Solution & Systems Integration Architect SME

ActioNet, Inc.; Vienna (VA); Hybrid; USD 197,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life and AD&D Insurance

401(k) Savings Plan

Education and Professional Training

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Employee Referral and MeritRecognition

Paid Holidays: 11 per year

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Disability Insurance

Job summary

ActioNet, Inc. seeks a Solution & Systems Integration Architect SME to lead end-to-end architecture for a major federal modernization program. The role translates mission requirements into secure, scalable designs and works with engineering, cybersecurity, data, cloud, mobility, ITSM and program teams from concept through deployment and stabilisation.

This is a hands-on, architecture-focused position in a hybrid arrangement in the DC region. U.S.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of IT experience with senior architecture experience across multiple domains.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience designing and governing complex enterprise solutions across multiple domains (Application, Systems Integration, Data, Cloud/Platform, Network, Cybersecurity, Identity, ITSM, IT Operations).
• Experience defining APIs, interfaces, dependencies, nonfunctional requirements, and security constraints.
• Experience leading architecture or technical design reviews.
• U.S. Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Translate requirements into enterprise solution architectures and technical baselines.
• Develop and maintain architecture views: context, logical, physical, component, interface, integration, deployment, and transition.
• Apply standards, patterns, shared services, and reference architectures.
• Lead architecture compliance reviews and technical design reviews.
• Conduct trade studies on cloud adoption, modernization, debt, and interoperability.
• Identify architecture risks and dependencies early.
• Coordinate across multiple teams to resolve design conflicts and maintain schedules.
• Define and validate APIs, interfaces, and data exchanges.
• Support engineering through deployment and stabilization.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Solution design

Stakeholder communication

Cloud / Platform

Security compliance

Interoperability

Trade studies

US Citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Sparx Enterprise Architect

Prolaborate

ArchiMate

UML

SysML

BPMN

Job description

Job Title:: Solution & Systems Integration Architect SME

Location: Hybrid - 2 days a week on-site - DC Regional Area

Salary Range: 197,000-262,000

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Solution & Systems Integration Architect Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support a large-scale federal modernization program. This role owns end-to-end solution architecture across complex, interdependent systems, translating mission and business requirements into secure, scalable, interoperable, and supportable technical designs.

This is a hands-on architecture role. The Architect will develop detailed architecture views, trade studies, decision artifacts, and implementation-ready designs, while working closely with engineering, cybersecurity, data, network, cloud, mobility, ITSM, and program teams to carry solutions from concept through review, implementation, transition, and operational stabilization.

hybrid position based in Washington, DC. Metro Area U.S. Citizenship is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate mission, business, technical, security, and operational requirements into enterprise solution architectures and technical baselines.
• Develop and maintain context, logical, physical, component, interface, integration, deployment, and transition architecture views.
• Apply enterprise standards, approved patterns, shared services, reference architectures, and reusable design approaches.
• Lead and participate in architecture compliance reviews, technical design reviews, and implementation-readiness assessments.
• Conduct trade studies and alternatives analysis involving cloud adoption, modernization, technical debt, application rationalization, interoperability, resiliency, performance, and cost.
• Identify architecture risks associated with interfaces, dependencies, data, security, performance, networks, platforms, and operations.
• Identify lifecycle dependencies and technical risks early enough to prevent impacts to delivery.
• Coordinate across application, cloud, platform, network, cybersecurity, data, identity, mobility, ITSM, and operations teams.
• Resolve cross-domain, cross-vendor, and cross-organizational design conflicts while maintaining program schedules and architectural integrity.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, governance, security, and compliance requirements.
• Support application rationalization, legacy modernization, shared services, and system-of-systems integration efforts.
• Define and validate APIs, interfaces, integration patterns, data exchanges, dependencies, and nonfunctional requirements.
• Support engineering teams during development, testing, deployment, transition, and post-implementation stabilization.
• Maintain architecture decisions, assumptions, deviations, dependencies, interface records, and technical diagrams in approved repositories.
• Develop clear architecture diagrams and decision artifacts and communicate technical tradeoffs to engineers, program managers, customers, and executive stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of IT experience, including at least 5 years designing, implementing, or governing complex enterprise solutions.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated architecture experience across at least three domains, such as:
  • Application
  • Systems Integration
  • Data
  • Cloud / Platform
  • Network
  • Cybersecurity
  • Identity
  • Endpoint / Mobility
  • ITSM
  • IT Operations
• Strong experience designing and integrating complex, interdependent enterprise systems.
• Experience defining APIs, interfaces, dependencies, nonfunctional requirements, security constraints, and operational requirements.
• Experience leading or participating in architecture and technical design reviews.
• Strong understanding of implementation readiness, system dependencies, integration risks, and operational transition.
• Ability to develop clear architecture diagrams, decision records, technical baselines, and trade studies.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts and tradeoffs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, and cross-team collaboration skills.
• U.S. Citizenship required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Federal Government or large-scale system-of-systems modernization programs.
• Experience with Sparx Enterprise Architect, Prolaborate, ArchiMate, UML, SysML, BPMN, or similar modeling tools and standards.
• Architecture, cloud, integration, cybersecurity, or systems-engineering certifications.
• Experience with application rationalization, legacy modernization, platform engineering, shared services, and cloud migration.
• Experience designing API-driven, event-driven, and service-based integration architectures.
• Familiarity with zero-trust-aligned architecture principles.
• Experience resolving complex cross-vendor or cross-organizational technical issues under fixed delivery milestones.

Why ActioNet?

• Commitment to Employees: We are committed to making ActioNet a great place to work and continue to invest in our ActioNeters.
• Commitment to Customers: We are committed to our customers by driving and sustaining Service Delivery Excellence.
• Commitment to Community: We are committed to giving back to our community, helping others, and making the world a better place for our next generation.

ActioNet is proud to be named a Top Workplace for the twelfth year in a row (2014 - 2025). We have a 98% customer retention rate. We are passionate about the inspirational missions of our customers, and we entrust our employees and teams to deliver exceptional performance to enable the safety, security, health, and well-being of our nation.

What's in It For You?

As an ActioNeter, you get to be part of an exceptional team and a corporate culture that nurtures mutual success for our customers, employees, and communities. We give you the tools to be successful; all you need to do is bring your best ideas, your energy, and a desire to develop your skills, experience, and career. Are you ready to make a difference?

ActioNet is an equal-opportunity employer and values inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Education and Professional Training
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Employee Referral and Merit Recognition Programs
• Employee Assistance and Identity Theft Protection
• Paid Holidays: 11 per year
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Disability Insurance

ActioNet is an equal opportunity employer and value inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.