Enterprise Solutions Architect

We are looking for an Enterprise Solutions Architect who is customer-focused and passionate about helping the business modernize and transform their systems through pragmatic enterprise strategies. Utilizing the combined knowledge of technology and business, the candidate will become a trusted advisor to business partners and provide leadership to plan, acquire/develop, implement, and ultimately operate enterprise-wide solutions. You will work with a team of talented professionals, contribute to mission-critical projects, and have the chance to make a significant impact in a rapidly growing organization. 

This is a position within the Corporate IT team.  It requires a high level of technical expertise and business experience in the common back-office process, combined with excellent planning, coordination, and communication skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization.  You also tailor communications for a variety of audiences and bring clarity to the details around complex problems. You are invested in the use of automation and creating an environment that fosters DevSecOps approaches.  

This position is hybrid to our Reston, VA headquarters, with anticipated in office time of 3 days per week. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Assume the role of technology advisor that understands customer business processes and maps them to technology solutions to optimize business outcomes. 

• Translate business needs into application solution architecture requirements, making frequent use of diagrams to help communicate with broad audiences  

• Lead meetings and collaborate daily with internal customers on business solutions by validating key requirements and ensuring timely delivery.  

• Estimate the financial impact and ROI of solution architecture alternatives.  

• Develop design documents and architecture diagrams. 

• Evolve the team’s capabilities toward high performing DevSecOps practices within the Agile framework. 

• Continually improve the end-to-end business process solutions, including end-user experience and support, process automation, data integrations, and application security.  

• Quickly gain knowledge on the functions and capabilities of new and emerging technologies including GenAI 

• Evaluate current applications, architecture, database design, etc. to make recommendations on design, performance, and quality improvements. 

• Ensure solutions are developed and packaged in an easily consumable and repeatable way for customers and internal technical teams. 

• Perform proofs-of-concept as needed to determine technology solutions. 

• Develop integration and data transformations.  

• Collaborate with the Information Security team to ensure solutions comply with regulatory policies. 

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Data Science, Information Systems, Engineering or relate