Chief Solutions Architect

The Chief Solution Architect will provide overall technical leadership and architectural governance for this application maintenance and modernization program, serving as the principal technical authority across all project teams. This individual will establish and maintain enterprise architecture standards, guide the modernization strategy from legacy on-premise systems to AWS cloud services, and ensure technical decisions align with both immediate operational needs and long-term strategic objectives. The Chief Architect will collaborate closely with government technical leads, review and approve major architectural decisions, oversee technical risk management, and ensure that all solutions comply with federal security requirements and agency enterprise architecture standards while optimizing for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical fieldAWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional certification

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in one or more architecture domains (e.g., business architecture, solutions architecture, application architecture)

Desired:

• Advanced knowledge and experience in one or more current programming languages (e.g., Java, JavaScript (including AngularJS), Python, Rust, Go, or PHP)

• Experience defining the architecture of cloud deployed applications (AWS preferred)

• Expertise in service-oriented architecture, web services, and Application Programming Interfaces

• Experience defining and driving SecDevOps best practices within large teams, including AI assisted code development

• Experience establishing legacy modernization and migration technical roadmaps for large scale applications

• Experience building applications using service-oriented, microservice, and/or API based architectures at an enterprise scale

• Experience with event-driven applications using queues, service bus and other related patterns

• Experience in working closely with technical leads, engineering teams and architecture stakeholders for technical issues and architecture framework capabilities for use by other development teams

• Ability to translate technically complex features into plain language for leadership

• Experience with AI RAG/LLM implementations and experience implementing andsuccessfully leveraging agentic AI to accelerate software development

The posted pay range, if referenced, reflects the range expected for this position at the commencement of employment, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, education, experience, and internal equity. The total compensation package for this position may also include other compensation elements, to be discussed during the hiring process. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the GovCIO reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, GovCIO or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

GovCIO is a team of transformers–people who are passionate about transforming government IT. Every day, we make a positive impact by delivering innovative IT services and solutions that improve how government agencies operate and serve our citizens.

But we can’t do it alone. We need great people to help us do great things - for our customers, our culture, and our ability to attract other great people. We are changing the face of government IT and building a workforce that fuels this mission. Are you ready to be a transformer?