Senior Enterprise Solutions Architect- Hybrid- Fairfax, VA

Creative Information Technology, Inc. • Falls Church, VA

21d • Hybrid

About The Position

Creative Information Technology Inc. (CITI) is seeking a Senior Enterprise Solutions Architect to support the Fairfax County Department of Information Technology (DIT) and its Chief Architect through large-scale infrastructure transitions and cloud modernization. The architect will serve as a key liaison connecting DIT, county agencies, and technical teams, and will support major technology initiatives and assessments. The role focuses on technical discovery and systems architecture, including mapping, documenting, and baselining current-state enterprise IT architecture across on-premises data centers and hybrid-cloud environments. The position requires facilitating workshops, listening to stakeholder needs, and translating complex requirements into clear technical architectures and delivery plans. The architect will also assess existing systems, create authoritative current-state documentation, evaluate enterprise storage and observability capabilities, and conduct archive and retention proof-of-concepts to reduce cost and risk. The role calls for strong communication, collaboration, consensus-building, and the ability to bring structure to complex systems and projects in a fast-paced, changing environment.

Requirements

• Strong communication skills and ability to lead workshops and explain complex infrastructure and cloud topics to technical teams and senior leaders.
• Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to build consensus in a multi-stakeholder environment.
• Ability to collaborate across infrastructure, cloud, database, desktop, security, and agency teams.
• Ability to bring structure to large, complex systems and projects and turn them into clear plans.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, shifting environment, learning quickly, and adjusting plans as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in government or public-sector environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary architectural liaison for major technology initiatives and assessments.
• Support the Chief Architect during large-scale infrastructure transitions and cloud modernization.
• Conduct technical discovery and systems architecture work, mapping, documenting, and baselining current-state enterprise IT architecture across on-premises data centers and hybrid-cloud environments.
• Perform technical reviews of systems within the enterprise.
• Produce current-state artifacts, including system topologies, data flow diagrams, network dependency matrices, and service catalogs.
• Map and evaluate current enterprise storage platforms, capabilities, and gaps.
• Map the current observability tools and architecture.
• Run archive and retention proof-of-concepts to reduce cost and risk.
• Facilitate workshops and translate complex technical needs into clear architecture and delivery plans.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, database, desktop, security, and agency teams to develop shared solutions.
• Create comprehensive current-state enterprise architecture documents and clear plans for complex systems and projects.

What This Job Offers

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