Enterprise Architect - United States - 38786 - Maximus

General information

Job Posting Title

Enterprise Architect

Date

Friday, April 24, 2026

City

Colorado Springs

State

Country

United States

Working time

Full-time

Description & Requirements

Maximus is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to join our team in Colorado Springs, CO. As an Enterprise Architect, you will be responsible for designing and overseeing the overall architecture and ensuring they align with business goals. Your role will involve collaboration with stakeholders, analyzing requirements, and providing strategic guidance to drive technological initiatives.

This role is onsite at our Colorado Springs location and requires an active Secret Clearance.

Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS214, T4, Band 7

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

- Develop and communicate the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and principles to stakeholders, ensuring alignment with business goals and technology roadmaps.

- Collaborate with business leaders, IT teams, and other stakeholders to understand business needs, goals, and requirements, and translate them into architectural solutions.

- Analyze the current state architecture landscape, identifying strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement, and develop a roadmap for transitioning to the target state architecture.

- Design and document enterprise-level architectures, including business, data, application, and technology architectures, ensuring coherence, integration, and scalability across systems and applications.

- Define and enforce architectural standards, best practices, and guidelines, ensuring consistency, reusability, and interoperability across projects and initiatives.

- Evaluate and recommend technology platforms, frameworks, and tools that align with the enterprise architecture strategy and support business objectives.

- Identify and mitigate architectural risks and challenges, making recommendations for risk mitigation strategies and contingency plans.

- Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams, architects, and other stakeholders, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

- Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and knowledge sharing among IT teams, architects, and business stakeholders to drive alignment and leverage synergies across projects and initiatives.

- Mentor and coach architects and other technical staff, fostering a culture of continuous learning, growth, and technical excellence.

Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:

- 10+ years of experience in the related field

- Active Secret clearance.

- Due to federal requirements, all candidates must be US Citizens without Dual Citizenship to another country.

- This is an on-site position at a government facility.

- Requires presence on-site five days per week in Colorado Springs, CO.

- Candidates must reside within a commutable distance.

- Participation in a rotational on-call schedule for emergency page-outs is required.

- Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect or in a similar senior-level architectural role, with a track record of designing and implementing enterprise-level architectures.

- Strong knowledge of architectural frameworks, methodologies, and best practices, such as TOGAF, Zachman, and Microservices architecture.

- Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex architectural concepts and strategies to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

- In-depth understanding of a broad range of technologies, including cloud computing, microservices, API management, data analytics, and emerging trends such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.

- Team player, fast learner with ability to work proactively and independently to support mission critical operations supporting geographically diverse locations.

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Minimum Requirements

TCS214, T4, Band 7

EEO Statement

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.

Pay Transparency

Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances.

Accommodations

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