Chief Architect

• Establish and communicate the overall technical vision, architecture strategy, and engineering direction for complex enterprise programs.
• Serve as the senior architecture authority across application, cloud, data, integration, infrastructure, security, DevSecOps, and AI domains.
• Lead and coordinate Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, Cloud Architects, Data Architects, Security Architects, and technical leads.
• Define target-state architectures, modernization roadmaps, enterprise standards, reference architectures, and architectural principles.
• Ensure architectural consistency and interoperability across systems, products, platforms, and program workstreams.
• Chair or provide leadership to architecture review boards and technical governance forums.
• Evaluate and approve major architectural decisions, technology selections, integration approaches, and modernization strategies.
• Partner with program leadership to balance technical excellence with cost, schedule, performance, security, and mission priorities.
• Provide executive-level technical guidance to government stakeholders and senior REI leadership.
• Drive adoption of cloud-native technologies, APIs, microservices, DevSecOps, automation, modern data platforms, and reusable enterprise services.
• Establish an enterprise approach for AI and Generative AI adoption, including architecture, governance, security, responsible AI, and integration standards.
• Identify opportunities for AI-enabled modernization, intelligent automation, predictive analytics, and mission-focused innovation.
• Ensure technical solutions meet federal security, privacy, accessibility, compliance, scalability, performance, and availability requirements.
• Lead resolution of complex cross-program architectural and engineering challenges.
• Evaluate technology trends and determine their applicability to customer missions and REI strategy.
• Provide technical leadership for strategic proposals, solution development, oral presentations, technical volumes, and capture efforts.
• Build architecture capability across the organization by developing reusable patterns, technical accelerators, standards, and talent.
• Mentor senior architects and engineering leaders and promote strong engineering and architecture practices.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise technology, software engineering, systems engineering, or architecture.
• 10+ years of architecture leadership experience supporting large-scale enterprise systems.
• Demonstrated experience serving as a Chief Architect, Lead Architect, Enterprise Architect, or equivalent technical leader.
• Deep understanding of cloud computing, distributed systems, application architecture, data architecture, APIs, integration, cybersecurity, and DevSecOps.
• Experience leading modernization of large, complex, mission-critical technology environments.
• Strong understanding of AWS and/or Microsoft Azure.
• Experience establishing architectural governance, standards, and technology roadmaps.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence large multidisciplinary technical organizations.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to engage technical teams, program leadership, executives, and government stakeholders.

Educational Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Operations Management, or related field.

Clearance: Eligible to obtain a public trust clearance.

Location: Hybrid (2 days per week or as needed in the REI Sterling Office)