Senior Enterprise Architect & System Admin (Top Secret)

Yakshna Solutions, Inc.; Quantico (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Health, dental & vision insurance

Life insurance

Short/long-term disability

Paid time off

Training & professional development

Job summary

Yakshna Solutions, Inc. seeks a Senior Enterprise Architect to lead architecture across applications, cloud, cybersecurity, networks, and IT operations for federal programs.

The role requires deep DoD experience, strong governance, and the ability to design secure, available, and distributed environments. You will work with senior government leaders and cross-functional teams to produce architecture diagrams, decision papers, and implementation roadmaps, while ensuring compliance with RMF,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a related technical field.
• 10+ years of progressively responsible enterprise IT/engineering roles.
• 5+ years as Enterprise Architect or senior technical authority.
• Experience with Federal Government or DoD preferred.
• Proven leadership across three or more major domains (cloud, apps, network, data, etc.).
• Experience designing, securing, and governing mission-critical environments.
• Active DoD 8140-aligned cybersecurity certification preferred (CISSP/CASP+).
• Active Top Secret clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise architecture across multiple technology domains (applications, cloud, cybersecurity, networks, data, IT operations).
• Govern secure cloud/hybrid-cloud solutions (AWS GovCloud or Cloud One).
• Communicate architecture decisions to senior Government leaders and stakeholders.
• Develop architecture diagrams, interface specs, technical standards, and implementation plans.
• Ensure governance, lifecycle management, and risk-aware delivery across programs.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Systems engineering

Cloud engineering

Cybersecurity

DoD federal environments

NIST RMF / 800-53 / 800-34

AWS GovCloud / Cloud One

Zero Trust

IAM / DevSecOps

Networking / IT operations

Architecture governance

Executive communication

Agile / Waterfall delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Cybersecurity / Systems Engineering

Tools

AWS GovCloud

Cloud One

eMASS

SIEM

Terraform / IaC

Kubernetes

Job description

Yakshna Solutions, Inc. seeks a Senior Enterprise Architect to lead architecture across applications, cloud, cybersecurity, networks, and IT operations for federal programs.

The role requires deep DoD experience, strong governance, and the ability to design secure, available, and distributed environments. You will work with senior government leaders and cross-functional teams to produce architecture diagrams, decision papers, and implementation roadmaps, while ensuring compliance with RMF,