What are the responsibilities and job description for the Enterprise Solutions Architect position at NEXGEN TECHNOLOGIES INC.?
(Remote Position)
Company Information NexGen Technologies, Inc. is a leading IT services firm specializing in delivering innovative, high-quality solutions to our federal government clients. Our core competencies include IT professional support services, software development, cloud services, IT Operations, Agile project management, and GIS services.
Job Summary
NexGen Technologies is seeking an Enterprise Solutions Architect to serve as a Key Personnel role and the single point of technical authority for a federal civilian program initiative. This position is responsible for end-to-end architectural ownership of the Azure Government platform, ensuring consistent, secure, and scalable technical design across all delivery teams and phases of the program.
The Enterprise Solutions Architect performs advanced, nonmanual professional work requiring the consistent exercise of discretion and independent judgment in defining platform architecture, governing cross team technical decisions, and ensuring alignment with federal security and compliance requirements. This role is government facing and works directly with federal stakeholders to provide architectural leadership, technical roadmap guidance, risk management, and Assessment & Authorization (A&A) oversight. Strong experience with AI enabled systems is required to ensure the architecture fully supports AI centric capabilities embedded throughout the solution.
There are no formal supervisory responsibilities. This position exercises architectural authority and technical governance across multiple teams without direct personnel management.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities (as assigned)
- Serve as the single point of technical authority for the solution’s Azure Government platform, owning and directing end-to-end‑ solution architecture across all system layers.
- Define, govern, and enforce platform architecture standards, design patterns, and technical guardrails to ensure consistency, scalability, security, and performance across all delivery teams.
- Exercise cross team design authority, reviewing, approving, and directing architectural decisions that impact platform integrity and ‑long-term‑ sustainability.
- Lead architecture planning and define the technical roadmap in alignment with program objectives, delivery phases, and government priorities.
- Own and direct architecture components supporting Assessment & Authorization (ATO/IATO) activities, ensuring system design fully aligns with federal security, compliance, and audit requirements.
- Serve as the government facing‑ technical authority, leading architectural discussions, tradeoff analysis, and risk mitigation with federal‑ stakeholders.
- Identify, assess, and manage architectural and technical risks, directing corrective actions and design adjustments as needed.
- Design and govern platform architecture to support AI enabled‑ capabilities, including integration of AI services, data pipelines, and AI orchestration components.
- Direct coordination with security, DevSecOps, AI/ML, and delivery leadership to ensure integrated execution of the architectural vision.
- Lead technical governance activities, including architectural reviews, executive briefings, and formal decision documentation.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Skills
- Minimum of ten years of experience in enterprise or solution architecture roles supporting federal civilian systems.
- Demonstrated experience serving as a technical authority for large, multi‑team government platforms.
- Strong experience architecting and governing solutions hosted in Azure Government environments.
- Experience supporting or leading ATO/IATO processes from an architectural perspective.
- Federal program or project management experience, including direct engagement with government stakeholders.
- Strong risk management, communication, and technical leadership skills.
- Required certification: Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
Desired Skills
- Experience architecting or governing AI enabled, data driven systems in production environments.
- Strong understanding of AI platform services, AI integration patterns, and AI governance considerations.
- Experience supporting federal civilian agencies.
- Experience operating within Agile or scaled Agile delivery environments.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, or a related technical field.
Additional Requirements
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a regulated federal environment.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Must be able to pass background screening prior to employment.
- U.S. Citizenship, lawful permanent residency, or U.S. work authorization with a minimum of three years of U.S. presence, as required for federal contracts.
Compensation: $145,000-175,000 per year
(The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the salary range provided and is determined based on job-related factors, including experience, qualifications, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions.)
NexGen Technologies, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.
(Last Revision: 2026‑04‑02)
Salary : $145,000 - $175,000