, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Work Setting:
- The position requires regular in-person attendance to perform duties on-site at the Tumwater office located in Tumwater, WA. When not working on-site, this position may work from home, a DOH office, or an alternate location. This position will be required to work onsite up to 1 day per month.
- Exposure to hazards is limited to those commonly found in indoor at home or office environments. This position is sedentary, working at a computer for extended periods.
Schedule:
This position has a work schedule of 40 hours per week; however, the position may be expected to work longer hours to [complete projects or assignment, and/or meeting business demands and deadlines, and/or during the annual legislative session].
An alternative or flexible work schedule may be considered at the incumbent's request, subject to supervisory approval.
Travel Requirements:
- Travel is not required to perform the duties of this position; however occasional travel may be expected to attend meetings, trainings, or conferences.
- When driving for state business, the employee must be able to legally operate a state or privately-owned vehicle; OR provide alternate transportation while on state business.
Tools & Equipment:
- This position uses standard office furniture and equipment, such as a desk, office chair, cell phone, computer, monitor(s), keyboard, and mouse; and when in the office, the position may also require the use of a printer, phone, fax machine, and/or copy machine.
- This position requires reliable access to an internet connection sufficient to perform all job duties remotely.
Customer Interactions:
- The position regularly requires engaging with customers in a variety of settings agency staff, agency managers, agency supervisors, legislators, governor's office staff, local health jurisdictions, federal government, State Board of Health, external partners, statewide professional associations.
Other:
- This position does not have union representations and is not covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
- The DOH campus is a smoke-free, drug-free, alcohol-free, scent-neutral environment.
- This position may be required to conduct and/or participate in public health emergency preparedness and response activities.
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APPLICATION DIRECTIONS:
We’re committed to a fair and equitable hiring process. Only materials submitted through the official application will be considered. Emailed resumes or documents won’t be accepted or shared with the hiring manager.
Click “Apply” to complete your application. Attach your resume, cover letter, and DD-214 (if applicable).
List at least three professional references, directly in your Applicant Profile or as a separate attachment, including a supervisor, a peer, and someone you’ve supervised or led (if applicable).
DO NOT INCLUDE private details like your SSN or birth year, personal photos, transcripts, certifications, diplomas, projects, portfolios, or letters of recommendation.
Veterans Preference: Applicants wishing to claim Veterans Preference must attach a copy of their DD-214 (Member 4 copy), NGB 22, or a signed verification of service letter from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to their application.
Please remove or cover any personally identifiable data such as social security numbers and birth year
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: We regard diversity as the foundation of our strength, recognizing that differing insights and abilities enable us to reflect the unique needs of the communities we serve.
DOH is an equal-opportunity employer.
We prohibit discrimination based on race/ethnicity/color, creed, sex, pregnancy, age, religion, national origin, marital status, the presence or perception of a disability, veteran’s status, military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, or gender identity.
Questions and Accommodations: If you have questions, need assistance with the application process, require an accommodation, or would like to request this posting in an alternative format, please contact Shawnelle Goalder, Talent Acquisition Consultant/Recruiter at employment@doh.wa.gov and reference DOHxxxx in the subject.
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Additional Information
This recruitment may be used to fill positions of the same job classification across the agency. Once all the position(s) from the recruitment are filled, the candidate pool may be used to fill additional open positions for the next sixty (60) days.
Only applicants who follow the directions and complete the Application Process in full will have their responses reviewed for consideration.
Experience and education selected, listed, or detailed in the Supplemental Questions must be verifiable on the submitted applicant profile.
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