Appian Solution Architect - Remote with Secret Clearance

LMI Consulting, LLC; Tysons (VA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI Consulting, LLC is seeking a senior Appian Solution Architect to lead end-to-end architecture for the Army Contract Writing System (ACWS) and related capabilities. This role requires collaboration with government stakeholders and delivery teams to ensure secure, scalable solutions.

You will participate in Agile/SAFe ceremonies, guide architecture runway, and deliver documentation in line with Army and DoD standards while maintaining DoD-level security and interoperability across the ACWS

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field; extensive relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 9+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, large-scale system integration, software engineering, or technical leadership of complex systems.
• Experience serving as a Solution Architect or equivalent senior architecture role supporting Federal Government, DoD, or other mission-critical enterprise system.
• Experience designing integrated solutions spanning application architecture, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, DevSecOps, and testing.
• Experience working in Agile software development environments and collaborating across multidisciplinary technical and functional teams.
• Strong understanding of architecture principles, integration patterns, scalability, performance, security, and maintainability.
• Active Secret clearance.
• U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain end-to-end solution architecture for ACWS, aligning technical direction with program objectives and delivery priorities.
• Lead solution-level architecture across Appian stack, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, integrations, test automation, and DevSecOps.
• Serve as senior technical design authority and primary architectural interface for government stakeholders and delivery teams.
• Ensure seamless integration among ACWS components, shared services, data sources, interfaces, security services, and infrastructure.
• Guide architectural runway, feasibility assessments, nonfunctional requirements, and enablers for continuous delivery.
• Participate in Agile and SAFe ceremonies, architecture syncs, solution refinement, system demos, and retrospectives.
• Create and maintain architecture artifacts and technical documentation per Army and DoD standards.
• Provide guidance on secure cloud deployment, IAM, application security, resilience, and scalability.
• Collaborate with developers, Appian specialists, DBAs, DevSecOps, information assurance, testers, and SMEs to resolve issues.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and Appian capabilities to improve sustainability, usability, security, and maintainability.
• Prepare and deliver technical briefings and decision materials to leadership.
• Support production troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for cross-system issues.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

DoD/government experience

Agile/Scrum

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Appian Platform

AWS

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Job description

LMI Consulting, LLC is seeking a senior Appian Solution Architect to lead end-to-end architecture for the Army Contract Writing System (ACWS) and related capabilities. This role requires collaboration with government stakeholders and delivery teams to ensure secure, scalable solutions.

You will participate in Agile/SAFe ceremonies, guide architecture runway, and deliver documentation in line with Army and DoD standards while maintaining DoD-level security and interoperability across the ACWS