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Chief Architect
VivSoftUnited States - Remote, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 24 Mar 2026
About the role
Title: Chief Architect
Clearance Required: TSSCI
Location: Remote and Occasional travel to Arlington, VA
Position Type: Full-Time
About the company:
At VivSoft, we aim to solve complex federal problems using emerging and open technologies in a collaborative and rewarding environment. VivSoft is a diverse team of strategists, engineers, designers, and creators experienced in building high performance effective softwares, with impactful organizational design and organizational dynamics for software delivery. We build secure Software Factories based on DoD reference designs and NIST Frameworks for Cloud and DevSecOps. These factories deliver AI/ML Applications, Data Science Platforms, Blockchain and
Microservices for DoD, Healthcare and Civilian Agencies
Job Summary:
The Chief Architect to serve as the Government’s primary architectural authority for the WDP program. This role is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and governing the enterprise and solution architecture baseline for the platform, ensuring architectural consistency, alignment with Government-approved objectives, and controlled evolution of the environment.
The Chief Architect will lead architecture decision support activities, coordinate across Government stakeholders, technical teams, and integration partners, and ensure that proposed solutions align with enterprise standards, security requirements, and approved governance processes. This position is focused on architecture definition, governance, and decision enablement, rather than hands-on system implementation or operational execution.
Key Responsibilities:
Education & Experience:
Clearance Required: TSSCI
Location: Remote and Occasional travel to Arlington, VA
Position Type: Full-Time
About the company:
At VivSoft, we aim to solve complex federal problems using emerging and open technologies in a collaborative and rewarding environment. VivSoft is a diverse team of strategists, engineers, designers, and creators experienced in building high performance effective softwares, with impactful organizational design and organizational dynamics for software delivery. We build secure Software Factories based on DoD reference designs and NIST Frameworks for Cloud and DevSecOps. These factories deliver AI/ML Applications, Data Science Platforms, Blockchain and
Microservices for DoD, Healthcare and Civilian Agencies
Job Summary:
The Chief Architect to serve as the Government’s primary architectural authority for the WDP program. This role is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and governing the enterprise and solution architecture baseline for the platform, ensuring architectural consistency, alignment with Government-approved objectives, and controlled evolution of the environment.
The Chief Architect will lead architecture decision support activities, coordinate across Government stakeholders, technical teams, and integration partners, and ensure that proposed solutions align with enterprise standards, security requirements, and approved governance processes. This position is focused on architecture definition, governance, and decision enablement, rather than hands-on system implementation or operational execution.
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as the named Chief Architect and primary architectural authority supporting the Government for the WDP program.
- Establish, maintain, and govern the enterprise and solution architecture baseline across the platform.
- Ensure architectural consistency and traceability to Government-approved mission objectives, standards, and modernization goals.
- Lead architectural decision support activities and provide recommendations to support informed Government decision-making.
- Coordinate with stakeholders, engineering teams, integration partners, and governance bodies to align architecture across program components.
- Evaluate proposed technical solutions for alignment with enterprise architecture standards, cybersecurity requirements, and governance processes.
- Apply DoD or Federal architecture frameworks, such as DoDAF or equivalent, to support architecture development, governance, and traceability.
- Support architectural governance reviews, technical review boards, and related forums to ensure controlled platform evolution.
- Guide architectural alignment across heterogeneous, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments, including commercial cloud providers and on-premises ecosystems.
- Promote consistency in security, data, and platform standards across federated or distributed environments.
- Provide architectural leadership in support of platform modernization, data, analytics, and AI-related initiatives where applicable.
- Engage with vendors, industry partners, and open-source communities to inform architecture strategy and emerging technology considerations.
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience performing enterprise, system, or solution architecture roles for programs of comparable size, scope, and complexity.
- Experience establishing and governing architecture across heterogeneous and multi-cloud environments, including multiple commercial cloud service providers, on-premises, and hybrid ecosystems.
- Experience applying DoD or Federal architecture frameworks such as DoDAF or equivalent to support architecture governance and traceability.
- Must possess an active TS security clearance with SCI eligibility in accordance with applicable contract requirements.
- Demonstrated abi
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