Enterprise Architect

About the role

We are seeking an Enterprise Architect to provide strategic technical leadership within our Enterprise IT organization. This role is responsible for defining, maintaining, and advancing the organization's Enterprise Architecture (EA), ensuring that technology investments are aligned with both scientific research and business objectives.

In this role, you will collaborate closely with Solution Architects, the SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE), EIT Management, Technical Leads, Product Owners, and infrastructure teams. Together, you will establish architectural direction across enterprise applications, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, data, and integration platforms.

This is a technical leadership position with broad influence over enterprise strategy, technology standardization, governance, and the future direction of the Laboratory's IT portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development, maintenance, and ongoing enhancement of the Enterprise Architecture program, ensuring that investments support both scientific and operational priorities.
• Define and maintain Enterprise Architecture principles, standards, governance processes, and architectural artifacts that support strategic planning and inform IT investment. Emphasize use of common enterprise platforms, reusable services, and standardized technology solutions.
• Work closely with scientific program leads and other architects within EIT to continuously align IT direction and initiatives with emerging research priorities and technological advancements.
• Maintain a comprehensive portfolio inventory including enterprise capabilities, enterprise applications, integrations, data flows, and technology platforms.
• Own and continuously refine the enterprise technology roadmap, identifying modernization opportunities, technology risks, consolidation initiatives, and strategic investments over a 3–5-year planning horizon.
• Partner with executive leadership, RTE/Product Owners, scientific stakeholders, and operational leadership to prioritize enterprise initiatives and translate organizational goals into actionable technology strategies.
• Identify architectural gaps, technical debt, and modernization opportunities while recommending phased implementation strategies.
• Lead enterprise architecture reviews for new initiatives, ensuring proposed solutions align with organizational standards, future-state architecture, cybersecurity requirements, and strategic objectives.
• Serve as the Enterprise Architecture representative within IT Governance, business needs reviews, and solution design sessions.
• Support and advise strategic initiatives to include cloud adoption, hybrid architecture strategies, infrastructure modernization, and emerging technology evaluations.
• Partner with EIT Product Management to review project portfolios and ensure initiatives remain aligned with enterprise strategy.
• Research emerging technologies and maintain currency with industry trends to identify innovations that improve scientific mission support and operational effectiveness.
• Communicate enterprise architecture strategy through executive briefings, architectural documentation, governance forums, and organizational communications.

Basic Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline from an accredited college/university according to the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or six (6) years relevant experience in lieu of degree.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience performing in an Enterprise Architecture role within complex IT environments.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing Enterprise Architecture programs for an OCIO (or similar) organization using recognized frameworks such as TOGAF or equivalent methodologies.
• Experience creating enterprise technology roadmaps, architectural standards, governance processes, and modernization strategies.
• Strong understanding of enterprise operational applications to include ERP, Accounting/Finance, Purchasing, Contracts, HR systems, Facility & Asset Management solutions.
• Strong understanding with data warehouse and BI technologies, enterprise integration techniques, and cloud architecture.
• Working, high-level understanding of computer networking protocols, virtualization and container technology, and data storage platforms.
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity principles, risk management, and compliance frameworks including NIST 800-53 and related federal security standards.
• Experience with business process analysis, requirements management, and enterprise solution design across multiple technology domains.
• Experience supporting Agile software development environments; familiarity with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) principles.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills with demonstrated ability to communicate technical concepts to executive leadership, technical teams, and business stakeholders.
• Demonstrated analytical and strategic thinking skills with the ability to balance immediate operational needs against long-term enterprise objectives.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working within a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment.
• Experience with one or more of the following: Deltek Costpoint, IBM Maximo, IBM Planning & Analytics, Cority (EHS), Cornerstone (LMS), OnBase (ECMS).
• Experience supporting scientific research and laboratory environments and/or federally funded research environments (FFRDC).
• Experience with hybrid and cloud-native architectures across Azure or other enterprise cloud platforms.
• Experience with AI/ML infrastructure, modern data platforms, or advanced research computing environments.
• Security certifications such as CISSP or equivalent.
• TOGAF certification or other Enterprise Architecture certifications.