Federal Enterprise Architect: Lead Modernization & Cloud

Accenture Federal Services; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 214,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a senior architecture leader to translate mission needs into executable technology direction. You will shape target architectures, guide cloud modernization, and govern complex programs across applications, data, integration, security, and platforms.

You will mentor architects and collaborate with client leaders, engineering teams, and delivery leadership to balance business outcomes with critical security and cost considerations.

Qualifications

• Broad understanding of cloud platforms, application architecture, APIs, data, enterprise integration, security, platform engineering, and delivery constraints.
• Experience creating architecture roadmaps, target states, standards, design patterns, decision records, and technical strategies.
• Ability to lead complex architecture work, mentor technical leaders, resolve ambiguity, and influence standards beyond a single application or team.

Responsibilities

• Define target-state architectures, modernization roadmaps, technology standards, integration patterns, and architectural governance for complex federal systems and programs.
• Lead enterprise and solution architecture discussions with client leaders, engineering teams, platform teams, security, product stakeholders, and delivery leadership.
• Assess current-state environments, technical debt, dependencies, risks, vendor/platform options, modernization opportunities, and architecture tradeoffs.
• Guide cloud transformation, application modernization, enterprise integration, API strategy, data architecture, security alignment, and scalable product/platform patterns.
• Create and communicate architecture artifacts, decision records, reference architectures, standards, principles, roadmaps, and implementation guidance.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Cloud transformation

APIs

Data architecture

Security

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Architecture governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

TOGAF

DoDAF

Zachman

Job description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a senior architecture leader to translate mission needs into executable technology direction. You will shape target architectures, guide cloud modernization, and govern complex programs across applications, data, integration, security, and platforms.

You will mentor architects and collaborate with client leaders, engineering teams, and delivery leadership to balance business outcomes with critical security and cost considerations.