Strategic Enterprise Architect — Modernization & Cloud Strategy

Guidehouse; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 113,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401k

Tuition Reimbursement

Mobility Stipend

Employee Referral Program

Parental Leave

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking an Enterprise Architect to lead current-state and future-state architecture assessments, supporting modernization of business processes, technology platforms, data environments, and operating models. You will develop enterprise-level views to support executive decision-making and modernization planning.

The role requires experience creating architecture artifacts and executive visualizations, knowledge of TOGAF/FEAF, strong stakeholder engagement, and the ability to work

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• Eight (8) years of enterprise, solution, or data architecture experience.
• Experience creating architecture artifacts and executive-level visualizations.
• Knowledge of TOGAF or FEAF frameworks.
• Experience assessing business, data, and technology architectures.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Work from client office in Washington, DC and Guidehouse office in Tyson's Corner, VA.

Responsibilities

• Lead current-state and future-state architecture assessments for modernization.
• Develop enterprise architecture artifacts across business, data, application and technology domains.
• Document interdependencies and create target-state roadmaps.
• Analyze technical debt, risks, and modernization readiness.
• Facilitate architecture workshops with stakeholders.
• Assess cloud migration opportunities and platform rationalization.
• Support operating model and governance design activities.
• Develop executive architecture briefings and visualizations.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise technology, security, and data strategies.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Facilitation

Executive communication

Architecture workshops

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IS

Tools

TOGAF

FEAF

AWS Architect

Azure Architect

Open CA

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking an Enterprise Architect to lead current-state and future-state architecture assessments, supporting modernization of business processes, technology platforms, data environments, and operating models. You will develop enterprise-level views to support executive decision-making and modernization planning.

The role requires experience creating architecture artifacts and executive visualizations, knowledge of TOGAF/FEAF, strong stakeholder engagement, and the ability to work