Enterprise Architect

Job

Employee Type: exempt full-time

Division:
Enterprise Information Technology

Facility:
Frederick:
Ft Detrick

Location:

PO Box B, Frederick, MD 21702 USA

The Frederick National Laboratory is operated by Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. The lab addresses some of the most urgent and intractable problems in the biomedical sciences in cancer and AIDS, drug development and first-in-human clinical trials, applications of nanotechnology in medicine, and rapid response to emerging threats of infectious diseases.

Accountability, Compassion, Collaboration, Dedication, Integrity and Versatility; it's the FNL way.

The Frederick National Laboratory (FNL) is operated by Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. The lab addresses some of the most urgent and intractable problems in the biomedical sciences in cancer and AIDS, drug development and first-in-human clinical trials, applications of nanotechnology in medicine, and rapid response to emerging threats of infectious diseases.

As part of the FNL, Enterprise IT (EIT) supports the scientific mission by providing robust IT infrastructure and systems. This enables cutting-edge research while ensuring operational requirements are met. Our infrastructure team serves FNL and NCI laboratories across the Fort Detrick campus, the Advanced Technical Research Facility (ATRF), and other buildings in the Frederick area. We deliver data connectivity, enterprise storage, and computing resources—including HPC/GPU clusters—to facilitate scientific workflows.

The Enterprise Solutions team offers end-to-end solutions for the FNL community, supporting both laboratory and business operations. As the operational backbone, our team delivers and maintains applications and integrations spanning ERP, facilities maintenance, environmental health and safety, and human resources.

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.

• 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 withing 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.
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