Enterprise Architect

Full-Time

Hybrid in Fairfax County, Virginia

Genesis Consulting is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to support a large public-sector organization with enterprise-wide infrastructure assessments, technology transitions, and cloud modernization initiatives.

Working closely with the client’s Chief Architect, this individual will serve as a key liaison across technology teams, local agencies, and technical stakeholders to assess existing technology environments, document current-state architecture, and develop actionable plans to support future-state architecture and modernization efforts.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical architecture experience with excellent communication, facilitation, and analytical skills. They will be comfortable leading discovery sessions, evaluating complex enterprise environments, documenting system dependencies, and translating technical findings into clear recommendations for technical teams and senior leadership.

·        Serve as the primary architectural liaison for major technology initiatives, enterprise assessments, and infrastructure modernization efforts.

·        Lead technical discovery activities to map, document, and baseline current-state enterprise IT architecture across on-premises data centers and hybrid-cloud environments.

·        Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, database, desktop, security, and agency teams to evaluate existing systems, capabilities, dependencies, and opportunities for improvement.

·        Conduct technical reviews of enterprise systems, infrastructure components, and supporting services.

·        Develop and maintain comprehensive current-state architecture documentation, including system topologies, data flow diagrams, network dependency matrices, and service catalogs.

·        Assess enterprise storage platforms, documenting existing capabilities, limitations, gaps, and potential modernization opportunities.

·        Evaluate the County’s current observability tools and architecture, identifying dependencies, capabilities, and opportunities for improvement.

·        Plan and execute proof-of-concept (POC) initiatives related to data archiving and retention to help reduce operational costs and risks.

·        Facilitate technical workshops and stakeholder discussions to gather requirements, validate findings, build consensus, and align on architecture priorities.

·        Translate technical discovery findings into clear architecture documentation, recommendations, and actionable delivery plans.

·        Identify system dependencies, risks, gaps, and potential impacts associated with infrastructure transitions and cloud modernization initiatives.

·        Support the Chief Architect in establishing a clear understanding of the County’s current technology landscape to inform future-state planning and enterprise architecture decisions.

·        Communicate architecture findings, recommendations, and project considerations to both technical teams and senior leadership.

·        Adapt to evolving priorities and collaborate across teams to support timely assessments, decision-making, and delivery.

·        Demonstrated experience in enterprise architecture, systems architecture, infrastructure architecture, cloud architecture, or a related technical discipline.

·        Experience assessing complex enterprise IT environments, including on-premises infrastructure and hybrid-cloud environments.

·        Proven ability to document current-state architecture, system dependencies, data flows, infrastructure components, and enterprise services.

·        Experience evaluating enterprise infrastructure, storage platforms, monitoring or observability tools, and related technology capabilities.

·        Ability to analyze complex technical environments, identify gaps and risks, and develop practical recommendations.

·        Strong communication and facilitation skills, including experience leading technical workshops and engaging stakeholders across multiple teams.

·        Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear documentation and recommendations for both technical audiences and senior leadership.

·        Proven ability to build consensus and work effectively across infrastructure, cloud, database, desktop, security, and business or agency teams.

·        Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to bring structure to complex initiatives and evolving priorities.

·        Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and adapt to a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

·        Experience supporting local government, public-sector organizations, or other large, complex enterprise environments.

·        Experience supporting enterprise infrastructure transitions, cloud modernization, or data center transformation initiatives.

·        Experience with enterprise storage strategy, data archiving, retention, or related proof-of-concept activities.

·        Experience evaluating observability platforms, monitoring tools, and enterprise service dependencies.

·        Experience developing architecture assessments, technical roadmaps, and modernization recommendations.

·        Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.