Senior Enterprise Architect – Government Cloud & Security

Paragon Cyber Solutions | 8a, EDWOSB, SDVOSB, CMMC-C3PAO |; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 275,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care plan (Medical, Dental &amp

Retirement plan

Paid time off & 11 paid holidays

Short and Long-Term Disability

Healthy Work-Life Balance

Training & Development

Job summary

Paragon Cyber Solutions is seeking a senior Chief Architect to lead enterprise architecture and technical strategy for a global government services agency. You will translate mission objectives into secure, scalable architectures and guide modernization across cloud, data center, and network domains.

You will mentor teams and act as a trusted advisor to government leaders, program stakeholders, and engineering groups.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 20+ years of IT experience, including 10+ years in senior architecture or technical leadership roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise architecture for federal, DoD, or large service provider environments.
• Deep expertise in network architecture (service provider and enterprise routing and switching, data center fabrics, WAN/SD-WAN).
• Experience with cloud architecture and migration strategy across private, public, and hybrid environments (AWS, Azure, DISA milCloud, or equivalent).
• Experience designing or assessing cybersecurity stacks and tool suites.
• Expert-level networking certification (JNCIE, CCIE, or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Provide executive-level technical leadership and Enterprise Architecture oversight across network, cloud, data center, security, and application domains.
• Develop and maintain future-state technology roadmaps aligned to mission objectives and operational requirements.
• Lead the design of secure, resilient, and scalable architectures, including IP fabric, SD-WAN, DCI, NFV, and next-generation automation platforms.
• Drive modernization initiatives, including on-prem to cloud migration strategies across private, public, and hybrid environments.
• Conduct architecture, security, and network assessments; identify gaps and deliver recommendations based on best practices.
• Serve as the primary technical advisor to government leadership and program stakeholders.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Executive leadership

Networking (WAN/SD-WAN)

Cloud migrations

Cybersecurity architecture

DoD/federal environments

JNCIE/CCIE

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT / CS / Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

DISA milCloud

IP fabric

DCI

NFV

Job description

Paragon Cyber Solutions is seeking a senior Chief Architect to lead enterprise architecture and technical strategy for a global government services agency. You will translate mission objectives into secure, scalable architectures and guide modernization across cloud, data center, and network domains.

You will mentor teams and act as a trusted advisor to government leaders, program stakeholders, and engineering groups.