Senior Enterprise Architect – Modernization & Governance

Ignite IT, LLC; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Flexible spending account

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Professional development assistance

Referral program

Tuition reimbursement

Vision insurance

Job summary

Ignite IT, LLC seeks a Subject Matter Expert Enterprise Architect to lead modernization across business, data, application, security, and technology domains. You will set target-state direction, drive governance, and ensure architecture modeling is current and adopted.

This hands-on role requires building real architecture artifacts, working with leadership, and delivering practical decisions. Hybrid role in Washington, DC; U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of enterprise or solution architecture experience with governance, standards, and cross-domain design decisions.
• Ability to govern As-Is/To-Be/transition architectures across multiple domains.
• Hands-on experience with architecture review boards, compliance reviews, deviations/waivers, standards, roadmaps, and decision records.

Responsibilities

• Define target-state architecture and cross-domain priorities across business, data, application, security, and technology.
• Develop and maintain current-state, target-state, and transition architectures at multiple levels.
• Lead Architecture Review Board, investment reviews, and design reviews with clear intake, criteria, decisions, and records.
• Identify gaps, technical debt, and modernization opportunities; recommend modernization actions.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Governance

Stakeholder Management

Communication Skills

US Citizenship

Tools

Sparx Enterprise Architect

Prolaborate

Job description

Ignite IT, LLC seeks a Subject Matter Expert Enterprise Architect to lead modernization across business, data, application, security, and technology domains. You will set target-state direction, drive governance, and ensure architecture modeling is current and adopted.

This hands-on role requires building real architecture artifacts, working with leadership, and delivering practical decisions. Hybrid role in Washington, DC; U.S. citizenship is required.