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Enterprise Architect IV

Job in Vienna, Fairfax County, Virginia, 22184, USA
Listing for: Mindlance
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-03-01
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Systems Engineer, AI Engineer, Data Engineer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 125000 - 150000 USD Yearly USD 125000.00 150000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

10 years of experience

Architecture Drift Detection & Telemetry

Develop automated mechanisms to detect architectural drift across applications, platforms, infrastructure, and integration points.

Define, evolve, and maintain architecture telemetry models that capture system behavior, configuration, compliance signals, and architecture health indicators.

Integrate drift‑detection controls and telemetry instrumentation into CI/CD pipelines and runtime environments in partnership with domain architects and platform engineering teams.

Produce dashboards, alerts, and metrics that visualize adherence to architecture standards and highlight deviations, risks, and trends.

Architecture‑as‑Code & Policy‑as‑Code

Translate architecture principles, guardrails, patterns, and non‑functional requirements into machine‑verifiable rules.

Implement and maintain policy‑as‑code frameworks to automate architectural governance.

Model and manage architecture data structures and metadata to support automated analysis, lineage, and decisioning.

Solution Evaluation & Architecture Governance

Conduct solution evaluations, trade‑off analyses, and impact assessments grounded in measurable architectural criteria.

Ensure alignment between business strategies, solution architectures, and technical implementations.

Contribute to the development and evolution of enterprise architecture standards, patterns, and design guidance.

AI‑Driven Analysis & Insight Generation

Use advanced AI prompt techniques—especially Microsoft Copilot Chat—to analyze architecture data, generate insights, recommend solutions, and support decision‑making.

Apply prompt engineering best practices to create reusable prompt libraries, templates, and workflows for architecture and engineering teams.

Communication & Leadership

Communicate complex architectural concepts clearly to technical and non‑technical audiences.

Prepare executive‑ready presentation materials using Microsoft PowerPoint, Confluence, and other collaboration tools.

Present insights, recommendations, risks, and findings to senior stakeholders in a clear and compelling manner.

Qualifications

Proven experience in architecture drift detection, architecture‑as‑code, policy‑as‑code, or architecture telemetry.

Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles, cloud platforms, and modern engineering practices.

Demonstrated expertise in prompt engineering and applied AI usage for technical analysis and solution creation.

Excellent communication, documentation, and executive‑level presentation skills.

EEO:

“Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of – Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.”

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