Lead Operations Architect

Description & Requirements

Maximus is a trusted federal partner supporting mission-critical programs across national security, defense, and public service delivery. Our work focuses on sustaining, operating, and improving essential government systems and services, with proven operational excellence, and a commitment to mission success for our customers.

Joining Maximus means becoming part of a collaborative, mission-driven organization where teamwork, accountability, and professional growth are core to how we operate. We invest in our workforce through training, education, and career development, empowering professionals to deliver high-impact solutions while contributing to outcomes that matter at a national scale.

This position is contingent upon contract award and position availability. Selected candidates will receive a contingent offer of employment, which will become final only upon successful contract award to Maximus, availability of the position, and receipt of authorization to proceed.

The Lead Operations Architect is responsible for defining, governing, and overseeing enterprise operational architectures supporting IT and OT services. The role ensures alignment between operational execution, enterprise architecture standards, cybersecurity controls, and governance processes across the contract. The architect acts as the senior technical authority bridging strategy, design, and sustained operations.

Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust is required. An active Public Trust and/or DHS suitability is preferred.
Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS215, T5, Band 8

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Support enterprise architecture and governance objectives by ensuring IT and IT/OT systems, processes, and solutions align with strategies, standards, and requirements

- Develop, maintain, and keep current enterprise architecture artifacts, including Systems Engineering Life Cycle (SELC) documentation

- Ensure continuous accuracy and completeness of information maintained within the IT/OT Enterprise Architecture repository

- Provide architectural oversight for software and hardware updates by supporting submissions and reviews

- Provide leadership for the creation, maintenance, and ongoing support of Technical Configuration Diagrams (TCDs)

- Collaborate with operations, engineering, and cybersecurity teams to ensure enterprise architectures support reliable, secure, and mission aligned operations

- Apply knowledge of analytics and AI/ML methods to support improved operational monitoring, event correlation, trend analysis, and anomaly detection using agency approved tools and platforms

Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:

- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust is required. An active Public Trust and/or DHS suitability is preferred.
- Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise architecture activities for large-scale IT and IT/OT environments

- Experience developing, maintaining, and updating enterprise architecture artifacts, including Systems Engineering Life Cycle (SELC) documentation

- Ability to maintain accurate and current system and application information within an enterprise architecture repository

- Experience providing architectural oversight for software and hardware changes, updates, or modernization efforts

- Ability to collaborate with operations, engineering, and cybersecurity teams to ensure architectural alignment with organizational standards and requirements

- Strong written and verbal communication skills to document architecture and convey technical information to government stakeholders

Minimum Education requirement:

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Years of Required Work-Related Experience:

- Ten (10) years of experience supporting enterprise architecture, IT operations, or IT/OT environments

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

- Experience supporting enterprise architecture governance within federal environments

- Experience creating or maintaining Technical Configuration Diagrams (TCDs)

- Working knowledge of analytics or AI/ML concepts applied to IT operations, monitoring, or performance analysis

- Experience leveraging cloud-native monitoring tools or ITOM/ITSM analytics platforms to enhance event correlation, trend analysis, or anomaly detection

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Minimum Requirements

TCS215, T5, Band 8

EEO Statement

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.

Pay Transparency

Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances.

Accommodations
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Minimum Salary

$ 110,000.00

Maximum Salary

$ 140,000.00