MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Director, Enterprise Architecture to join our team in Herndon, VA.
This role serves as a critical bridge between enterprise strategy and execution, ensuring technology solutions, platforms, and systems align with business objectives and target-state architectures. As a hands-on technical leader, you will combine deep engineering expertise and strong organizational influence to drive change across the enterprise. You will act as a key thought leader, steering application rationalization efforts, driving our modernization roadmap, and establishing critical visibility into architecture health, risk, and performance.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Assess software portfolios for business value, technical fit, and total cost of ownership (TCO) to eliminate duplication and manage technical debt.
Partner with leadership to map business capabilities and translate strategic objectives into modern, cloud-native, and event-driven architecture guidance.
Design robust data pipelines and master data management (MDM) strategies to support enterprise reporting and AI data readiness.
Serve as the chief architect for the ServiceNow ecosystem, driving CMDB/CSDM maturity and establishing reference architectures for Generative AI, LLMs, and MLOps.
Operationalize enterprise architecture governance processes (such as the Architecture Review Board) and establish observability frameworks to track risk, resiliency, and compliance.
Guide solution design reviews and collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, Security, and Business leaders to drive operational efficiency.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or a related field with 12+ years of progressive experience in Enterprise, Solution, or Systems Architecture.
Proven hands-on architectural experience across major public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) alongside deep understanding of distributed systems and modern integration patterns (APIs, messaging platforms).
Track record of supporting enterprise transformation, technology simplification, and large-scale application portfolio assessments.
Extensive hands-on experience designing and governing ServiceNow environments, specifically APM, CMDB, and AI/predictive intelligence modules.
Demonstrated experience building, deploying, or governing enterprise AI platforms, LLMs, workflow automation, and MLOps frameworks.
Strong expertise in enterprise architecture governance, operating models, and establishing observability frameworks to track system health and risk.
Preferred Qualifications:
Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related engineering field.
Experience with Power BI or similar data visualization tools to translate operational data into actionable architectural insights.
Exposure to modern engineering practices including Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or operational metrics frameworks.
Industry certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified Cybersecurity Architect Expert, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, ITIL, ServiceNow CSA/CIS, or TOGAF 9.
Clearance Requirements:
Must be a U.S. Citizen
Physical Requirements:
Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
Frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations; must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
MANTECH is more than a technology company. We are a company dedicated to service, and we consider our work a part of the public trust. The people of MANTECH are privileged to work for the security of the United States, the welfare of our service members and veterans, the protection of our communities, and the cause of better health care.
We have served the nation for more than 57 years, and in that time we have continually changed and grown to provide the technology that government needs to meet new challenges. We seek people with the same strong ethic of service, creativity, energy, and dedication to serving our country.
We are comprised of more than 9,800 talented employees around the world. Nearly 40% of our employees are veterans. Many others come from the Intelligence Community, Homeland Security and federal civilian agencies. We understand our customers’ challenges because we know their world firsthand.
When Federal managers and military leaders face tough challenges in cyber, data collection & analysis, enterprise IT or systems and software engineering, they turn to MANTECH to get the job done right. These professionals trust MANTECH and stay with us for years because we understand their needs and tackle their most complex challenges head on. They know that reaching their goal is our ultimate objective.
