City of Mesa
This classification has been designated as a non-classified, non-merit system, at-will position.
First review of applications will be on Monday, June 16, 2025,
and weekly thereafter. Position Assignment:
An Information Technology (IT) System Architect is responsible for the architectural leadership, facilitation, analysis, and design tasks required to ensure that assigned information systems at Mesa are evolving appropriately; and ensuring that underlying infrastructure supports existing needs, as well as evolving to meet changing application requirements. Primary responsibilities include: following the architecture development methodology established by Enterprise Architecture, example: develop documentation of current and future state roadmaps, and transition plans that support system initiatives; defining, communicating, and documenting the standards and technology for the assigned discipline; soliciting regular feedback from internal customers and IT teams to understand how well each information system is serving its customers, and recommend improvements; understanding and communicating how the assigned discipline architectures interact, support, and integrate with other technologies and information systems in concert with other system architects; leading the analysis of the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement; and leading the analysis of the technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the assigned discipline. Additional primary responsibilities include: defining high-level migration plans to address the gaps between the current and future state, typically in sync with the IT budgeting or other capital planning processes; overseeing, directing, or consulting on technology implementations, both project and operations, particularly where shared technology solutions span multiple technology verticals; consulting on projects to harmonize systems or infrastructure, and identify when it is necessary to modify the enterprise roadmap related to assigned discipline to accommodate immediate or future project needs; overseeing and facilitating the research, evaluation, and selection of hardware and software technology and product standards, as well as the design of standard configurations; documenting necessary architecture design and analysis work, possibly including project postmortem documentation and metric collection; leading the communication activities needed to ensure architecture success and use. Responsibilities may include supervising and coordinating day-to-day activities of technical staff
(by assignment)
. Network Assignment:
The current vacancy is in the Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) and is responsible for architectural design, lifecycle refresh, associated hardware and software selection, and acquisition, project management and configuration associated with the City’s data networks. The IT SYSTEM ARCHITECT participates in Architecture review board and developments a current and future state roadmap to ensure seamless interoperability with all services and applications throughout the City. The IT Architect is expected to have expert level technical understanding of all solutions designed and implemented such as: Application Delivery Controllers, Campus Switching and Routing, Cloud Networking, Datacenter Hypervisor, and Compute Networking, Datacenter Interconnects, Datacenter Switching and Routing, Enterprise Monitoring Systems, Firewalls, Internet Edge, MPLS Network, Network Access Control, Out of Band Management Solutions, Packet Collection and Analysis, Routing (Specifically OSPF,BGP), SCADA Network, VPN site-to-site, VPN remote user, and WIFI. The IT SYSTEM ARCHITECT is expected to be technical lead and mentor to other Network Engineers and is considered the highest point of escalation for technical issues, both operationally and for projects. This class is also responsible for performing related duties as required. This position is required to participate in the 24/7 team on-call, after-hours rotation. Work from home is permitted one day per week after successfully completing first year probationary period. This class is FLSA exempt-computer professional (part-time employees in this class are FLSA nonexempt).
The ideal candidate
will have strong experience in architecting network solutions to include design, selection, acquisition, project management, implementation, and training others on the chosen solutions. Self-starter personality that will take the initiative to work with other departments to select solutions that will integrate with existing systems and achieve the desired future state. Willing to establish expert level technical understanding of all solutions designed and implemented. Desire to provide solutions that are grounded in innovation and open standards, ensuring a network infrastructure that empowers interoperability, collaboration, and progress.
Based on assignment, a qualified candidate performs the leadership, facilitation, analysis, and design tasks required for the development of the enterprise services as noted below:
Unified communications (example: unified communications, email, presence & instant messaging, electronic fax, ACD/IVR) Security, directory services & identity management (example: directory services, identity management, intrusion prevention, and legal policies including HIPAA, PCI, CJIS, and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) requirements) Unified communications (example: voice communications, Telephony Architecture, ACD/IVR) Network, including Access Gateways (example: Network Security System Architecture, such as IDS, firewall, NAC), switches, routers, and firewalls (routing, switching, Network Traffic Management Architecture), IP Management (DNS, DHCP, IP Address allocation and summarization), control systems (SCADA), Wireless & Radio Architecture), IP Traffic Management (layer 7 switching, packet shaping and QOS, WAN acceleration & optimization) Middleware & content delivery: application servers & search (example: Web Server Platform Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Java Application Services Platform Architecture, Search Architecture) Datacenter & server hosting: UNIX & Windows server systems, virtualization & clustering Storage: Storage Architecture (disc, tape, NAS, SAN, etc.), Backup & Recovery Architecture Database Architecture and models, policies and standards for the City’s standards of SQL, and Oracle The IT System Architect class is both a leadership and technical role defining and communicating architectural standards and roadmap direction for their assigned discipline. This class is distinguished from the IT Engineer III by its responsibility for overall technology architecture, standards, and integration with other disciplines, including migration plans, to address the deficiencies or gaps in that environment. This class independently oversees implementations (both project and operational) particularly where shared solutions span multiple technology verticals. This class consults on projects to harmonize systems or infrastructure, and identify when it is necessary to modify the enterprise roadmap related to assigned discipline to accommodate immediate or future project needs.
The IT System Architect class is distinguished from the IT Enterprise Architect class by the latter’s responsibility for Mesa’s enterprise architecture roadmap process across the portfolio of projects and enterprise operations, while supporting individual system or solution architects in that portfolio. This class has a high level of responsibility for supported systems and projects, and is responsible for the success of projects and systems of any size. An IT System Architect operates from established goals and objectives, is supervised by an IT Manager, and may be mentored by the IT Enterprise Architect class or designee who reviews performance through observation of work in progress, conferences, evaluation of results achieved, and customer and/or team feedback. Only highly specialized, advanced technical guidance may be needed from the vendors or IT Enterprise Architect. The IT System Architect class is responsible for researching, evaluating, recommending, and integrating new technology, and for providing technical mentoring to IT Technician I’s and II’s, IT Analyst I’s and II’s, and IT Engineer I’s, II’s and III’s. Incumbents in this class assist management in planning, directing, and coordinating operational or procedural matters to meet goals and objectives. Employees in this class are required to participate in team on-call support 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. This class is FLSA exempt-computer professional. (Part-time employees in this class are FLSA nonexempt).
Please refer to the link below for the full job description and additional information regarding assignments, preferred qualifications, and essential functions.
Employee Values
: All employees of the City of Mesa are expected to uphold and exhibit the City’s shared employee values of Knowledge, Respect, and Integrity.
Minimum Qualifications Required. Any combination of training, education, and experience equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Quantitative Systems, Management Information Systems, or a related field (such as Engineering or Geography) (by assignment)
. Extensive (5+ years) design and implementation experience in IT, with a deep knowledge in one of the following technical disciplines: network design, application development, middleware, servers and storage, database management, and security. Exposure to multiple, diverse technical configurations, technologies, and processing environments.
Special Requirements . Must possess a valid Class D Arizona Driver’s License by hire or promotion date. For this position, an individual receiving a conditional offer of employment from the City of Mesa must pass a background investigation through the City of Mesa Police Department, the Arizona Department of Public Safety, and Federal Bureau of Investigation prior to commencing employment with the City of Mesa.
Preferred/Desirable Qualifications.
Considerable (3 - 5 years) technical, project leadership, and/or project management experience is highly desirable and may be required by assignment. Customer service experience is highly desirable. Teamwork is highly desirable. Supervisory experience may be preferred
(by assignment)
. https://apps.mesaaz.gov/JobDescriptions/Documents/JobDescriptions/cs5613.pdf #J-18808-Ljbffr
and weekly thereafter. Position Assignment:
An Information Technology (IT) System Architect is responsible for the architectural leadership, facilitation, analysis, and design tasks required to ensure that assigned information systems at Mesa are evolving appropriately; and ensuring that underlying infrastructure supports existing needs, as well as evolving to meet changing application requirements. Primary responsibilities include: following the architecture development methodology established by Enterprise Architecture, example: develop documentation of current and future state roadmaps, and transition plans that support system initiatives; defining, communicating, and documenting the standards and technology for the assigned discipline; soliciting regular feedback from internal customers and IT teams to understand how well each information system is serving its customers, and recommend improvements; understanding and communicating how the assigned discipline architectures interact, support, and integrate with other technologies and information systems in concert with other system architects; leading the analysis of the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement; and leading the analysis of the technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the assigned discipline. Additional primary responsibilities include: defining high-level migration plans to address the gaps between the current and future state, typically in sync with the IT budgeting or other capital planning processes; overseeing, directing, or consulting on technology implementations, both project and operations, particularly where shared technology solutions span multiple technology verticals; consulting on projects to harmonize systems or infrastructure, and identify when it is necessary to modify the enterprise roadmap related to assigned discipline to accommodate immediate or future project needs; overseeing and facilitating the research, evaluation, and selection of hardware and software technology and product standards, as well as the design of standard configurations; documenting necessary architecture design and analysis work, possibly including project postmortem documentation and metric collection; leading the communication activities needed to ensure architecture success and use. Responsibilities may include supervising and coordinating day-to-day activities of technical staff
(by assignment)
. Network Assignment:
The current vacancy is in the Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) and is responsible for architectural design, lifecycle refresh, associated hardware and software selection, and acquisition, project management and configuration associated with the City’s data networks. The IT SYSTEM ARCHITECT participates in Architecture review board and developments a current and future state roadmap to ensure seamless interoperability with all services and applications throughout the City. The IT Architect is expected to have expert level technical understanding of all solutions designed and implemented such as: Application Delivery Controllers, Campus Switching and Routing, Cloud Networking, Datacenter Hypervisor, and Compute Networking, Datacenter Interconnects, Datacenter Switching and Routing, Enterprise Monitoring Systems, Firewalls, Internet Edge, MPLS Network, Network Access Control, Out of Band Management Solutions, Packet Collection and Analysis, Routing (Specifically OSPF,BGP), SCADA Network, VPN site-to-site, VPN remote user, and WIFI. The IT SYSTEM ARCHITECT is expected to be technical lead and mentor to other Network Engineers and is considered the highest point of escalation for technical issues, both operationally and for projects. This class is also responsible for performing related duties as required. This position is required to participate in the 24/7 team on-call, after-hours rotation. Work from home is permitted one day per week after successfully completing first year probationary period. This class is FLSA exempt-computer professional (part-time employees in this class are FLSA nonexempt).
The ideal candidate
will have strong experience in architecting network solutions to include design, selection, acquisition, project management, implementation, and training others on the chosen solutions. Self-starter personality that will take the initiative to work with other departments to select solutions that will integrate with existing systems and achieve the desired future state. Willing to establish expert level technical understanding of all solutions designed and implemented. Desire to provide solutions that are grounded in innovation and open standards, ensuring a network infrastructure that empowers interoperability, collaboration, and progress.
Based on assignment, a qualified candidate performs the leadership, facilitation, analysis, and design tasks required for the development of the enterprise services as noted below:
Unified communications (example: unified communications, email, presence & instant messaging, electronic fax, ACD/IVR) Security, directory services & identity management (example: directory services, identity management, intrusion prevention, and legal policies including HIPAA, PCI, CJIS, and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) requirements) Unified communications (example: voice communications, Telephony Architecture, ACD/IVR) Network, including Access Gateways (example: Network Security System Architecture, such as IDS, firewall, NAC), switches, routers, and firewalls (routing, switching, Network Traffic Management Architecture), IP Management (DNS, DHCP, IP Address allocation and summarization), control systems (SCADA), Wireless & Radio Architecture), IP Traffic Management (layer 7 switching, packet shaping and QOS, WAN acceleration & optimization) Middleware & content delivery: application servers & search (example: Web Server Platform Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Java Application Services Platform Architecture, Search Architecture) Datacenter & server hosting: UNIX & Windows server systems, virtualization & clustering Storage: Storage Architecture (disc, tape, NAS, SAN, etc.), Backup & Recovery Architecture Database Architecture and models, policies and standards for the City’s standards of SQL, and Oracle The IT System Architect class is both a leadership and technical role defining and communicating architectural standards and roadmap direction for their assigned discipline. This class is distinguished from the IT Engineer III by its responsibility for overall technology architecture, standards, and integration with other disciplines, including migration plans, to address the deficiencies or gaps in that environment. This class independently oversees implementations (both project and operational) particularly where shared solutions span multiple technology verticals. This class consults on projects to harmonize systems or infrastructure, and identify when it is necessary to modify the enterprise roadmap related to assigned discipline to accommodate immediate or future project needs.
The IT System Architect class is distinguished from the IT Enterprise Architect class by the latter’s responsibility for Mesa’s enterprise architecture roadmap process across the portfolio of projects and enterprise operations, while supporting individual system or solution architects in that portfolio. This class has a high level of responsibility for supported systems and projects, and is responsible for the success of projects and systems of any size. An IT System Architect operates from established goals and objectives, is supervised by an IT Manager, and may be mentored by the IT Enterprise Architect class or designee who reviews performance through observation of work in progress, conferences, evaluation of results achieved, and customer and/or team feedback. Only highly specialized, advanced technical guidance may be needed from the vendors or IT Enterprise Architect. The IT System Architect class is responsible for researching, evaluating, recommending, and integrating new technology, and for providing technical mentoring to IT Technician I’s and II’s, IT Analyst I’s and II’s, and IT Engineer I’s, II’s and III’s. Incumbents in this class assist management in planning, directing, and coordinating operational or procedural matters to meet goals and objectives. Employees in this class are required to participate in team on-call support 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. This class is FLSA exempt-computer professional. (Part-time employees in this class are FLSA nonexempt).
Please refer to the link below for the full job description and additional information regarding assignments, preferred qualifications, and essential functions.
Employee Values
: All employees of the City of Mesa are expected to uphold and exhibit the City’s shared employee values of Knowledge, Respect, and Integrity.
Minimum Qualifications Required. Any combination of training, education, and experience equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Quantitative Systems, Management Information Systems, or a related field (such as Engineering or Geography) (by assignment)
. Extensive (5+ years) design and implementation experience in IT, with a deep knowledge in one of the following technical disciplines: network design, application development, middleware, servers and storage, database management, and security. Exposure to multiple, diverse technical configurations, technologies, and processing environments.
Special Requirements . Must possess a valid Class D Arizona Driver’s License by hire or promotion date. For this position, an individual receiving a conditional offer of employment from the City of Mesa must pass a background investigation through the City of Mesa Police Department, the Arizona Department of Public Safety, and Federal Bureau of Investigation prior to commencing employment with the City of Mesa.
Preferred/Desirable Qualifications.
Considerable (3 - 5 years) technical, project leadership, and/or project management experience is highly desirable and may be required by assignment. Customer service experience is highly desirable. Teamwork is highly desirable. Supervisory experience may be preferred
(by assignment)
. https://apps.mesaaz.gov/JobDescriptions/Documents/JobDescriptions/cs5613.pdf #J-18808-Ljbffr