Chief Solutions Architect

GovCIO

. Provide overall technical leadership and architectural governance for an application maintenance and modernization program .

Posted 11/2/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $125,000 - $199,260 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in architectural governance and modernization strategies, particularly in transitioning legacy systems to AWS cloud services while ensuring compliance with federal security requirements. Proven ability to lead technical teams and optimize solutions for performance and cost-effectiveness.

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect ProfessionalLegacy Modernization and MigrationService-Oriented ArchitectureSecDevOps Best PracticesCloud Deployed Applications Architecture

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Hard Skills

JavaJavaScriptPythonRustGoPHPMicroservice ArchitectureAPI Based ArchitecturesEvent-Driven ApplicationsAI Assisted Code Development

Soft Skills

Technical LeadershipCollaborationCommunication

Tools & Technologies

AWS Cloud ServicesService BusQueues

Certifications & Qualifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional

Industry Keywords

Enterprise Architecture StandardsTechnical Risk ManagementFederal Security RequirementsArchitectural DecisionsApplication Maintenance

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularAWSCloudJavaJavaScriptPHPPythonRustGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide overall technical leadership and architectural governance for an application maintenance and modernization program
Serve as the principal technical authority across all project teams
Establish and maintain enterprise architecture standards
Guide modernization from legacy on-premise systems to AWS cloud services
Ensure technical decisions align with immediate operational needs and long-term strategic objectives
Collaborate with government technical leads
Review and approve major architectural decisions
Oversee technical risk management
Ensure solutions comply with federal security requirements and agency enterprise architecture standards
Optimize solutions for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical field
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional certification
Minimum 8 years' experience in one or more architecture domains (e.g., business architecture, solutions architecture, application architecture)
Advanced knowledge and experience in one or more current programming languages (e.g., Java, JavaScript (including AngularJS), Python, Rust, Go, or PHP)
Experience defining the architecture of cloud deployed applications (AWS preferred)
Expertise in service-oriented architecture, web services, and Application Programming Interfaces
Experience defining and driving SecDevOps best practices within large teams, including AI assisted code development
Experience establishing legacy modernization and migration technical roadmaps for large scale applications
Experience building applications using service-oriented, microservice, and/or API based architectures at an enterprise scale
Experience with event-driven applications using queues, service bus and other related patterns
Experience working closely with technical leads, engineering teams and architecture stakeholders for technical issues and architecture framework capabilities for use by other development teams
Ability to translate technically complex features into plain language for leadership
Experience with AI RAG/LLM implementations and experience implementing and successfully leveraging agentic AI to accelerate software development