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Job Description

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION :

Role : Enterprise Architect – Avolution Abacus & EA Modeling

Location : New York, NY, United States

Duration : Min 25 hours per week / Max 37.5 hours per week

Supervisor : Deputy Chief, Enterprise Architecture, Data and AI

About Us : The MTA Strategy and Enterprise Architecture department's mission is to deliver innovative and responsive solutions that enable safe, effective, and efficient transportation operations which strategically align with the overarching corporate MTA goals. IT will partner with all MTA business units to understand the overall information needs of the transportation agencies and the communities they serve to optimize the adoption and use of information technology.

Job Description : We are seeking a highly skilled Enterprise Architect with hands-on experience in Avolution Abacus and deep knowledge of enterprise architecture modeling frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, ArchiMate). The successful candidate will play a critical role in designing, modeling, and evolving enterprise architecture capabilities to drive strategic transformation, technology standardization, and data-informed decision-making.

Summary : MTA is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Enterprise Architect – Avolution Abacus & EA Modeling to join our team. This role will lead to the development of current and future-state architecture models across business, application, data, and technology domains. The ideal candidate will be skilled in using Abacus to deliver actionable insights, maintain architecture repositories, and support decision-making through visual dashboards and governance frameworks like TOGAF and ArchiMate.

Responsibilities :

• Enterprise Architecture Design & Modeling
• Develop, manage, and maintain enterprise architecture models using Avolution Abacus.
• Capture current (as-is) and future (to-be) state architectures, including business, application, data, and technology layers.
• Facilitate architecture modeling workshops with stakeholders across business and IT.
• Define and document architecture viewpoints, principles, and patterns.
• Meta-Modeling & Framework Customization
• Define and extend meta-models : Understanding how to customize the ABACUS meta-model (attributes, relationships, element types).
• Model governance frameworks : TOGAF, ArchiMate, BPMN
• Multi-layer architecture modeling : Business, Application, Data, Technology, Security, and Physical layers.
• Data Integration & Automation :
• API and scripting (JavaScript) :
• Use ABACUS API (REST, JavaScript) to automate tasks, workflows, or custom validations.
• Create custom scripts for importing / exporting data and performing batch operations.
• Integration skills :
• Integrate with external systems (e.g., ServiceNow, CMDBs, Excel, SharePoint, Power BI).
• Handle round-tripping from Excel, Visio, UML, BPMN tools, etc.
• Automate syncs with cloud platforms or repositories.
• Modeling & Simulation
• Advanced diagramming :
• Create layered, interconnected views across business and IT domains.
• Define multiple model types : Capability maps, process flows, system landscapes.
• Architecture simulation :
• Scenario modeling, what-if analysis, and impact analysis.
• Capability-based planning and road mapping.
• Technology obsolescence and lifecycle planning.
• Algorithm & Analysis Proficiency
• Custom algorithms :
• Develop and modify cost, risk, and performance algorithms using ABACUS’ visual algorithm editor or JavaScript.
• Technical metrics modeling :
• TCO (Total Cost of Ownership), ROI, agility, maintainability, risk scores.
• Monte Carlo simulations :
• Understand and execute probabilistic models for risk and reliability analysis.
• Avolution Abacus Platform Expertise
• Configure and maintain Abacus meta-models, repositories, and frameworks.
• Enable architecture governance and automated compliance through Abacus rule sets.
• Design and deliver dashboards, roadmaps, and architecture views for decision-makers using Abacus.
• EA Governance and Collaboration
• Support Enterprise Architecture governance processes (e.g., review boards, standards).
• Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to align architecture with strategic goals.
• Lead or contribute to capability mapping, technology rationalization, and portfolio assessments.
• Advanced dashboards :
• Build interactive dashboards for CIOs, Architects, and Planners.
• Leverage ABACUS Views, Reports, and Power BI integrations.
• Custom report generation :
• Use ABACUS Report Writer for dynamic, real-time document generation (PDF, Word).
• Visualization frameworks :
• Sankey diagrams, heat maps, dependency matrices, Gantt-style roadmaps.
• Repository and Model Governance
• User roles and access control :
• Design model repositories with role-based access and version control.
• Model governance & quality checks :
• Enforce modeling standards, naming conventions, and validation rules.
• Collaboration :
• Use ABACUS Enterprise or Cloud for model sharing, feedback loops, and model locking / versioning.
• Deployment, Admin & Platform Management
• ABACUS cloud or on-premises :
• Deploy and administer ABACUS in enterprise environments (Windows, SQL Server).
• Security & compliance :
• Understand data security configuration, encryption, audit trails.
• Model backup, migration & upgrade :
• Manage version control, backups, and model migrations during upgrades.
• Enterprise Architecture Governance (e.g., EA boards, project portfolios).
• Data architecture modeling (Entity-Relationship Diagrams, Data Flows).
• Cloud Architecture Mapping (AWS, Azure, GCP reference architectures).
• EA KPI definition & tracking.

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