Enterprise Architect (Applications)

Role Description

DecisionPoint seeks an Enterprise Architect (Applications) to design, govern, and maintain enterprise application architecture patterns across a large federal and DoD-aligned mission environment. This senior role owns reference architectures, shared service frameworks, and design standards for web applications, case management systems, enterprise CMS integrations, and application-level service components.

The Enterprise Architect (Applications) partners closely with product teams, cloud architects, API architects, cybersecurity leadership, and development teams to ensure application ecosystems are secure, scalable, interoperable, and aligned with enterprise modernization goals and DoD technical requirements. This position is fully remote.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Own and maintain enterprise reference architectures for web applications, case management systems, CMS integrations, and shared service components.
• Develop and enforce architectural patterns that support scalability, maintainability, and IL5 security compliance.
• Oversee application interoperability design, integration standards, and API alignment.
• Collaborate with cloud architects to ensure application architectures work seamlessly within AWS GovCloud IL5-hosted environments.
• Define modernization pathways for legacy applications, including migrations, redesigns, and refactoring.
• Align application design decisions with Zero Trust requirements, RMF controls, and cybersecurity standards.
• Lead architecture reviews for new features, platform enhancements, and enterprise system upgrades.
• Produce architecture diagrams, component models, sequence flows, and technical reference materials.
• Support enterprise portfolio management by mapping applications to capabilities, data flows, and shared services.
• Evaluate vendor tools, frameworks, and technologies for alignment with enterprise architecture principles.
• Facilitate technical working groups, architecture review boards, and cross-team design sessions.
• Ensure consistent architectural alignment across development, integration, data, and infrastructure teams.

Qualifications

• Must hold an active Top Secret clearance, supported by a Tier 5 background investigation.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience designing and governing enterprise application architectures.
• Experience developing reference architectures and design patterns for web apps, case management systems, CMS integrations, or shared services.
• Experience supporting enterprise modernization efforts across federal or DoD mission environments.
• Experience working across application, data, integration, and cloud architecture domains.

Technical Knowledge

• Strong understanding of enterprise application architecture, modular design, and shared services.
• Knowledge of cloud architectures, preferably AWS GovCloud IL5.
• Experience with CMS platforms, case management frameworks, and enterprise web application stacks.
• Knowledge of integration patterns, API ecosystems, and microservices architectures.
• Understanding of DoD cybersecurity requirements, Zero Trust principles, and RMF-aligned controls.

Technical Knowledge (Preferred)

• Experience with TOGAF or similar enterprise architecture frameworks.
• Familiarity with microservices, containerization, and event-driven systems.
• Experience with application portfolio analysis and modernization assessments.

Certifications

• Required: ITIL v4 Foundation
• Required: CompTIA Security+
• Preferred: AWS Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)
• Preferred: TOGAF or other enterprise architecture certifications
• Preferred: CISSP or other senior cybersecurity certifications

Skills

• Strong architectural leadership and strategic planning ability.
• Excellent communication skills for cross-team coordination and stakeholder engagement.
• High attention to detail and strong documentation discipline.
• Ability to evaluate, modernize, and align application ecosystems at enterprise scale.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities in complex, multi-system environments.