Job Title: Senior IT Architect & Program ManagerClearance Required: Public Trust - Federal Client requires US CitizenshipWork Location: Hybrid, Washington, DCAlpha Omega is seeking a qualified Senior IT Architect & Program Manager. In this role you will act as both the technical visionary and primary delivery lead for major IT initiatives. You will be responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of enterprise solutions; from conceptual architectural design and security validation to the project management, scheduling, and risk mitigation required to deliver successful outcomes within a federal operational environment.
Key Responsibilities:- Define high-level technical blueprints and system architecture to meet complex operational requirements.
- Ensure all proposed solutions align with enterprise-wide IT strategy, security standards, and federal compliance requirements (e.g., NIST/FISMA).
- Perform technical trade-off analyses, evaluating cost, performance, and maintainability for proposed investments.
- Manage the full project lifecycle, including scope, schedule, budget, and resources.
- Establish and maintain project governance, ensuring milestones are met while managing dependencies across multiple internal and external teams.
- Implement Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid methodologies as appropriate to the mission requirements, ensuring transparent reporting to agency leadership.
- Proactively identify technical, schedule, and resource risks, developing actionable mitigation plans to prevent mission disruption.
- Serve as the bridge between technical engineering teams and non-technical stakeholders, translating architectural decisions into clear project impacts.
- Oversee vendor contracts and technical deliverables to ensure compliance with contract specifications and agency standards.
Required Qualifications:Experience/Skills:- Ten (10) years of combined experience in IT architecture and large-scale IT program/project management.
- Proven experience in system design, cloud migration, enterprise integration, or modernizing legacy infrastructure.
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-year IT programs; expertise in resource allocation, procurement, and performance tracking.
- Strong understanding of federal IT acquisition processes, project management frameworks (e.g., PMBOK, Agile), and cybersecurity compliance requirements.
- The ability to make "architectural calls" that balance immediate operational needs with long-term technical debt reduction.
- Strong rigor in tracking progress, managing budgets, and ensuring high-quality, on-time delivery.
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams (developers, network engineers, security analysts) toward a unified project goal.
Certification(s):- Combination of technical (e.g., AWS/Azure Architect) and management (e.g., PMP, PgMP, CSM) certifications is highly preferred.
Salary and Benefit Information:The likely salary range for this position is $125,000 - $180,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position and could fall outside of this range.
Application Deadline: November 3, 2026Joining the Alpha Omega team entitles you to participate in all retirement benefits, plans of deferred compensation, health and insurance benefits, and other such benefits as set forth in the company's policy and benefits manuals. See below, to name a few:
- 15 days PTO including paid parental, military, and bereavement leave
- Eleven (11) paid Federal holidays, five of which are floating holidays (as designated by the company's holiday schedule each year)
- Health and Dental Insurance (including 100% employer paid premiums for employee coverage under the HDHP health plan)
- Life Insurance, STD/LTD term disability coverage, with employer paid premiums
- 401 (k) plan with a match that is 100% vested after you complete two years of service
- FSA/DFSA/HSA flexible benefit plans
- Annual Tuition & Professional Development Reimbursement benefit
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