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Job Description:
Parsons is looking for a Principal Enterprise Architect to join our team! In this role you will be a senior strategic leader responsible for shaping, guiding, and governing the enterprise-wide technology and business architecture to enable sustainable business outcomes. This role proactively and holistically partners with executive leadership, business stakeholders, product managers, product owners, and distributed delivery teams to drive transformation, innovation, and operational excellence.
This candidate will enjoy a 100% remote work arrangement. Preference for Eastern or Central Time zones. Travel approximately 25% of the time, could go to 50% during peak timeframes.
What You'll Be Doing:
Translates strategic business goals into actionable enterprise architecture blueprints and capability models.
Guides multi-disciplinary teams in designing and delivering integrated, end-to-end solutions across business domains, platforms, and ecosystems.
Identifies and manages architectural risks, technical debt, and complexity, ensuring the long-term health and agility of the enterprise landscape.
Establishes and promotes architecture principles, standards, and reference architectures to drive consistency and reuse across the organization.
Influences investment decisions and prioritization through architecture assessments, value-case development, and alignment with strategic roadmaps.
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
10+ years of equivalent experience as a technical consultant in a related industry, including supervisory experience.
Experience presenting information/assessments/recommendations to senior executives
Proficient experience with various business ecosystems, SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven IT and predictive analytics.
Proficient with Cloud Platforms (i.e., AWS and Azure at a minimum) as well as hybrid and on Premise environments.
Understanding of business models, operating models, financial models, cost-benefit analysis, budgeting and risk management.
Proficient with enterprise architecture tools, related graphical models, and frameworks (e.g., TOGAF).
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to communicate at all levels of management and executive management.
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
Federal/US Government experience
Certified SAFe® Practitioner
Certified SAFe® Agilist
Certified SAFe® Scrum Master
Certified SAFe® Architect
Certified SAFe® Lean Portfolio Manager
Domain Specific Certifications
Business Relationship Management
FEDSIM experience
Security Clearance Requirement:
NoneThis position is part of our Corporate team.For over 80 years, Parsons Corporation, has shaped the future of the defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure markets. Our employees work in a close-knit team environment to find new, innovative ways to deliver smart solutions that are used and valued by customers around the world. By combining unique technologies with deep domain expertise across cybersecurity, missile defense, space, connected infrastructure, transportation, smart cities, and more, we're providing tomorrow's solutions today.Salary Range: $157,500.00 - $283,500.00We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 10+ years technical consulting experience, including supervisory experience
- Experience presenting information and recommendations to senior executives
- Proficient with SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven architectures, and predictive analytics
- Proficient with cloud platforms (AWS and Azure), hybrid and on-premise environments
- Understanding of business models, operating models, financial models, cost-benefit analysis, budgeting and risk management
- Proficient with enterprise architecture tools, graphical models, and frameworks (e.g., TOGAF)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to communicate at all management levels
- Federal/US Government experience
- SAFe certifications (Practitioner, Agilist, Scrum Master, Architect, Lean Portfolio Manager)
- Domain specific certifications
- Business Relationship Management experience
- FEDSIM experience
Parsons Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Parsons Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Parsons Corporation.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and choice-rich, with multiple plan types (PPO, HDHP, and some HMO networks) plus dental, vision, EAP, and wellness resources. The availability of different plan designs and national-carrier coverage supports varied employee needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
Parsons Corporation Insights
What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
