Enterprise Architect
REI Systems2 years ago
Sterling, VA, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain current-state, transition-state, and target-state enterprise architectures.
- Define enterprise architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, reusable patterns, and technical guardrails.
- Create modernization roadmaps covering applications, cloud, infrastructure, data, integration, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, AI, and emerging technologies.
- Translate business capabilities and mission requirements into enterprise technology architectures.
- Assess application and technology portfolios for modernization, consolidation, rationalization, migration, and retirement opportunities.
- Lead architecture assessments and ensure program and solution architectures align with enterprise standards and strategic objectives.
- Establish architecture governance processes, including Architecture Review Boards, technical reviews, standards management, and exception processes.
- Provide architectural leadership for cloud transformation, application modernization, data modernization, API enablement, enterprise integration, and digital transformation.
- Develop enterprise integration strategies using APIs, microservices, events, messaging, interoperability standards, and shared services.
- Embed Zero Trust, identity and access management, security controls, privacy, and compliance into enterprise architecture.
- Define enterprise data platforms, interoperability approaches, governance patterns, analytics architectures, and AI-ready data strategies.
- Incorporate Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, intelligent automation, and emerging technologies into architecture roadmaps.
- Establish secure architectural patterns for AI capabilities across applications, workflows, data, and enterprise services.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and define cloud and platform strategies across AWS, Azure, SaaS, PaaS, container platforms, and hybrid environments.
- Guide application teams in modern engineering practices including microservices, APIs, containers, DevSecOps, automation, and infrastructure as code.
- Facilitate architecture workshops and develop diagrams, decision records, technology roadmaps, capability models, and executive presentations.
- Identify architectural risks, technical debt, dependencies, and enterprise reuse opportunities.
- Collaborate with Chief Architects, Solution Architects, AI Architects, Security Architects, Data Architects, engineers, and program leadership.
- Support technical solutioning, capture, proposals, oral presentations, and strategic customer engagements.
- Mentor architects and senior engineers and promote consistent architecture practices across programs.
Requirements
- 12+ years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, software architecture, cloud architecture, or large-scale systems engineering.
- Demonstrated experience developing enterprise architectures and technology modernization roadmaps.
- Strong understanding of enterprise applications, cloud computing, APIs, integration, data platforms, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, and infrastructure.
- Experience designing solutions across AWS, Azure, and/or hybrid cloud environments.
- Experience establishing architecture standards, reference architectures, and governance processes.
- Ability to translate complex mission and business requirements into enterprise technology strategies.
- Experience working across multiple programs, platforms, vendors, and stakeholder organizations.
- Strong written, verbal, facilitation, presentation, and executive communication skills.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Federal Public Trust or other required government clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Operations Management, or a related field.
- Preferred experience supporting Federal Government technology modernization initiatives.
- Familiarity with Federal Enterprise Architecture concepts and government technology governance.
- Experience with TOGAF, Zachman, DoDAF, or similar enterprise architecture frameworks.
- Understanding of Zero Trust, NIST security frameworks, FedRAMP, FISMA, Section 508, and Federal cloud environments.
- Preferred experience with Generative AI, AI platforms, machine learning, intelligent automation, AI governance, enterprise data architecture, API management, microservices, Kubernetes, containers, infrastructure as code, and modern DevSecOps platforms.
- AWS, Azure, TOGAF, architecture, security, or related certifications are preferred.
- Prior experience supporting HHS, FDA, CMS, HRSA, DHS, or other Federal civilian agencies is a plus.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring two days per week or as needed in the REI Sterling office.
- Professional development opportunities and meaningful projects.
- Flexibility to spend time with family and friends.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About REI Systems
REI Systems provides full-lifecycle software engineering, data analytics, and modernization services to U.S. federal, state, and local agencies and nonprofits, including grants and case management solutions and cloud implementations. The privately held, 100% employee-owned firm delivers consulting and systems integration and supports programs at agencies such as the FDA. Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Sterling, Virginia, it focuses on open source, SaaS, and application modernization.