Senior Enterprise Architect, Cloud & Microsoft Platform

CDM Smith; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to lead enterprise application architecture across Microsoft-centered cloud-first IT strategy. You will create blueprints, govern patterns, and map capabilities with Azure, 365, Power Platform, Copilot, and ServiceNow EA/APM.

You’ll collaborate with stakeholders to drive security, scalability and integration across platforms. Applicants should have extensive experience in architecture disciplines, TOGAF familiarity, and strong communication to

Qualifications

• 6 years of related experience.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF or similar).
• Deep understanding of Microsoft Azure and related services.
• Experience with ServiceNow APM/EA modules for portfolio management and mapping.
• Ability to translate business strategy into capability models and roadmaps.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and advisory skills.
• Experience in integration architecture and cloud-native design.

Responsibilities

• Develop enterprise architecture blueprints across business, application, data, and technology domains.
• Design integration patterns across enterprise systems using Azure services.
• Define reference architectures, reusable solution patterns, and governance guardrails.
• Document and maintain architecture standards, roadmaps, and artifacts in ServiceNow EA/APM.
• Support architecture governance processes and solution approvals.
• Partner with delivery teams as trusted architecture advisor; identify risks and dependencies.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of architecture practices and maturity.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

TOGAF

Microsoft Azure

ServiceNow

Stakeholder engagement

Architecture governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

ServiceNow APM

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to lead enterprise application architecture across Microsoft-centered cloud-first IT strategy. You will create blueprints, govern patterns, and map capabilities with Azure, 365, Power Platform, Copilot, and ServiceNow EA/APM.

You’ll collaborate with stakeholders to drive security, scalability and integration across platforms. Applicants should have extensive experience in architecture disciplines, TOGAF familiarity, and strong communication to