Solution & Systems Integration Architect SME

Ignite IT; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Professional development assistance

Referral program

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Ignite IT in Washington, DC seeks a Subject Matter Expert Solution & Systems Integration Architect to own end-to-end architecture for a large federal modernization program. This hands-on role requires producing architecture views, decision artifacts, and secure, scalable designs through review, implementation, and transition. Hybrid role; candidates must be U.S.

citizens. You will lead design reviews, coordinate across platform, network, and security teams, and ensure compliance with enterprise

Qualifications

• 12+ years IT experience incl. 5 years designing or governing complex enterprise solutions.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent relevant experience.
• Demonstrated architecture experience across at least three domains: application, integration, data, cloud/platform, network, cybersecurity, ITSM, or operations.
• Experience with interfaces/APIs, dependencies, nonfunctional requirements, security and operational constraints, technical reviews, and implementation readiness.
• Ability to create clear diagrams and decision artifacts and explain tradeoffs to engineers, program managers, and executives.
• U.S. Citizenship Required

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution architecture across complex, interdependent systems.
• Translate mission and business requirements into secure, scalable architectures and baselines.
• Develop and review context, logical, physical, component, interface, deployment, integration, and transition views.
• Lead architecture reviews, design reviews, and implementation-readiness activities.
• Coordinate engineers across platform, network, security, data, mobility, and ITSM teams to align architecture with delivery.

Skills

12+ years IT experience

5 years designing or governing complex

Ability to create clear diagrams

Explain tradeoffs to engineers, PMs, &

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical discipline

Tools

Sparx Enterprise Architect

Prolaborate

ArchiMate

UML

SysML

BPMN

Job description

We are seeking a Subject Matter Expert (SME) Solution & Systems Integration Architect to join our team supporting 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, supportable technical designs, and carrying those designs through review, implementation, and operational transition.

This is a hands-on architecture role. You'll be expected to produce real architecture views and decision artifacts, not just set direction from a distance.

This is a hybrid role based out of Washington, DC. Candidates must be U.S. citizens.

Key Responsibilities

• Solution Architecture & Design
• Translate mission and business requirements into secure, scalable, supportable architectures and technical baselines
• Develop and review context, logical, physical, component, interface, deployment, integration, and transition views at the level required for decisions and implementation
• Apply approved patterns, common services, reference architectures, and reusable design approaches
• Design Reviews & Trade Studies
• Lead or participate in architecture compliance reviews, technical design reviews, and implementation-readiness reviews
• Conduct trade studies and analyze alternatives involving cloud adoption, modernization, technical debt, rationalization, interoperability, resilience, and cost
• Risk Identification
• Identify interface, dependency, performance, security, data, platform, network, and operational risks early in the design process
• Flag lifecycle risks and dependencies before they affect delivery
• Cross-Domain Coordination
• Coordinate engineers and specialists across platform, network, security, data, mobility, and ITSM teams to align architecture with delivery
• Resolve cross-vendor and cross-organizational design conflicts under fixed milestones
• Compliance & Rationalization
• Ensure designs align with enterprise architecture standards, governance, and compliance requirements
• Support application rationalization and legacy modernization efforts
• Transition & Documentation
• Support problem resolution during testing, deployment, transition, operations, and post-implementation stabilization
• Maintain architecture decisions, deviations, assumptions, dependencies, diagrams, and interface records in approved repositories
• Produce clear diagrams and decision artifacts, and explain tradeoffs to engineers, program managers, and executive stakeholders

Requirements

• 12+ years of IT experience, including at least 5 years designing or governing complex enterprise solutions
• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent relevant experience
• Demonstrated architecture experience across at least three of the following domains: application, integration, data, cloud/platform, network, cybersecurity, endpoint/mobility, identity, ITSM, or operations
• Experience with interfaces/APIs, dependencies, nonfunctional requirements, security and operational constraints, technical reviews, and implementation readiness
• Ability to create clear diagrams and decision artifacts and explain tradeoffs to engineers, program managers, and executives
• U.S. Citizenship Required

Nice to Have

• Direct federal, government, or large-scale system-of-systems modernization experience
• Experience with Sparx Enterprise Architect, Prolaborate, ArchiMate, UML, SysML, BPMN, or equivalent modeling tools/notations
• Cloud, integration, architecture, or systems-engineering certifications
• Experience with shared services, platform engineering, event/API integration, application rationalization, legacy modernization, and zero-trust-aligned designs
• Experience resolving cross-vendor or cross-organizational design conflicts under fixed milestones

Benefits

• 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