Department Information

Serving People. Serving Colorado.

The work of employees at the Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) is challenging and diverse because the needs of agencies, customers and Coloradans constantly evolve. But our focus never changes: improve the lives of all Coloradans through innovation and collaboration. We're building one of the nation's leading government IT organizations by reimagining how we support agencies, building first-of-their-kind applications, and creating an inclusive, collaborative culture, together. Join us in the important work of providing equitable access to services.

We believe equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. We know it's important to support each other, and that means having a healthy balance of work and personal time, and benefits that allow us all to have fulfilling lives.

Watch this two-minute video to learn about how OIT's mission, vision, and values inspire us to provide solutions that power the services Coloradans rely on every day.

Description of Job

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for innovation, and a unique fusion of business insight and technical expertise? As our new Business Architect, you will spearhead transformative change and create a blueprint defining our agency's operational framework. You will analyze intricate organizational structures, identify inefficiencies, and engineer streamlined operations that fuel innovation. You'll be the driving force orchestrating the harmonious integration of business objectives, processes, systems, and technology. Your talent for translating abstract concepts into actionable strategies will optimize resource utilization, elevate customer experiences, and pave the way for sustainable growth. Join us and play a pivotal role in shaping a dynamic business landscape, ensuring agility and resilience amidst ever-evolving market dynamics and technological advancements.

• Collaborate with senior leaders to understand and align strategic objectives and ensure the support and success of project outcomes and value delivery.
• Provide a holistic view of processes, capabilities, preferences and functionality, identifying areas for improvement, optimization, and innovation.
• Bridge the communication gap between stakeholders and technical teams, by providing a common language and framework for collaboration and understanding.
• Identify potential risks, gaps and pain points, recommend strategies and innovative solutions to address these challenges.
• Decide on key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure the success of business processes and overall business performance.
• Design optimized processes that enhance operational efficiency, reduce costs, and improve overall performance.
• Build and populate an Architecture Repository that allows an enterprise to distinguish between different types of architectural assets.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

A wide salary range is posted for this position and any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state seniority as compared to others doing substantially similar work. While most salary offers are made within the posted range, occasionally an offer is made below or above the posted range based upon this salary analysis.

This is a skills-based job announcement. The required minimum qualifications and/or
education (if substituting for the proven experience, knowledge, and skills), are as follows:

Minimum Qualifications:

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  Ten (10) years of direct customer experience (Ex: consultation, advisory services, pre-sales, account management, product representation, or other leadership roles that interfaced directly with customers).
• Ten (10) years of hands-on experience working in a variety of information technology disciplines: application development, infrastructure, technical product representation, engineering, database administration, architecture, project management or business process analysis.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation and facilitation skills and a proven track record of communicating at all levels within IT and the business.
• Proven track record maintaining executive level customer relationships through successful engagements.

Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.

Training or Certification related to the work assigned to the position will be assigned credit towards substitution for experience and/or education, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.

If the minimum qualifications include a degree requirement, additional appropriate paid or unpaid experience will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

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  Architecture experience
• Experience with Project Management, planning and budgeting (PMP Or Equivalent)
• Relevant technical or business certifications or accreditations
• Experience with efforts migrating applications to cloud solution, sales pipelining process and/or Vendor Management

Conditions of Employment:

OIT candidates and employees must comply with any screening procedures in place at state entity locations where they might be required to perform work.

A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process.

Positions supporting some agencies such as the Department of Corrections and the Department of Public Safety will also require a pre-employment drug test.

This position may require travel within the specified geographic area, and to locations across the state as needed.

This position may require on-call duties as needed by the position.

Supplemental Information

While candidates from out of state will be considered for this role, the candidate selected for the position must relocate and reside in Colorado on the first day of their new position. There is no form of relocation assistance, financial or otherwise, available for any position. A reasonable timeframe for relocation will be established on an individual basis, while considering business needs, and determining a start date.
This posting may be used to fill multiple vacancies based upon business need.