Enterprise Architect

Job Title: Enterprise Architect

Job Type

Full-Time

Job Location

Hybrid in Fairfax County, Virginia

Job Summary

Genesis

• Consulting is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to support a large
• public-sector organization with enterprise-wide infrastructure assessments,
• technology transitions, and cloud modernization initiatives.
• Working closely
• with the client’s Chief Architect, this individual will serve as a key liaison
• across technology teams, local agencies, and technical stakeholders to assess
• existing technology environments, document current-state architecture, and
• develop actionable plans to support future-state architecture and modernization
• efforts.
• The ideal
• candidate combines strong technical architecture experience with excellent
• communication, facilitation, and analytical skills. They will be comfortable
• leading discovery sessions, evaluating complex enterprise environments,
• documenting system dependencies, and translating technical findings into clear
• recommendations for technical teams and senior leadership.

Duties and

Responsibilities

• ·Serve as the primary architectural liaison for major technology
• initiatives, enterprise assessments, and infrastructure modernization efforts.
• ·Lead technical discovery activities to map, document, and baseline
• current-state enterprise IT architecture across on-premises data centers and
• hybrid-cloud environments.
• ·Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, database, desktop, security,
• and agency teams to evaluate existing systems, capabilities, dependencies, and
• opportunities for improvement.
• ·Conduct technical reviews of enterprise systems, infrastructure
• components, and supporting services.
• ·Develop and maintain comprehensive current-state architecture
• documentation, including system topologies, data flow diagrams, network
• dependency matrices, and service catalogs.
• ·Assess enterprise storage platforms, documenting existing capabilities,
• limitations, gaps, and potential modernization opportunities.
• ·Evaluate the County’s current observability tools and architecture,
• identifying dependencies, capabilities, and opportunities for improvement.
• ·Plan and execute proof-of-concept (POC) initiatives related to data
• archiving and retention to help reduce operational costs and risks.
• ·Facilitate technical workshops and stakeholder discussions to gather
• requirements, validate findings, build consensus, and align on architecture
• priorities.
• ·Translate technical discovery findings into clear architecture
• documentation, recommendations, and actionable delivery plans.
• ·Identify system dependencies, risks, gaps, and potential impacts
• associated with infrastructure transitions and cloud modernization initiatives.
• ·Support the Chief Architect in establishing a clear understanding of
• the County’s current technology landscape to inform future-state planning and
• enterprise architecture decisions.
• ·Communicate architecture findings, recommendations, and project
• considerations to both technical teams and senior leadership.
• ·Adapt to evolving priorities and collaborate across teams to support
• timely assessments, decision-making, and delivery.

Requirements

• ·Demonstrated experience in enterprise architecture, systems
• architecture, infrastructure architecture, cloud architecture, or a related
• technical discipline.
• ·Experience assessing complex enterprise IT environments, including
• on-premises infrastructure and hybrid-cloud environments.
• ·Proven ability to document current-state architecture, system
• dependencies, data flows, infrastructure components, and enterprise services.
• ·Experience evaluating enterprise infrastructure, storage platforms,
• monitoring or observability tools, and related technology capabilities.
• ·Ability to analyze complex technical environments, identify gaps and
• risks, and develop practical recommendations.
• ·Strong communication and facilitation skills, including experience
• leading technical workshops and engaging stakeholders across multiple teams.
• ·Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear
• documentation and recommendations for both technical audiences and senior
• leadership.
• ·Proven ability to build consensus and work effectively across
• infrastructure, cloud, database, desktop, security, and business or agency
• teams.
• ·Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the
• ability to bring structure to complex initiatives and evolving priorities.
• ·Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and adapt
• to a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• ·Experience supporting local government, public-sector organizations, or
• other large, complex enterprise environments.
• ·Experience supporting enterprise infrastructure transitions, cloud
• modernization, or data center transformation initiatives.
• ·Experience with enterprise storage strategy, data archiving, retention,
• or related proof-of-concept activities.
• ·Experience evaluating observability platforms, monitoring tools, and
• enterprise service dependencies.
• ·Experience developing architecture assessments, technical roadmaps, and
• modernization recommendations.

Minimum Education

• ·Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology,
• Information Systems, Computer Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or a
• related technical field.