Lead Enterprise Architect

About Hunter StrategyHunter Strategy has a unique philosophy to technical project delivery. We treat all our customers like mission partners because they rely on our team to meet their objectives through complex software engineering, cloud operations, and cyber risk management solutions. Hunter Strategy was founded on the premise that IT is 21st century infrastructure - critically important but only instrumentally valuable. Accordingly, our teams look at problems with a single objective: the identification and enablement of the right capability to address the most vexing problems our Mission Partners face. We continue to support our partners' success by leveraging the right technology, with the right plan, and the right team to address tomorrow's challenges today.Lead Enterprise ArchitectSalary Range: $170,000 - $200,000 annuallyAbout the RoleHunter Strategy is seeking a Lead Enterprise Architect at the subject matter expert level to support a new, greenfield mission with a large federal civilian agency. You will join a team of architects and engineers to stand up an enterprise architecture, building the architectural runway and authoring the baseline architecture, governance, and standards artifacts that a large number of development teams in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment will build against.What You Will DoBuild the architectural runway for a greenfield federal program in a SAFe environmentAuthor the baseline enterprise architecture, governance framework, and technical standards artifacts during the base periodWork alongside the Solution Architect and Senior Data Architect todeterminethe enterprise architecture for the programStand up the architecture governance that development team designs and release artifacts are reviewed againstMaintain the enterprise architecture, governance, and standards artifacts as living Work Products across theoptionperiodsReview development team designs for architectural alignment and report findings with clear, actionable recommendationsWhat You Bring10+ yearsof enterprise or solution architecture experienceExperienceestablishingenterprise architecture in a new or transforming organizationExperience authoring governance frameworks and technical standards for consumption by development teamsExperience working in a SAFe environment, including architectural runway planningExperienceoperatingacross organizational boundaries, with development teams that report elsewhereAbility to obtain andmaintaina Public Trust suitability determinationPreferredTOGAF or comparable enterprise architecture certificationExperience supporting federal civilian or defense programs, particularly multi-contractor environmentsFamiliarity with microservices and API-first architectures, includingOpenAPIandgRPCExperience reviewing designs produced by teams the architect does not managePosition DetailsThis position is contingent upon contract award, with a tentative start date of September 1, 2026. The role is full-time during the program's establishment period and steps to a half-time commitment on this program thereafter.Work is remote-first; occasional onsite support in Washington, DC may be coordinated with the Government. Hunter Strategy is an equal opportunity employer. This posting is for a current vacancy and the employer intends to fill this position no sooner than September 1, 2026. This position is contingent upon contract award.Originally posted on Himalayas