General information
Job Posting Title
Lead Operations Architect
Date
Thursday, June 4, 2026
City
Remote
Country
United States
Working time
Full-time
Description & Requirements
This position is contingent upon contract award and position availability. Selected candidates will receive a contingent offer of employment, which will become final only upon successful contract award to Maximus, availability of the position, and receipt of authorization to proceed.
The Lead Operations Architect is responsible for defining, governing, and overseeing enterprise operational architectures supporting IT and OT services. The role ensures alignment between operational execution, enterprise architecture standards, cybersecurity controls, and governance processes across the contract. The architect acts as the senior technical authority bridging strategy, design, and sustained operations.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust is required. An active Public Trust and/or DHS suitability is preferred. Must be a U.S. Citizen without dual citizenship.
Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS215, T5, Band 8
Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support enterprise architecture and governance objectives by ensuring IT and IT/OT systems, processes, and solutions align with strategies, standards, and requirements
- Develop, maintain, and keep current enterprise architecture artifacts, including Systems Engineering Life Cycle (SELC) documentation
- Ensure continuous accuracy and completeness of information maintained within the IT/OT Enterprise Architecture repository
- Provide architectural oversight for software and hardware updates by supporting submissions and reviews
- Provide leadership for the creation, maintenance, and ongoing support of Technical Configuration Diagrams (TCDs)
- Collaborate with operations, engineering, and cybersecurity teams to ensure enterprise architectures support reliable, secure, and mission aligned operations
- Apply knowledge of analytics and AI/ML methods to support improved operational monitoring, event correlation, trend analysis, and anomaly detection using agency approved tools and platforms
Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust is required. An active Public Trust and/or DHS suitability is preferred. Must be a U.S. Citizen without dual citizenship.
- Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise architecture activities for large-scale IT and IT/OT environments
- Experience developing, maintaining, and updating enterprise architecture artifacts, including Systems Engineering Life Cycle (SELC) documentation
- Ability to maintain accurate and current system and application information within an enterprise architecture repository
- Experience providing architectural oversight for software and hardware changes, updates, or modernization efforts
- Ability to collaborate with operations, engineering, and cybersecurity teams to ensure architectural alignment with organizational standards and requirements
- Strong written and verbal communication skills to document architecture and convey technical information to government stakeholders
Minimum Education requirement:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Years of Required Work-Related Experience:
- Ten (10) years of experience supporting enterprise architecture, IT operations, or IT/OT environments
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
- Experience supporting enterprise architecture governance within federal environments
- Experience creating or maintaining Technical Configuration Diagrams (TCDs)
- Working knowledge of analytics or AI/ML concepts applied to IT operations, monitoring, or performance analysis
- Experience leveraging cloud-native monitoring tools or ITOM/ITSM analytics platforms to enhance event correlation, trend analysis, or anomaly detection
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Minimum Requirements
TCS215, T5, Band 8
Minimum Salary
$
110,000.00
Maximum Salary
$
140,000.00
