Enterprise Automation Architect & Platform Strategy Lead

ECS Corporate Services; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth ECS seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect to own the technical strategy and governance of automation initiatives across the organization, ensuring secure, scalable solutions on ServiceNow, Power Platform, and other tools align with enterprise standards.

You will guide design through deployment, collaborate with analysts, owners, and DevOps teams, mitigate risks, maintain architecture roadmaps, and prevent tool sprawl while driving a cohesive platform strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (Master’s a plus).
• 8+ years in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or platform engineering.
• Hands-on experience with ServiceNow and Microsoft Power Platform.
• Experience with enterprise integration patterns (APIs, webhooks, middleware, ESB/iPaaS).
• Strong understanding of security, identity, and governance across cloud platforms.
• Proven track record overseeing multiple automation projects to deployment.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise automation architecture strategy.
• Establish architecture standards, design patterns, and best practices for automation development.
• Create and maintain a technology roadmap balancing platform capabilities, cost, and business priorities.
• Evaluate which platform is best for each automation use case and ensure consistent integration patterns.
• Review and approve solution designs for automation projects before development begins.
• Oversee deployment from development through production, including CI/CD pipelines and post-deployment monitoring.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Process Owners, and Developers to translate requirements into designs.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Solution architecture

Platform engineering

Security governance

Technical leadership

Mentorship

CI/CD

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Information Systems

Master’s degree (nice to have)

Tools

ServiceNow

Power Platform

Azure Logic Apps

Power Automate

APIs

ESB/iPaaS tools

Job description

Everforth ECS seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect to own the technical strategy and governance of automation initiatives across the organization, ensuring secure, scalable solutions on ServiceNow, Power Platform, and other tools align with enterprise standards.

You will guide design through deployment, collaborate with analysts, owners, and DevOps teams, mitigate risks, maintain architecture roadmaps, and prevent tool sprawl while driving a cohesive platform strategy.