Solutions Architect

Company Description

Citizant is a leading provider of professional IT services to the U.S. government. We seek to address some of our country's most pressing challenges in the areas of Agile application development, Enterprise Data Management, Enterprise Architecture, and Program Management support services - focusing on the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Treasury. We strive to hire only ethical, talented, passionate, and committed "A Players" who already align with the company's core values: Drive, Excellence, Reputation, Responsibility, and a Better Future. No matter how large we grow, Citizant will retain its collaborative, supportive, small-company culture, where successful team effort to address external and internal customer challenges is valued above all individual contributions.

Position Summary:

The Solutions Architect leads enterprise discovery, requirements analysis, solution design, and modernization planning for complex business and technology initiatives. This role translates mission and operational needs into secure, scalable technical architectures and provides leadership in evaluating solution options, defining future-state environments, and developing actionable implementation roadmaps.

The Solutions Architect serves as a strategic advisor to stakeholders and executive leadership, ensuring solutions are aligned with organizational objectives, security requirements, and long-term sustainability.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Leads stakeholder engagement activities, including interviews and workshops, to gather and validate functional, non-functional, integration, and security requirements.
• Assesses current-state systems, infrastructure, data environments, and business processes to document existing architecture and identify gaps, inefficiencies, and automation opportunities.
• Designs future-state architectures and develops multiple solution options, evaluating trade-offs related to cost, scalability, security, operational impact, and implementation complexity.
• Ensures recommended solutions align with secure cloud design principles and applicable compliance expectations.
• The role includes developing architecture diagrams, data flow models, and high-level implementation roadmaps outlining phases, dependencies, risks, and resource considerations.
• Performs technical risk assessments, supports governance processes, and prepares executive-ready documentation and briefings that clearly communicate findings, modernization opportunities, and recommended paths forward.

Experience:

• Minimum 8-10 years of progressive experience in:
  • Enterprise solution architecture
  • Systems modernization initiatives
  • Cloud architecture and digital transformation
  • Requirements analysis and stakeholder engagement
• Demonstrated experience leading As-Is and To-Be architecture development.
• Experience supporting complex, regulated, or enterprise-scale environments.
• Proven ability to develop architecture documentation, diagrams, and modernization roadmaps.
• Experience performing technical risk assessments and solution trade-off analysis.

Technical Expertise:

• Strong knowledge of cloud architectures (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).
• Experience designing secure and scalable enterprise systems.
• Familiarity with federal or regulated security environments.
• Experience with integration architecture (APIs, middleware, data exchange).
• Knowledge of workflow automation and business process optimization platforms.
• Understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks and structured methodologies.

Preferred Certifications:

The candidate should possess at least one of the following certifications:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional), Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Professional Cloud Architect
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
• TOGAF Certification

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (Master's preferred).

Clearance Requirement:

• U.S. Citizenship is Required

Salary Details:

• $150/hr - $160/hr
• Independent Contractor (1099)
• 60 Day Contract

Additional information

Citizant strives to be an employer of choice in the Washington metropolitan area. Citizant associates accept challenging and rewarding work and in return receive excellent compensation and benefits, as well as the opportunity for personal and professional development.

Citizant is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.