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