# Solution & Systems Integration Architect SME

> Ignite IT · Washington, United States (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-08-17

**Workplace:** hybrid

**Department:** CENSUS

## Description

We are seeking a Subject Matter Expert (SME) Solution & Systems Integration Architect to join our team supporting a large-scale federal modernization program. This role owns end-to-end solution architecture across complex, interdependent systems, translating mission and business requirements into secure, scalable, supportable technical designs, and carrying those designs through review, implementation, and operational transition.

This is a hands-on architecture role. You'll be expected to produce real architecture views and decision artifacts, not just set direction from a distance.

_This is a hybrid role based out of Washington, DC. Candidates must be U.S. citizens._

**Key Responsibilities**

**1.     Solution Architecture & Design** 

-   Translate mission and business requirements into secure, scalable, supportable architectures and technical baselines.

-   Develop and review context, logical, physical, component, interface, deployment, integration, and transition views at the level required for decisions and implementation.

-   Apply approved patterns, common services, reference architectures, and reusable design approaches.

**2.     Design Reviews & Trade Studies** 

-   Lead or participate in architecture compliance reviews, technical design reviews, and implementation-readiness reviews.
-   Conduct trade studies and analyze alternatives involving cloud adoption, modernization, technical debt, rationalization, interoperability, resilience, and cost.

**3.     Risk Identification** 

-   Identify interface, dependency, performance, security, data, platform, network, and operational risks early in the design process.
-   Flag lifecycle risks and dependencies before they affect delivery.

**4.     Cross-Domain Coordination** 

-   Coordinate engineers and specialists across platform, network, security, data, mobility, and ITSM teams to align architecture with delivery.
-   Resolve cross-vendor and cross-organizational design conflicts under fixed milestones.

**5.     Compliance & Rationalization** 

-   Ensure designs align with enterprise architecture standards, governance, and compliance requirements.
-   Support application rationalization and legacy modernization efforts.

**6.     Transition & Documentation** 

-   Support problem resolution during testing, deployment, transition, operations, and post-implementation stabilization.
-   Maintain architecture decisions, deviations, assumptions, dependencies, diagrams, and interface records in approved repositories.

-   Produce clear diagrams and decision artifacts, and explain tradeoffs to engineers, program managers, and executive stakeholders.

## Requirements

-   12+ years of IT experience, including at least 5 years designing or governing complex enterprise solutions.
-   Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent relevant experience.
-   Demonstrated architecture experience across at least three of the following domains: application, integration, data, cloud/platform, network, cybersecurity, endpoint/mobility, identity, ITSM, or operations.
-   Experience with interfaces/APIs, dependencies, nonfunctional requirements, security and operational constraints, technical reviews, and implementation readiness.
-   Ability to create clear diagrams and decision artifacts and explain tradeoffs to engineers, program managers, and executives.
-   U.S. Citizenship Required.

**Nice to Have**

-   Direct federal, government, or large-scale system-of-systems modernization experience.
-   Experience with Sparx Enterprise Architect, Prolaborate, ArchiMate, UML, SysML, BPMN, or equivalent modeling tools/notations.
-   Cloud, integration, architecture, or systems-engineering certifications.
-   Experience with shared services, platform engineering, event/API integration, application rationalization, legacy modernization, and zero-trust-aligned designs.
-   Experience resolving cross-vendor or cross-organizational design conflicts under fixed milestones.

## Benefits

-   401(k)
-   401(k) matching
-   Dental insurance
-   Flexible spending account
-   Health insurance

-   Life insurance
-   Paid time off
-   Professional development assistance
-   Referral program
-   Tuition reimbursement
-   Vision insurance

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