Solutions Architect - (bureau Of Technology) - Actively Recruited

Cook County Offices

Under The President

Administrative Hearings

Auditor

Bureau of Administration

Bureau of Economic Development

Bureau of Finance

Bureau of Human Resources

Bureau of Technology

Facilities

Office of the President

Job Summary

Supports and leads Enterprise Architecture (EA) activities that guide the development and management of a portfolio of technology solutions.

Solutions include projects, products, applications, technologies, infrastructure services, business processes, and information assets.

Provides architectural analysis and strategic guidance to ensure technology solutions align with business objectives, enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, and governance frameworks.

Develops and maintains current-state and future-state architecture deliverables, including solution architectures, technology roadmaps, gap analyses, standards, and reference architectures.

The Solutions Architect position is a highly technical function in the Information Technology (IT) field.

This position is Actively Recruited and At Will.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's Degree or higher is required.
• Two (2) years of experience in solutions architecture, information security, data architecture, database
management, cloud development or directly related experience is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Five (5) years of experience in enterprise architecture and solutions development is preferred.
• Certification in TOGAF, Zachman or Any Cloud-Solutions Architect is preferred.

Candidates who are contacted will be required to produce original required documents (e.g., current driver's license, diploma, school transcript, certifications, etc.) listed on the Notice of Job Opportunity within five (5) days of being extended an offer, in writing, by the Bureau Chief of BHR (or designee).

Candidates will be notified of how to submit required documents.



*Degrees awarded outside of the United States with the exception of those awarded in one of the United States territories and Canada, must be credentialed by the World Education Services (WES), Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE) or a National Association of Credential Evaluation (NACES) member organization.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Understanding of modern architectures: microservices, event‑driven, APIs and familiarity with data platforms,
governance, integration patterns.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, ArchiMate, and Zachman and the ability to
apply them to organizational business needs.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture management tools such as Ardoq, LeanIX, Bizzdesign, Orbus, and similar
platforms.
• Understanding how to apply AI/ML solutions to business problems and knowledge of data governance, MDM,
lineage, privacy and responsible AI practices.
• Knowledge of various aspects of an enterprise technology architecture like, data, securi...