Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect
Washington, DC

About the Role and Job:

Qualifications & Experience

• 10 years of experience working within an IT organization, software vendor, or enterprise technology department.
• 6 years of experience designing and governing architecture for complex enterprise applications, digital platforms, and web-based solutions.
• Proven experience architecting and governing integration across heterogeneous technology landscapes, encompassing cloud, on-premises, SaaS, legacy, custom-built, and packaged enterprise applications.
• Deep understanding of application architecture, software design principles, and enterprise architecture practices.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture and solution design patterns, including distributed and cloud-native architectures, microservices, API-led integration, event-driven solutions, and scalable, secure enterprise platforms.
• Extensive understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and modern delivery methodologies.
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and technical leadership skills.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and presentation capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, and document functional and non-functional requirements, architectural constraints, and solution design considerations in collaboration with business and technical stakeholders.
• Define target-state architectures, solution roadmaps, and architecture work plans aligned with business objectives.
• Present architectural approaches, recommendations, and delivery plans to internal and customer stakeholders, providing regular updates on progress and key decisions.
• Assess the technical and operational effectiveness of existing applications and platforms, producing architecture reviews, gap analyses, and improvement recommendations.
• Evaluate the quality of existing software implementations across architecture, design, integration, and code quality dimensions, and provide actionable recommendations.
• Lead architecture definition and technology evaluation activities during project inception, including proof-of-concepts, prototypes, and technical feasibility assessments.
• Produce architecture documentation, technical proposals, standards, and decision records to support project delivery and governance.
• Provide architectural guidance and technical leadership throughout solution construction, testing, deployment, and transition phases.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, scalability principles, and operational best practices.
• Collaborate with development, QA, DevOps, data, and business teams to ensure successful end-to-end solution delivery.
• Present architecture deliverables, findings, recommendations, and technical decisions to both internal leadership and customer stakeholders.

Tech stack (short version)

• Microsoft Azure
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• ASP.NET Core / .NET
• Angular
• PostgreSQL
• Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)
• Azure Application Insights
• Azure DevOps