Financial Management Technology Solution Architect

Guidehouse Inc.; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidehouse Inc. is seeking a Financial Management Technology Solution Architect to support DoD modernization, audit readiness, and transformation initiatives.

You will lead enterprise financial management architectures, guide delivery teams, and advise executives on modernization across finance, data, analytics, automation, and cloud platforms. Responsibilities include leading technical design, integrating ERP and analytics across complex defense environments, and ensuring compliance with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 8+ years of professional experience with DoD or Federal tech modernization.
• 3+ years of leading project teams and modernization initiatives.
• Experience with enterprise data architecture and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture for DoD financial management modernization and audit readiness.
• Design end-to-end architectures integrating financial, logistics, acquisition, and workforce data.
• Oversee data platforms and analytics ecosystems to support executive decision making.
• Mentor consultants and coordinate multiple workstreams for delivery.

Skills

Palantir Foundry

Databricks

AWS Cloud Services

Microsoft Azure

Power BI

Power Platform

UiPath

ERP Platforms

Data Warehousing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL

Databases

Job description

Job Family :

Solutions Architecture Consulting

Travel Required :

Up to 10%

Clearance Required :

Active Secret

What You Will Do :

Guidehouse is seeking a highly qualified Financial Management Technology Solution Architect to support Department of Defense (DoD) financial transformation, audit readiness, and modernization initiatives. This role serves as a technology leader responsible for architecting enterprise financial management solutions, leading delivery teams, and advising government executives on modernization strategies across finance, data, analytics, automation, and cloud platforms.

• Serve as a lead solution architect supporting DoD financial management transformation, audit readiness, business process modernization, and enterprise data initiatives.
• Design and implement end-to-end technology architectures that integrate financial, logistics, acquisition, workforce, and operational data across complex defense environments while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, and governance standards.
• Lead the design, development, and deployment of enterprise financial management, analytics, and decision-support solutions leveraging technologies such as Palantir Foundry, Databricks, AWS, Azure, Power BI, Power Platform, UiPath, and enterprise ERP platforms.
• Architect scalable data platforms, modern data architectures, and analytics ecosystems that enhance financial transparency, operational effectiveness, auditability, and executive decision-making.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight for project teams, mentoring consultants and senior consultants while coordinating multiple workstreams to ensure successful delivery of client objectives.
• Partner with senior government stakeholders, functional leaders, product owners, and technical teams to define technology roadmaps, modernization strategies, and implementation plans that address mission, business, and compliance requirements.
• Translate complex financial management, audit readiness, and operational requirements into scalable technical solutions, data models, integration architectures, and system designs.
• Lead requirements analysis, architecture reviews, technical design sessions, solution governance activities, and implementation planning throughout the system development lifecycle.
• Design and oversee integration solutions that connect ERP, financial, logistics, acquisition, and operational systems to create authoritative and trusted enterprise data environments.
• Support modernization initiatives within Army and broader DoD enterprise data environments, including platforms such as the War Data Platform (WDP) and other emerging analytics and decision-support ecosystems.
• Ensure solution delivery adheres to federal financial management regulations, DoD policies, cybersecurity requirements, data governance standards, and audit readiness objectives.
• Lead Agile delivery teams, oversee technical execution, manage risks and dependencies, and drive successful implementation of complex transformation initiatives.
• Support business development and growth activities through technical solutioning, proposal development, capability presentations, and client relationship management.

This position requires a minimum of two (2) days per week onsite at client facilities, with additional onsite support required based on client needs and project requirements.

What You Will Need :

• An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED "SECRET" Federal or DoD security clearance
• Bachelor's degree
• EIGHT (8) or more years of professional experience supporting DoD or Federal technology modernization, enterprise data architecture, financial management transformation, digital transformation, analytics, or business systems modernization initiatives. Experience must include: THREE (3) or more years of experience leading project teams, technical workstreams, solution implementations, architecture efforts, or cross-functional modernization initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, or overseeing enterprise technology solutions supporting financial management, audit readiness, enterprise analytics, data modernization, or digital transformation programs.
• Developing solution architectures, technical roadmaps, integration strategies, and modernization approaches for complex organizations.
• Hands-on experience with one or more of the following technologies: Palantir Foundry, Databricks, AWS Cloud Services, Microsoft Azure, Power BI, Power Platform, UiPath, SQL and Data Warehousing Technologies, ERP Platforms
• Strong understanding of DoD or Federal financial management business processes, internal controls, audit readiness requirements, data governance practices, and enterprise reporting capabilities.
• Working within Agile, DevSecOps, or modern software delivery environments.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical concepts, architecture decisions, and modernization strategies to executive, functional, and technical stakehol