Lead Principal Enterprise Architect

JMA Resources • Upper Allen Township, PA

3d • $160,000 - $230,000 • Remote

About The Position

We are seeking a Lead Principal Enterprise Architect to provide enterprise architecture and hands-on technical leadership for our client’s AI-enabled Supply Operations Center. This role will develop scalable target architecture while actively supporting data engineering, platform configuration, cloud integration, and technical problem-solving. The Lead Principal Enterprise Architect will work closely with program leadership, cybersecurity, business transformation, and supply chain teams to translate operational needs into integrated technical solutions.

Requirements

• Current or ability to obtain a Department of Defense (DoD) Top Secret Clearance is required.
• To obtain a security clearance, you must be a U.S. citizen and meet the 13 adjudicative guidelines.
• 12+ years of progressive IT/systems experience, with 6+ years in a dedicated Enterprise Architecture role.
• 3+ years leading an Enterprise Architecture practice, Center of Excellence, or technical delivery team.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical field.
• Current CompTIA Security+ CE certification or higher, or ability to obtain the required certification within the first two weeks of the start date.
• Current certification in at least one of the following operating system/Linux certifications: Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), CompTIA Linux+, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with application portfolio rationalization and legacy system modernization in federal or DoD environments.
• Experience applying enterprise architecture frameworks such as EACOE/BACOE, TOGAF, Zachman, or DoDAF.
• Strong hands-on experience with database administration and the design and execution of enterprise ETL/ELT data pipelines, data products, and semantic knowledge layers.
• Demonstrated experience with massively parallel processing data warehouses such as Yellowbrick, Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, Teradata, or Greenplum.
• Practical experience architecting and integrating AI/ML workflows, including AWS SageMaker model training, tuning, and endpoint deployment; retrieval-augmented generation; model training; agentic AI; and vector database technologies.
• Hands-on architecture and deployment experience in AWS GovCloud environments, including AWS SageMaker, AWS Glue, Amazon API Gateway, S3, EC2, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Amazon Linux.

Nice To Haves

• Practical experience or technical familiarity with Mendix or similar low-code application platforms.
• Prior NAVSUP, Navy, or DoD supply chain/logistics, weapon-systems sustainment, or Fleet readiness experience, including environments such as Navy ERP, One Touch Support, CAV, or STARS.
• TOGAF 9/10, Zachman Certified Enterprise Architect, or EACOE certification.
• Master’s degree in a relevant technical or business field.
• Experience with DoDAF architecture.

Responsibilities

• Own the As-Is and To-Be Enterprise Architecture connecting our client’s mission outcomes with transformed supply chain business processes, data, applications, cloud infrastructure, and AI capabilities.
• Lead application portfolio rationalization to identify redundancy, technical debt, consolidation opportunities, and transition pathways from legacy systems.
• Architect and build ETL/ELT pipelines and perform core database administration activities to extract, transform, and stage legacy supply chain and contracting production data into Yellowbrick or equivalent massively parallel processing databases across Development and Production environments.
• Design and implement the AI-ready data foundation, enterprise semantic layer, and vector data store.
• Architect and operationalize model training, evaluation, and inference pipelines using AWS SageMaker and supporting AI Squared UNIFI capabilities, including retrieval-augmented generation and model-grounding pipelines.
• Support engineering teams with installation, configuration, validation, and troubleshooting of the application platform stack, including AI Squared UNIFI, Mendix, Yellowbrick, Vector Store, and RegScale within AWS GovCloud and Linux runtime environments.
• Maintain end-to-end technical continuity across program phases, including hands-on configuration of priority operational roles, AI agent workflows, and Supply Operations Center dashboards.
• Address technical execution gaps across data modeling, Linux administration, API integration, cloud networking, and related areas when engineering teams encounter delivery constraints.
• Partner with the ISSE/ISSO team to provide architectural models, interface control documents, system boundary specifications, and other technical inputs required to support IATT, IATO, and full ATO submissions.
• Carry out other related duties as assigned to support evolving client, project, and company needs.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and discretionary bonuses.
• Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) and holidays to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance.
• Opportunities for professional development and continued learning.
• Hybrid/remote work arrangement with flexible hours.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
• Employee recognition programs and company events.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal