Enterprise Architect – Washington, DC and NYC

Enterprise Architect – Washington, DC and NYC

Job Title: Enterprise Architect

The Enterprise Architect will provide Enterprise Architecture support to ensure DFC OIT systems and services are designed and implemented in alignment with approved architectural principles, standards, and roadmaps. Support current-state and future-state architecture development including the building and maintenance of test and development (ie sub-production) environments, which will be used for configuration and feature testing across the DFC OIT environments.

• Support development and maintenance of logical and physical architecture diagrams (for all environments, production & sub-production), with periodic updates to support annual system assessments
• Ensure architectural alignment across cloud, network, identity, and on-premises components
• Identify and propose solutions for architectural risks, gaps, and technical debt
• Provide architecture recommendations aligned with Zero Trust principles
• Support solution design activities for new systems, enhancements, and modernization initiatives. Engineering designs shall be reviewed to ensure security, scalability, maintainability, and operational readiness.
• Support development and maintenance of technical standards and reference architectures to promote consistency and reduce risk across DFC OIT environments.
• Coordinate with Operations teams to ensure designs are supportable, as part of established Operational Readiness Review (ORR)
• Ensure standards align with Federal and DFC security requirements
• Ensure security and Zero Trust principles are embedded into all architecture and design activities.
• Develop and follow a strict Operational Readiness Review process to ensure that all new functionality and processes are production ready, and the O&M teams are ready to migrate new functionality and processes into production

• Public Trust Background Investigation
• Deployed across Washington, DC, NYC, and approved globally remote locations