Senior Enterprise Modernization Architect

Acuity, Inc.; Washington, Baltimore (District of Columbia, MD); On-site; USD 108,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Acuity, Inc. is seeking a Senior Modernization SME to lead enterprise infrastructure modernization for government missions. You will assess legacy environments, develop roadmaps, reduce technical debt, and guide secure, resilient solutions across data centers, virtualization, cloud, and automation.

Responsibilities include advising on IaC, DevSecOps, and secure-by-design practices, while coordinating with leadership and engineering teams to deliver scalable, mission-aligned outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 12+ years in enterprise infrastructure modernization, systems engineering, cloud, or related modernization initiatives.
• Minimum of 7+ years leading large-scale modernization initiatives.
• Experience assessing legacy environments and developing roadmaps addressing debt, risk, and lifecycle sustainability.
• Broad knowledge of compute, Windows/Linux, virtualization, storage, networking, and observability.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior technical advisor for enterprise modernization initiatives across data centers, virtualization, cloud, cybersecurity, automation, and observability.
• Develop modernization strategies to improve security, scalability, resiliency, and operational efficiency.
• Assess legacy infrastructure and identify modernization opportunities through refresh, virtualization, cloud adoption, and platform consolidation.
• Collaborate with government stakeholders to translate mission objectives into practical roadmaps and strategies.
• Provide technical leadership for large-scale modernization efforts and evaluate alternatives for mission benefit and risk.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring

Governance

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

VMware

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Terraform

Job description

Acuity, Inc. is seeking a Senior Modernization SME to lead enterprise infrastructure modernization for government missions. You will assess legacy environments, develop roadmaps, reduce technical debt, and guide secure, resilient solutions across data centers, virtualization, cloud, and automation.

Responsibilities include advising on IaC, DevSecOps, and secure-by-design practices, while coordinating with leadership and engineering teams to deliver scalable, mission-aligned outcomes.