Director, Enterprise Architecture

Central IT Admin

Exempt Regular 4.5

Location: Adelphi, MD (Hybrid; on-site presence required)

The Director, Enterprise Architecture is responsible for developing, maintaining, and governing the university's enterprise architecture framework to ensure technology investments align with institutional strategy, business objectives, and operational priorities. This role provides architectural leadership across business, application, data, technology, cybersecurity, and integration domains while establishing architecture standards, working across teams to compile the overall technology roadmap, and target-state architectures that support innovation, scalability, security, and operational excellence. The Director serves as a strategic advisor to executive leadership and technology teams, enabling digital transformation initiatives while reducing complexity, technical debt, and organizational risk. 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Enterprise Architecture Strategy & Roadmap Development. 

Develop and maintain enterprise architecture strategies, current-state and future-state architectures, technology roadmaps, and architectural standards that align with institutional goals and strategic priorities. 

• Enterprise Technology Governance, Standards, & Investment. 

Establish and govern enterprise architecture frameworks, principles, policies, standards, and review processes to ensure consistency, interoperability, security, and scalability across the technology portfolio. Responsible for the enterprise architecture budget and advising on enterprise technology investments. 

• Technology Evaluation & Strategic Advisory. 

Evaluate emerging technologies, enterprise platforms, cloud services, and digital transformation opportunities while providing strategic recommendations to executive leadership and governance committees.  

• Solution Review & Project Oversight. 

Provide architectural oversight for enterprise technology initiatives, reviewing solution designs and ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, target architectures, and business objectives. 

• Enterprise Optimization & Risk Management. 

Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt, eliminate redundant technologies, improve operational efficiency, and mitigate technology, cybersecurity, and compliance risks. 

• Incident & Problem Management Leadership. 

Provide team leadership for major incident response, escalation management, and operational resilience. Oversee on-call readiness and coverage for critical off-hours support; partner with incident manager on post-incident reviews, root cause analysis, and problem management. 

• Cross-Functional Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement. 

Collaborate with business leaders, cybersecurity teams, solution architects, infrastructure teams, and application teams to drive enterprise-wide alignment, support architecture governance, and guide technology decision-making. 

• Technology Policy Advisory. 

Assist the Information Technology Policy Administrator with UMGC technology policy development and refinement. 

Competencies: 

• Strategic leadership and enterprise thinking 

• Business and technology alignment 

• Systems thinking and architectural design 

• Analytical and critical thinking 

• Governance and decision-making 

• Communication and executive presence 

• Collaboration and stakeholder management 

• Risk management and compliance awareness 

• Influencing without direct authority 

• Innovation and continuous improvement 

• Change leadership and organizational alignment 

• Results orientation and accountability 

Skills: 

• Enterprise architecture strategy development and roadmap planning 

• Enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, FEAF, Gartner, or similar) 

• Business capability modeling and value stream analysis 

• Application, data, technology, and security architecture 

• Cloud architecture and hybrid infrastructure strategy 

• Enterprise integration, APIs, middleware, and service-oriented architecture 

• Architecture governance and review board facilitation 

• Technology portfolio rationalization and technical debt management 

• Architecture modeling, documentation, and repository management 

• Risk assessment and mitigation planning 

• Executive communication and presentation skills 

• Digital transformation and modernization planning 

• Vendor evaluation and technology assessment 

• Strategic planning and technology investment analysis 

Education & Experience Requirements: 

Education: 

​​Bachelor's Degree​ 

• Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, Business Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience). 

Experience:  

• 7+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, infrastructure architecture, application architecture, or related technology leadership roles. 

• 5+ years of management experience leading architects in the development of enterprise-wide technology strategies, standards, governance practices, and roadmaps. 

• Experience leading architecture reviews and providing guidance for complex enterprise technology initiatives. 

• Experience collaborating with executive leaders and cross-functional technology teams to support strategic technology decisions. 

Certifications:  

• Not required. 

Preferred Experience Requirements: 

Education: 

​​Master's Degree​ 

• Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Business Information Systems, or a related discipline. 

Experience:  

• Progressive experience in enterprise architecture or senior architecture leadership roles. 

• Prior experience serving as an Enterprise Architect, Lead Enterprise Architect, Principal Architect, Chief Architect, Director of Enterprise Architecture, or Senior Solution Architect. 

• Experience leading enterprise modernization, cloud transformation, application rationalization, and technology portfolio optimization initiatives. 

• Experience in higher education or similarly complex enterprise environments preferred. 

Certifications:  

• Enterprise architecture certifications such as TOGAF, Zachman, or comparable architecture certifications are highly desirable. 

• Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Solutions Architect, or equivalent cloud architecture certification 

• CISSP or related cybersecurity certification 

• ITIL Managing Professional or greater certification. 

All submissions should include a cover letter and resume.

The University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination. UMGC is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, ancestry, political affiliation or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

Workplace Accommodations:

The University of Maryland Global Campus Global Campus (UMGC) is committed to creating and maintaining a welcoming and inclusive working environment for people of all abilities. UMGC is dedicated to the principle that no qualified individual with a disability shall, based on disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of the University, or be subjected to discrimination. For information about UMGC’s Reasonable Workplace Accommodation Policy or to request an accommodation, applicants/candidates can contact Employee Accommodations via email at employee-accommodations@umgc.edu. 

Benefits Package Highlights:

• Generous Time Off: Enjoy 22 days of paid vacation, 15 days of sick leave, 3 personal days, and 16 paid holidays (17 during general election years). For part-time employees, time off rates will be prorated based on the number of hours worked.

• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Access to health care, medical with vision, dental, and prescription plans for both individuals and families, effective from the 1st of the month following your hire date.

• Insurance Options: Term Life Insurance, Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance, and Long-Term Disability (LTD) Insurance. Part-time employees working less than 0.5 FTE are not eligible for LTD.

• Flexible Spending Accounts: Available for medical and dependent care expenses.

• Retirement Plans: Choose between the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) or the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System (MSRPS).

• Supplemental Retirement Plans: include 401(k), 403(b), 457(b), and various Roth options. The university does not provide matching funds.

• Tuition Remission: Immediate availability for Regular Exempt Staff. Spouses and dependent children are eligible for undergraduate tuition remission after two years of service. NOTE: For part-time employees (at least 50 percent of the time), tuition remission benefits are prorated.

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