Lead Enterprise Solutions Architect

Responsibilities & Qualifications

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as the trusted advisor to executive leadership, aligning enterprise architecture strategy with organizational mission, vision, and strategic goals.
• Develop, produce, and maintain a comprehensive enterprise architecture vision, principles, and organizational standards.
• Maintain current and target inventories of major organizational assets and features, referred to as the “operating model.”
• Track interrelationships between enterprise assets and support the mapping of the current-to-future state via a "transition plan" or modernization roadmap.
• Direct, supervise, and mentor enterprise architects and associated personnel across architecture-related activities.
• Maintain a centralized repository of enterprise architecture documentation, including models, standards, roadmaps, and inventories.
• Lead enterprise-wide architecture governance and maturity management initiatives.
• Analyze transformational investments, business plans, and portfolio strategies for architectural alignment and recommend improvements as necessary.
• Participate in business and technical segment architecture development, including solution architecture as required.
• Provide subject matter expertise in frameworks and modeling tools such as DoDAF and SysML.
• Apply deep knowledge in one or more of the following: business process modeling, data architecture, application/software architecture, infrastructure, security architecture, or ontology development.
• Contribute to the development of service taxonomies and semantic web technologies (e.g., OWL) to enhance organizational understanding and interoperability.

 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience:

• Extensive experience (15+ years) in enterprise architecture roles with a focus on strategy alignment, governance, and architecture development across business and technical domains.
• Broad understanding of enterprise architecture history, evolution, theory, and frameworks.
• Demonstrated proficiency with architecture modeling tools, industry standards, and relevant technical domains (e.g., DoDAF, SysML).
• Deep knowledge in at least one area such as business, data, application, infrastructure, security, or ontology-based architectures, with working knowledge of the others.

Certifications:

• Not required, though familiarity with architecture frameworks and modeling languages is expected.

Education:

• Master’s Degree in Enterprise Architecture or related field, or multiple certifications in enterprise architecture.
• An MBA with a technical degree may substitute for the master's degree requirement.

Clearance:

• Must possess an active Secret clearance at time of application.

Overview

We are seeking a Lead Enterprise Solutions Architect to join our team supporting Joint Service Provider (JSP) Engineering and Development for the Enterprise (ED-E) contract in Arlington, VA.

 

TekSynap is a fast-growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles – the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers.

 

We offer our full-time employees a competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time and holidays.

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WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Location: Arlington, VA
• Type of environment: Office
• Noise level: Medium
• Work schedule: Schedule is day shift Monday – Friday. May be requested to work evenings and weekends to meet program and contract needs.
• Amount of Travel: Less than 10%

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