Lead Enterprise Solutions Architect

Essnova Solutions, Inc. • Suitland, MD

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Essnova Solutions is seeking an experienced Lead Enterprise Solutions Architect to support a large-scale federal technology modernization initiative supporting the U.S. Census Bureau. This opportunity is ideal for a senior architect with experience designing, modernizing, and integrating complex enterprise applications and systems across cloud, hybrid, and distributed environments. Depending on experience, candidates may support solutions architecture, systems architecture, or application architecture activities. We are particularly interested in professionals who can help transform legacy environments into scalable, secure, cloud-ready solutions.

Requirements

• 15+ years of relevant IT and architecture experience.
• Significant experience designing or modernizing enterprise-scale systems.
• Senior-level experience in solutions, systems, application, enterprise, or cloud architecture.
• Experience with several of the following: Microservices, Event-driven architecture, Enterprise and cloud architecture, Legacy application modernization and refactoring, Spring Boot, REST/SOAP APIs, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes/EKS, Hybrid and multi-cloud environments, Cloud control planes and governance, FedRAMP, FinOps.

Nice To Haves

• AWS, Azure, or GCP Professional-level Solutions Architect certification
• TOGAF
• CCSP
• CISSP
• DevOps certification or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Design scalable architectures for complex enterprise applications and systems.
• Lead modernization and refactoring of legacy technology environments.
• Develop solution architectures incorporating cloud, microservices, APIs, containers, and event-driven technologies.
• Establish architecture patterns, standards, and technical roadmaps.
• Support cloud and hybrid/multi-cloud architecture initiatives.
• Evaluate technical requirements and translate them into practical architecture solutions.
• Partner with engineering, application development, infrastructure, security, and program teams.
• Develop architecture documentation, technical designs, and modernization recommendations.
• Support implementation of scalable and maintainable enterprise technology solutions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed