Senior Enterprise Architect

Element

Senior Enterprise Architect responsible for designing and overseeing IT systems for Element. Collaborating with clients to align business objectives with technology solutions in a hybrid work environment.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeWashington, DC • District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $175,000 - $215,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and oversee the enterprise-wide architecture strategy to ensure alignment between business goals and technology capabilities.
Develop and maintain enterprise architecture frameworks, standards, and governance processes that guide system design and technology investments.
Create and maintain technology roadmaps that support long-term organizational strategy and digital transformation initiatives.
Analyze existing systems, infrastructure, and application architecture to identify gaps, redundancies, and opportunities for improvement.
Recommend and design solutions that improve system efficiency, scalability, integration, and performance.
Ensure interoperability and integration across enterprise systems, applications, and data platforms.
Collaborate with business leaders, product teams, and technical stakeholders to translate business requirements into architectural solutions.
Provide architectural guidance and oversight during solution design, development, and implementation.
Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to support innovation and modernization initiatives.
Support governance processes to ensure adherence to enterprise architecture standards, security policies, and compliance requirements.
Document enterprise architecture artifacts including reference architectures, system diagrams, and architectural decision records.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or related field.
8+ years of experience in IT architecture, systems engineering, or enterprise technology strategy.
Demonstrated ability to produce well-structured architecture artifacts and diagrams suitable for executive, technical, and governance audiences.
Experience analyzing interdependencies across business processes, data assets, analytical models, and technology platforms.
Ability to collaborate with business and technical teams to align process designs with architecture constraints.
Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, FEAF) and their practical application.
Experience assessing technical debt, system interdependencies, architectural risk, and modernization readiness.
Experience supporting or informing technology modernization, cloud migration, or platform rationalization initiatives.
Strong written and oral skills.
Experience utilizing agile methods and tools (Scrum, Kanban, Jira, Trello).
Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
Strategic thinking and long-term technology planning.
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to executive and non-technical audiences.
Strong leadership and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams.
US Citizenship required.
Must reside in the Continental US; and be within driving distance to Washington, DC.
Depending on the government agency, specific requirements may include public trust background check or security clearance.

Benefits

Comp & perks

health care
dental
vision
life insurance
401(k)
paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law.

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Hard Skills & Tools

enterprise architecturesystems engineeringtechnology strategyarchitecture artifactssystem analysistechnical debt assessmentcloud migrationplatform rationalizationagile methodologiesTOGAF

Soft Skills

collaborationstrategic thinkingcommunicationstakeholder engagementleadershipanalytical skillswritten communicationoral communicationproblem-solvingcross-functional teamwork