Chief Architect

Job overview

The Chief Architect role is listed as onsite in Arlington, VA. Compensation is not specified. Chenega Agile Real-Time Solutions supports federal customers with integrated enterprise IT services, including large-scale government operations. The Chief Architect establishes and governs the program’s enterprise and solution architecture baseline, ensuring alignment with objectives, security requirements, standards, and governance processes. The role enables government decisions and coordinated platform evolution by evaluating architectural options, guiding architecture teams, and aligning stakeholders across complex environments.

What you'll do

• Serve as the program’s primary architectural authority
• establish, maintain, and govern enterprise and solution architecture baselines
• lead analysis of alternatives and architectural trade-off evaluations
• define and enforce architecture standards, policies, and governance
• ensure compliance with security requirements and Federal/DoD guidance
• provide recommendations for government decision-making
• coordinate stakeholders, security enclaves, mission partners, and integration providers
• apply Federal or DoD architecture frameworks
• support integration across multi-cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments
• maintain architecture artifacts, roadmaps, and transition strategies
• participate in governance forums and provide technical direction to architecture and engineering teams.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

chief architect

full-time

arlington va

chenega corporation

enterprise architecture

solution architecture

architecture governance

federal it

dod frameworks

multi-cloud

hybrid environments

top secret clearance

sci eligibility

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• The posting describes a broad benefits offering but does not enumerate specific benefits.

Why this role

Requires a bachelor’s degree, 5+ years of relevant architecture experience, and an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility. The posting states the role focuses on architecture definition, governance, and decision enablement—not system implementation or operational execution.

About the employer

Chenega Corporation is hiring for this role. Industry: Architectural Services. Sector: 54.