We have an outstanding Contract position for a Senior Enterprise Architect to join a leading Company located in the Washington, DC surrounding area.
Pay Rate: $69.71 - $76.92
US Citizenship is required.
Candidate must possess an Active Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance.
Responsibilities
- Leads the development and integration of enterprise architecture strategies across business, application, data, technology, and security domains.
- Establishes long-term enterprise architecture roadmaps to drive modernization, digital transformation, and investment planning.
- Contributes to governance frameworks by defining reference architectures, standards, and principles.
- Collaborates with stakeholders to align architecture with organizational priorities and provides oversight to ensure scalability, interoperability, and alignment with enterprise goals.
- Manages the deployment and maintenance of enterprise architecture tools.
- Identifies design gaps in existing and proposed architectures and recommends changes or enhancements.
- Leads development and integration of enterprise architecture strategies that align business, application, data, technology, and security domains.
- Establishes and maintains long-term enterprise architecture roadmaps to guide modernization, investment planning, and digital transformation.
- Contributes to enterprise governance frameworks by defining reference architectures, standards, and principles that support mission and business outcomes.
- Partners with stakeholders across business and IT functions to ensure enterprise architecture reflects organizational priorities and operational realities.
- Provides architectural oversight for major initiatives to ensure alignment with enterprise-wide objectives, scalability, and interoperability.
- Oversees deployment and maintenance of Enterprise Architecture tools.
Basic Hiring Criteria
- Master's degree from an accredited college or university with 8+ years of experience in IT architecture, with a minimum of 4 years in a senior or lead architect role, driving enterprise-wide IT transformation efforts.
- Proven experience in large-scale architecture development, including cloud computing, data center modernization, network architecture, and integration across multi-cloud environments.
- Certification in federal enterprise architecture frameworks, such as DODAF.
- Hands-on experience working with federal or highly regulated environments.
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity architecture and ensuring systems are designed to comply with industry standards and federal regulations (e.g., FISMA, NIST).
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in enterprise data architecture and integrating modern technologies (e.g., microservices, APIs) into the architecture design is preferred.
- Strong background in ITIL, with advanced leadership skills in both strategic planning and cross-functional collaboration.
Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations).
Military connected talent encouraged to apply.
VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled
The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:
- The California Fair Chance Act
- Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
- Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
- San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance