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# Application Architect

- **Company:** Barrow Wise Consulting
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Salary:** $120,000.0 - $166,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Applications Architecture, Federal Enterprise Architecture, IBM Maximo, IT Management, Microsoft PowerPoint, Zachman Framework, Kronos, Oracle Hyperion, Togaf, People Soft
- **Published:** August 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us637369471b4cbc80fda1170568d1a779

## About the Role

Enjoy problem-solving, need a venue to display your creativity, and emerging technologies pique your interest; if so, Barrow Wise Consulting, LLC is for you. As a multi-disciplined leader, you understand the gifts that set you apart from everyone else. Demonstrate innovative solutions to our clients. Join Barrow Wise Consulting, LLC today.Responsibilities:The Application Architect will support Barrow Wise's WMATA project and perform the following duties: Develop current and future state application architectures, including but not limited to business transformation, identifying potential risks and opportunities, capturing the rationale for architecture design decisions, negotiating conflicting requirements, improving architectural documentation quality, and facilitating clear articulation architectural artifacts (Business, Information, Application, Infrastructure, Integration, Security etc.) recommendations to ensure value driven sustainable Architectural perspectivesApply experience in
leading, managing, architecting, designing, installing, configuring administering the Enterprise Architecture tools and technology platformApply industry standard architectural frameworks (such as FEAF, TOGAF, Zachman, etc.) to the WMATA enterprise to guide and update the architectural baselines within the enterpriseFollow industry standards and best practices to enable effective review process for a multitude of technology paradigm within transit industry and alignment with proposed enterprise data center technology and frameworkApply design principles based on Software defined Networks/Application aware network Participate in the strategic discussions and associated architecture building blocks review processesAnalyze and review business capability architecture and translate it into an effective information architecture, features, functionalities, etc.Translate user behavior into structured elements, attributes, process workflows, user scenarios, storyboards etc. for Enterprise
information systems - PeopleSoft, Maximo, Kronos, Hyperion, Hastus, Trapeze, etc.Ensure business, functional, technical and information processes are reviewed and validated to meet the enterprise expectations Perform other duties as assignedAn Ideal Candidate has:US CitizenshipBachelor's degree in related discipline or equivalent experience10 years' experience as an enterprise architect using the standard architectural frameworkEnterprise Architecture certification (CEA, TOGAF)Experience developing business capability, information, and data architectureExperience with enterprise architecture repositories and tools (Abacus)Experience interviewing and documenting stakeholder inputs to enterprise architecture projectsExperience using Microsoft Excel to perform basic financial analysis of business processesGreat with MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS VisioProven ability to implement IT governance process improvementsPerform high caliber qualitative and quantitative analysesAbility to meet the

## Description

requirements of the deliverables listed aboveExperience in the transit industryAbility to mentor, collaborate and coordinate with peers, customers, and stakeholdersBarrow Wise Consulting, LLC offers an ethical, challenging, diverse, and rewarding experience. Join us and become part of an enthusiastic, responsible team that delivers innovative solutions to our clients. We provide competitive compensation packages, attractive benefits, and great careers. Barrow Wise is an equal opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran/LBGT.Our employees stand behind Barrow Wise's core values of integrity, quality, innovation, and diversity. We are confident that Barrow Wise's core values, business model, and team focus create positive career paths for our employees. Barrow Wise will continue to lead the industry in delivering new solutions to clients and persevere until the client is overjoyed.Job Posted by ApplicantPro


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