Job Description
Enterprise Architect
Washington, DC
About the Role and Job:
Qualifications & Experience
Key Responsibilities
Tech stack (short version)
Washington, DC
About the Role and Job:
Qualifications & Experience
- 10+ years of experience working within an IT organization, software vendor, or enterprise technology department.
- 6+ years of experience designing and governing architecture for complex enterprise applications, digital platforms, and web-based solutions.
- Proven experience architecting and governing integration across heterogeneous technology landscapes, encompassing cloud, on-premises, SaaS, legacy, custom-built, and packaged enterprise applications.
- Deep understanding of application architecture, software design principles, and enterprise architecture practices.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture and solution design patterns, including distributed and cloud-native architectures, microservices, API-led integration, event-driven solutions, and scalable, secure enterprise platforms.
- Extensive understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and modern delivery methodologies.
- Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and technical leadership skills.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and presentation capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Elicit, analyze, and document functional and non-functional requirements, architectural constraints, and solution design considerations in collaboration with business and technical stakeholders.
- Define target-state architectures, solution roadmaps, and architecture work plans aligned with business objectives.
- Present architectural approaches, recommendations, and delivery plans to internal and customer stakeholders, providing regular updates on progress and key decisions.
- Assess the technical and operational effectiveness of existing applications and platforms, producing architecture reviews, gap analyses, and improvement recommendations.
- Evaluate the quality of existing software implementations across architecture, design, integration, and code quality dimensions, and provide actionable recommendations.
- Lead architecture definition and technology evaluation activities during project inception, including proof-of-concepts, prototypes, and technical feasibility assessments.
- Produce architecture documentation, technical proposals, standards, and decision records to support project delivery and governance.
- Provide architectural guidance and technical leadership throughout solution construction, testing, deployment, and transition phases.
- Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, scalability principles, and operational best practices.
- Collaborate with development, QA, DevOps, data, and business teams to ensure successful end-to-end solution delivery.
- Present architecture deliverables, findings, recommendations, and technical decisions to both internal leadership and customer stakeholders.
Tech stack (short version)
- Microsoft Azure
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- ASP.NET Core / .NET
- Angular
- PostgreSQL
- Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)
- Azure Application Insights
- Azure DevOps
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Washington, DC, IL |
| Industry | Computer/IT Services |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1990 |
| Website | http://q1tech.com/ |
About Company
Q1 consists of experienced and recognized experts providing the capability to respond to market demand in order to provide professional services for our clients including Enterprise software implementations, application integration and technical / functional support.
Q1 has steadily grown into a Quality IT services and solutions organization with the average experience of our team being over 10 years. We have continuously met or exceeded client expectations by delivering professional services and project implementations on time and under budget to help clients truly recognize return on investment.
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