Enterprise Architect

Frederick National Laboratory is operated by Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., addressing urgent and intractable problems in biomedical sciences including cancer, AIDS, drug development, nanotechnology in medicine, and emerging infectious diseases. Enterprise IT (EIT) supports the scientific mission by providing robust IT infrastructure and systems, enabling cutting-edge research while meeting operational requirements.

About The Role

We are seeking an Enterprise Architect to provide strategic technical leadership within our Enterprise IT organization. This role defines, maintains, and advances the organization's Enterprise Architecture (EA), ensuring technology investments align with scientific research and business objectives. You will collaborate with Solution Architects, the SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE), EIT Management, Technical Leads, Product Owners, and infrastructure teams to 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 standards, governance, and the future direction of the Laboratory's IT portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, maintenance, and enhancement of the Enterprise Architecture program, ensuring investments support scientific and operational priorities.
• Align Enterprise IT direction and initiatives with emerging research priorities and technological advancements by collaborating with scientific program leads and architects.
• Define and maintain Enterprise Architecture principles, standards, governance processes, and architectural artifacts to support strategic planning and technology decision-making.
• Develop and maintain current-state ("As-Is") and future-state ("To-Be") enterprise architectures across business, application, data, technology, infrastructure, and security domains.
• Maintain a comprehensive portfolio inventory including enterprise capabilities, applications, integrations, data flows, technology platforms, infrastructure components, and lifecycle status.
• Own and refine the enterprise technology roadmap, identifying modernization opportunities, technology risks, consolidation initiatives, and strategic investments over a 3–5-year horizon.
• Partner with executive leadership, RTE/Product Owners, scientific stakeholders, and operational leadership to prioritize initiatives and translate goals into actionable technology strategies.
• Identify architectural gaps, technical debt, and modernization opportunities, recommending phased implementation strategies.
• Lead enterprise architecture reviews for new initiatives, ensuring alignment 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.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Information Security, and Application Development teams to promote common enterprise platforms, reusable services, and standardized solutions.
• Advise and support strategic initiatives including cloud adoption, hybrid architecture strategies, infrastructure modernization, and emerging technology evaluations.
• Maintain enterprise capability maps, business architecture models, and technology standards to support investment planning and portfolio management.
• Partner with the Project Management Office (PMO) to review project portfolios and ensure alignment with enterprise strategy.
• Research emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices to identify innovations improving operational effectiveness and scientific computing capabilities.
• Communicate enterprise architecture strategy through executive briefings, documentation, governance forums, and organizational communications.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline from an accredited college/university, or six (6) years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience designing, developing, integrating, and deploying enterprise technology solutions within complex IT environments.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing Enterprise Architecture programs using frameworks such as TOGAF or equivalent methodologies.
• Experience creating enterprise technology roadmaps, architectural standards, governance processes, and modernization strategies.
• Strong understanding of enterprise applications, cloud architecture, infrastructure, networking, virtualization, storage, data platforms, and systems integration.
• 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 the ability to communicate technical concepts to executive leadership, technical teams, and business stakeholders.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Experience working within a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment or Agile Release Train.
• Experience supporting research, scientific computing, laboratory, or federally funded research environments.
• Experience developing enterprise data architectures, data integration strategies, or data governance programs.
• Experience with hybrid and cloud-native architectures across Azure or other enterprise cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with enterprise infrastructure technologies including HPC clusters, GPU-enabled computing, enterprise storage platforms, networking, and virtualization.
• Experience supporting enterprise business systems such as ERP, Finance, HR, Asset Management, Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), or similar COTS platforms.
• Experience with AI/ML infrastructure, modern data platforms, or advanced research computing environments.
• Experience with enterprise applications such as Deltek, OnBase, IBM Maximo, or comparable enterprise solutions.
• TOGAF certification or other Enterprise Architecture certifications.
• Security certifications such as CISSP or equivalent.

Benefits

Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave, and Retirement. More details are available on the Leidos website.

Pay

136,200.00 - 227,875.00 USD. The posted pay range is a general guideline and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered include responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, internal equity, and market data alignment.