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# Senior IT Architect (Team Lead) - Q Clearance Required

- **Company:** ActioNet, Inc.
- **Location:** Vienna, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Lifecycle Management, Automation of Tests, Configuration Management, Continuous Integration, Interoperability, Release Management, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Information Technology, Software Version Control
- **Published:** August 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://us.experteer.com/career/view-jobs/senior-it-architect-team-lead-q-clearance-required-vienna-va-usa-58896753

## About the Role

_ Collaborate with customers, technical teams, and stakeholders to translate requirements into architectural plans * Lead release coordination (beta/production) and oversee change, configuration, and software lifecycle management * Drive source control, automated testing, and CI/CD within the software development lifecycle * Communicate project status, manage schedules, and assign responsibilities * Foster strong working relationships across departments to support successful project outcomes Tasks * Active Q Clearance * Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field * Minimum seven (7) years designing and developing software solutions or performing extensive revisions * Experience as a senior technical expert developing high-level architectural specifications * Proven ability to solve complex integration, interoperability, and architecture challenges * Experience gathering requirements and translating them into technical solutions

 * Experience in cost analysis and option evaluation for technical decisions * Ability to prototype and present architectural approaches across software, hardware, infrastructure, and business processes * Experience establishing schedules, coordinating development, and monitoring progress * Experience coordinating development, beta, and production releases * Experience leading source control management and supporting automated testing and CI/CD * Experience with change management, release management, configuration management, and software lifecycle management * Strong leadership, communication, analytical, problem-solving, and technical decision-making skills Key requirements *

## Description

Experteer Overview In this role you will serve as a senior technical authority to design and guide complex IT solutions for federal programs. You will lead architectural efforts from concept through production, ensuring alignment with business needs, security, and quality standards. You will collaborate with customers and cross-functional teams to evaluate options, address integration challenges, and deliver scalable, secure IT capabilities. This position offers impact across architecture, integration, and technology strategy in a mission-driven environment. Compensation / Benefits * Lead architectural efforts from concept to production and ensure alignment with business requirements and standards * Design and guide complex IT solutions focusing on software, systems integration, and infrastructure * Evaluate alternatives and architect feasible solutions addressing security, quality, and schedule constraints * Coordinate technical oversight across projects and ensure on-time delivery * Collaborate with customers, technical teams, and stakeholders to translate requirements into architectural plans * Lead release coordination (beta/production) and oversee change, configuration, and software lifecycle management * Drive source control, automated testing, and CI/CD within the software development lifecycle * Communicate project status, manage schedules, and assign responsibilities * Foster strong working relationships across departments to support successful project outcomes Tasks * Active Q Clearance * Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field * Minimum seven (7) years designing and developing software solutions or performing extensive revisions * Experience as a senior technical expert developing high-level architectural specifications * Proven ability to solve complex integration, interoperability, and architecture challenges * Experience gathering requirements and translating them into technical solutions * Experience in cost analysis and option evaluation for technical decisions * Ability to prototype and present architectural approaches across software, hardware, infrastructure, and business processes * Experience establishing schedules, coordinating development, and monitoring progress * Experience coordinating development, beta, and production releases * Experience leading source control management and supporting automated testing and CI/CD * Experience with change management, release management, configuration management, and software lifecycle management * Strong leadership, communication, analytical, problem-solving, and technical decision-making skills Key requirements *


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