Job Title - Enterprise Architect - Cloud / Infrastructure
Location - Fairfax County, Virginia
Contract Duration - 12+ Months
Hybrid Mode - 2 to 3 day's Onsite
Mode of interview - 1st round of interview will be Online and 2nd round is In-person
Note - Please note that this is a W-2 position, and we are not accepting submissions from third-party vendors at this time.
Scope and Deliverables Include:
Serve as the primary architectural liaison for major technology initiatives and assessments underway.
Serve as a Technical discovery & systems architect responsible for mapping, documenting, and baselining current-state enterprise IT architecture across on-premises data centers and hybrid-cloud environments.
Work across DIT Teams to:
- Perform Technical reviews of systems currently within the enterprise.
- Produce authoritative current-state artifacts (system topologies, data flow diagrams, network dependency matrices, and service catalogs)
- Map out and evaluate current enterprise storage platforms, capabilities, and gaps.
- Map our current observability tools and architecture
- Run archive and retention proof-of-concepts (POCs) to reduce cost and risk.
- Comprehensive Current-State Enterprise Architecture Documents
Client is Looking for
- A strong communicator who can lead workshops and explain complex infrastructure and cloud topics to both technical teams and senior leaders.
- A collaborator who enjoys working across infrastructure, cloud, database, desktop, security, and agency teams to get shared solutions.
- Someone who can bring structure to large, complex systems and projects, and turn them into clear plans.
- Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to build consensus in a multi-stakeholder environment.
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, shifting environment, learning quickly and adjusting plans as needed.
- Experience working in government or public sector environments is preferred (but not required)
Responsibilities :
- Serve as the primary architectural liaison for major facility moveouts and largescale workload shifts, planning how to address capacity gaps and move enterprise platforms to scalable cloud infrastructure.
- Work with infrastructure and database teams to:
- Evaluate storage capability gaps.
- Oversee hardware and software lifecycle strategies.
- Run archive and retention proofofconcepts (POCs) to reduce cost and risk.
- Partner with desktop engineering to define:
- Modern endpoint management capabilities.
- Security baselines for devices and workspaces.
- Strategies for “modern workplace” provisioning (onprem, hybrid, and cloud).
- Align crossfunctional requirements for critical communication systems, including:
- Messaging platform upgrades.
- Contact center capabilities.
- Unified paging and alerting architectures.
- Establish and evolve cloud governance models, including:
- Landing zone and account/subscription structures.
- InfrastructureasCode (IaC) standards and patterns.
- Preparation of materials and options for Architecture Review Board (ARB) discussions.
- Facilitate workshops with agencies and technical teams to surface requirements, constraints, and opportunities, and translate them into practical roadmaps.
