Solution Architect – Rationalization and Modernization

About the role

Shaping and leading the future of federal IT modernization, this role involves defining the vision for agency transitions from complex, legacy application ecosystems to modern, secure, and data-driven platforms.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate applications for modernization, consolidation, migration, or retirement, aligning with enterprise architecture standards.
• Develop and apply scoring models to assess business value, technical health, security posture, cost, integration complexity, and modernization readiness.
• Document “as is” technical architecture, integrations, hosting environments, data flows, and technology stack attributes.
• Create and apply knowledge graphs and related deliverables that inform decision making and options analysis.
• Visualize integration maps, data maps, and infrastructure baselines to provide a clear understanding of system interdependencies and deployment models.
• Identify documentation gaps and areas relying on tribal knowledge or unwritten information, automating discovery and inventory processes.
• Develop modernization roadmaps, including sequencing of actions, interdependency mapping, budget/resource planning, and cloud migration timelines.
• Define engineering standards, processes, and tools for application modernization, including reference architectures, coding/API standards, and reusable patterns for microservices and integration.
• Emphasize the use of AI throughout the systems lifecycle; design, build, and deploy AI/ML solutions and generative AI applications; architect complex AI pipelines.
• Lead production of migration runbooks, cutover plans, and ATO support artifacts.
• Serve as expert on AI/ML driven rationalization tooling; integrate best in class solutions to support rationalization at scale and speed.
• Apply practical working knowledge of leading AI solutions that enable optimized rationalization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, with 6-8 years in enterprise scale technical roles spanning architecture, engineering, or large system modernization.
• 5+ years of technical leadership delivering complex modernization, cloud migration, or application rationalization programs across hybrid environments.
• Proven expertise in enterprise architecture, including modernization of legacy systems, microservices, API led integration, event driven patterns, and multi cloud platforms.
• Hands on experience with automated analysis and modernization tooling.
• Deep understanding of data architectures, including ETL/ELT pipelines, authoritative data sources, data quality, and enterprise data governance.
• Demonstrated knowledge of security and compliance frameworks, including IAM/RBAC/ABAC models, NIST 800 53, FedRAMP High architectures, Zero Trust, and ATO boundary considerations.
• Experience developing modernization roadmaps, sequencing technical work, mapping dependencies, and driving alignment across business, IT, and cybersecurity stakeholders.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to translate complex technical findings into actionable plans for leadership, engineers, and mission stakeholders.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams, influence architectural decision making, and drive consensus in large, matrixed environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, with 6-8 years in enterprise scale technical roles spanning architecture, engineering, or large system modernization.
• 5+ years of technical leadership delivering complex modernization, cloud migration, or application rationalization programs across hybrid environments.
• Proven expertise in enterprise architecture, including modernization of legacy systems, microservices, API led integration, event driven patterns, and multi cloud platforms.
• Hands on experience with automated analysis and modernization tooling.
• Deep understanding of data architectures, including ETL/ELT pipelines, authoritative data sources, data quality, and enterprise data governance.
• Demonstrated knowledge of security and compliance frameworks, including IAM/RBAC/ABAC models, NIST 800 53, FedRAMP High architectures, Zero Trust, and ATO boundary considerations.
• Experience developing modernization roadmaps, sequencing technical work, mapping dependencies, and driving alignment across business, IT, and cybersecurity stakeholders.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to translate complex technical findings into actionable plans for leadership, engineers, and mission stakeholders.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams, influence architectural decision making, and drive consensus in large, matrixed environments.

Skills

• Systems thinking
• Technical depth
• Collaborative leadership
• Complex environment translation
• Stakeholder alignment
• Emerging technologies, especially AI/ML and automated analysis

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive insurance options
• Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
• Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
• Paid parental leave
• Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
• Wellness and Well being programs

Pay

$127,500.00 - $310,700.00

Schedule

Hybrid working model is acceptable.