Senior Enterprise Architect Security Clearance

Position: Senior Enterprise Architect with Security Clearance
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- Description Leidos Digital Modernization Intel IT Division is seeking a senior Enterprise Architect to support the U.S. Coast Guard by leading enterprise-level architecture planning, design, and governance across mission, business, data, application, and technology domains. This role ensures systems and capabilities align with USCG strategic objectives, enterprise architecture standards, and modernization initiatives. The Enterprise Architect works closely with government leadership, program managers, cybersecurity teams, and solution architects to drive scalable, secure, and interoperable solutions across the enterprise.

This is an hybrid role with the expectation to be onsite at Coast Guard Headquarters (CGHQ) 2days per week.

Key Responsibilities:

* Develop and maintain enterprise architecture frameworks, roadmaps, and target-state architectures for USCG programs

* Ensure alignment of mission, business, data, application, and infrastructure architectures with USCG strategies

* Provide architectural oversight and governance for system designs, modernization efforts, and technology investments

* Evaluate existing systems and architectures to identify gaps, redundancies, and modernization opportunities

* Support cloud, data, and application modernization initiatives, including hybrid and cloud-native architectures

* Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to ensure architectures comply with DHS and USCG security, RMF, and Zero Trust requirements

* Review and approve solution architectures, technical designs, and integration approaches

* Develop and maintain architecture artifacts including reference architectures, standards, patterns, and principles

* Support investment planning, technical reviews, and governance boards

* Brief senior leadership on architectural risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations

Required Qualifications:

* Requires BS and 8+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6+ years of prior relevant experience, additional years of experience will be accepted in lieu of a degree.

* 8+ years of experience in enterprise or solution architecture roles supporting large organizations

* Must have 1 of the following certification TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architect, CISSP.

* Demonstrated experience developing enterprise architectures across business, data, application, and technology domains.

* Strong understanding of federal IT environments and large-scale system integration

* Experience supporting cloud and hybrid architectures (AWS, Azure, Gov Cloud)

* Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, FEAF)

* Experience supporting Zero Trust Architecture initiatives

* Experience working with cybersecurity frameworks and secure architecture principles

* Strong communication skills with experience briefing senior government stakeholders

* Experience working in Agile, hybrid, or traditional federal program environments

* Must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain a DHS Public Trust

Preferred Qualifications:

* Prior experience supporting DHS or U.S. Coast Guard programs

* Experience with data architecture, integration platforms, and analytics ecosystems

* Experience supporting systems undergoing RMF or ATO processes
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February 19, 2026 For U.S. Positions:
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