Enterprise Architect

NTT DATA•Rockville, MD

About The Position

Lead architecture and technical design for enterprise and platform hosting environments across on-premise, hybrid, and cloud infrastructures. Define and guide hosting solutions across core infrastructure domains, including compute, virtualization, application and database hosting, storage, networking, and cloud platforms. Design and evolve secure, scalable cloud architectures and hybrid connectivity models that support enterprise workloads and operational requirements. Support migration and modernization initiatives, including transitions from on-premise to cloud environments and adoption of modern hosting architectures. Establish and govern infrastructure automation and DevSecOps practices to support consistent, repeatable, and secure platform deployments. Provide architectural guidance for containerized and platform-based hosting solutions supporting modern application delivery. Support integration of specialized compute environments used in research and data-intensive workloads, as applicable. Develop and maintain architectural standards, reference architectures, and technical roadmaps to ensure consistency, security, and lifecycle alignment across hosting services Collaborate with program management, service delivery leads, and engineering teams to translate architectural designs into implementable, operational solutions. Advise leadership on architectural tradeoffs, technical risk, capacity considerations, and modernization priorities

Requirements

Bachelor's degree, or four (4) years of work experience in lieu of a degree
Minimum 15 years of progressive experience in IT infrastructure, systems engineering, or enterprise architecture roles supporting US Federal Government clients
Minimum 5 years of experience architecting enterprise-scale infrastructure and hosting solutions in medium to large environments
Minimum 3 years of experience designing and supporting cloud and hybrid architectures, including migration and modernization of on-premise environments
Ability to obtain a Public Trust
Must live within 60 miles of the client site in Rockville, MD
Experience establishing and governing DevSecOps and infrastructure automation practices, including CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code approaches
Working knowledge of software development lifecycle principles and their integration with infrastructure and platform services
Experience with container-based platforms and modern application hosting architectures
Familiarity with specialized or data-intensive computing environments, such as research or high-performance computing platforms, as applicable
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting architectural recommendations to senior government and executive leadership

Nice To Haves

AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional)
ITIL 4 Managing Professional
PMP Certified
Scrum Master
Red Hat Certified Engineer
VMware VCDX-DCV
Cisco CCNP

Responsibilities

Lead architecture and technical design for enterprise and platform hosting environments
Define and guide hosting solutions across core infrastructure domains
Design and evolve secure, scalable cloud architectures and hybrid connectivity models
Support migration and modernization initiatives
Establish and govern infrastructure automation and DevSecOps practices
Provide architectural guidance for containerized and platform-based hosting solutions
Support integration of specialized compute environments used in research and data-intensive workloads
Develop and maintain architectural standards, reference architectures, and technical roadmaps
Collaborate with program management, service delivery leads, and engineering teams to translate architectural designs into implementable, operational solutions
Advise leadership on architectural tradeoffs, technical risk, capacity considerations, and modernization priorities