Solutions Architect

Job Title: Technology Management I (Solutions Architect)

Location: 101 Constitution Ave NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC , USA 20001 (Remote)

Duration: 6+ months contract to hire

Security Clearance Required : PUBLIC TRUST

Platform Architecture and Target-State Design

• Own the DevSecOps platform architecture across the client's hybrid estate (Azure primary AKS, ACR, App Gateway, Key Vault; plus AWS, mainframe z/OS/Endevor, WebLogic/WebSphere, Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP Data Services, MuleSoft, Appian, Salesforce, and Power Platform); produce and maintain Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) aligned to the client's target-state Enterprise Architecture.
• Design self-managed platform deployments for JFrog Artifactory/Xray, SonarQube, GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES), GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS)/CodeQL, and Subject7 on AKS; define upgrade paths under the n/n-1 version strategy.
• Establish immutable infrastructure and GitOps patterns (Flux, Helm) for the AKS platform; author Terraform IaC modules and Bicep templates for repeatable, policy-compliant provisioning across Azure and AWS landing zones.
• Design pipeline architecture for a large CI/CD pipeline estate (GitHub Actions; on-premises, cloud, hybrid, and multicloud patterns), integrating blocking security gates including SAST/SCA, IaC scanning, DAST, container scanning, and SonarQube quality gates.
• Define architecture for GitHub Copilot integration and AI-assisted development workflows within client compliance constraints.

Experience

• Minimum 12 years of progressive IT experience with at least 5 years in senior solutions architecture or enterprise architecture roles (or a Master's degree with 10 years).
• Demonstrated hands-on architecture ownership of self-managed GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) and GitHub Cloud/Actions environments at enterprise scale.
• Recent hands-on experience designing and operating JFrog Artifactory/Xray, SonarQube, and GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS)/CodeQL as self-managed AKS-hosted services.
• Proven experience authoring production-grade Terraform modules and Kubernetes/AKS configurations for regulated federal or financial-sector environments.
• Experience leading architecture through formal enterprise architecture governance boards, change control boards, or authorization/accreditation review bodies in FISMA Moderate or higher environments.
• Recent experience integrating CI/CD pipelines across hybrid estates that include both cloud-native AKS workloads and mainframe or host-based build/deploy environments.