Platform Architect – Enterprise Modernization & Governance

SES Corporation; Suitland (MD); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

AD&D

STD

LTD

Company paid Life Insurance

401k with employer contribution

Paid Time Off

Pet Insurance

Job summary

SES Corporation seeks a Platform Architect to lead the design, engineering, modernization, and integration of enterprise platforms and shared technology services. You will translate business and security requirements into scalable architectures, reusable patterns, service boundaries, and implementation roadmaps to support secure, resilient operations.

You will evaluate investments, promote standardization, and establish guardrails while balancing innovation with long-term sustainability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, Engineering, or related field.
• 12+ years designing, implementing, or modernizing enterprise platforms in complex cloud/hybrid environments.
• Experience with public/private cloud and virtualization; AWS/Azure/GCP familiarity preferred.
• Ability to balance technical requirements with operational supportability, maintainability, and lifecycle costs.
• Experience producing architecture artifacts, roadmaps, and executive-level recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise platform strategy and roadmaps aligning with business value and operational sustainability.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and modernization opportunities.
• Develop reusable platform patterns and enterprise standards to reduce customization.
• Define service boundaries, guardrails, and architectural governance across platforms.
• Oversee platform governance, reviews, and architecture assessments.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, cybersecurity, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable capabilities.
• Communicate tradeoffs among cost, risk, and timelines clearly to leadership.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Platform modernization

System integration

Technology governance

Cross-team collaboration

Architecture standards

Reusable patterns

Guardrails & boundaries

Stakeholder communication

Lifecycle management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

PowerShell

Python

Job description

SES Corporation seeks a Platform Architect to lead the design, engineering, modernization, and integration of enterprise platforms and shared technology services. You will translate business and security requirements into scalable architectures, reusable patterns, service boundaries, and implementation roadmaps to support secure, resilient operations.

You will evaluate investments, promote standardization, and establish guardrails while balancing innovation with long-term sustainability.