Senior Technical Lead, Enterprise Risk Architecture – McLean, VA

Senior Technical Lead, Architecture – Enterprise Risk Delivery

📍 Location: McLean, VA
🏢 Work Arrangement: Primarily Onsite (Up to 6 Remote Weeks Per Year with Manager Approval)
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time
🚫 Visa Sponsorship: Not Available
🚚 Relocation Assistance: Available for Exceptional Candidates
💰 Compensation: $210,000 – $230,000 Base Salary + Annual Bonus

Overview

A leading financial services organization is seeking a Senior Technical Lead, Architecture – Enterprise Risk Delivery to provide architectural leadership across a portfolio of enterprise risk technology initiatives.

This Director-level individual contributor role is responsible for designing and governing enterprise-scale technology solutions supporting Financial Risk, Non-Financial Risk, Financial Crimes, and Compliance functions. The successful candidate will lead solution architecture across complex business domains while partnering closely with engineering, data, product, security, and business stakeholders to drive enterprise modernization initiatives, including cloud transformation and GenAI adoption.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Solution Architecture

• Design enterprise-scale, secure, and scalable solution architectures.

• Define architectural blueprints and implementation roadmaps.

• Establish architecture standards, design patterns, and best practices.

• Ensure long-term scalability, maintainability, and resilience of enterprise platforms.

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical leadership across engineering, architecture, and product teams.

• Mentor engineering teams and influence technical direction.

• Conduct architecture reviews and provide guidance on complex technical decisions.

• Balance innovation, delivery speed, and technical debt.

Enterprise Risk Technology

• Deliver technology solutions supporting:

• Financial Risk

• Non-Financial Risk

• Financial Crimes

• Regulatory Compliance

• Enable enterprise data integration and risk analytics.

• Support regulatory compliance through modern technology solutions.

Cloud & Modern Engineering

• Architect cloud-native enterprise solutions.

• Drive modernization initiatives across distributed systems.

• Lead API-first, microservices-based architecture strategies.

• Support enterprise AI and Generative AI initiatives.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Partner with business leaders to translate requirements into technical solutions.

• Collaborate with enterprise architecture, security, data, and engineering organizations.

• Influence executive stakeholders through clear technical communication.

• Evaluate emerging technologies aligned with strategic business goals.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Master's Degree preferred.

Experience

✔ 10+ years of software engineering experience.

✔ 8+ years in architecture or senior technical leadership.

✔ 15+ years of overall technology experience preferred.

✔ Experience leading large-scale enterprise architecture initiatives.

✔ Experience within highly regulated industries such as:

• Financial Services

• Banking

• Mortgage

• Healthcare

Technical Expertise

Enterprise Architecture

• Solution Architecture

• Enterprise Architecture

• Microservices Architecture

• API Design & Integration

• Integration Patterns

• Micro Frontends

• Twelve-Factor Application Design

Cloud Platforms

• AWS (Preferred)

• Microsoft Azure

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Modern Technologies

• Kubernetes

• Kafka

• Java

• Python

• Angular

DevOps & Engineering

• CI/CD

• DevOps Practices

• Agile Methodologies

• Enterprise Platform Engineering

Artificial Intelligence

• Generative AI (GenAI)

• AI Solution Design

• Enterprise AI Integration

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within the mortgage or housing finance industry.

• Cloud Architecture certifications (AWS Solutions Architect Professional or equivalent).

• Experience leading enterprise digital transformation initiatives.

• Background in enterprise data platforms and analytics.

• Experience supporting regulatory technology solutions.

Must-Have Skills

Architecture

• Enterprise Solution Architecture

• Cloud Architecture

• Microservices

• API Architecture

• Enterprise Integration

Cloud & Infrastructure

• AWS (Preferred)

• Azure or GCP

• Kubernetes

• Kafka

Development

• Java

• Python

• Angular

Leadership

• Technical Leadership

• Enterprise Strategy

• Executive Communication

• Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Architecture Governance

Modern Engineering

• CI/CD

• DevOps

• Agile Delivery

• AI / GenAI

Screening Questions

1. Do you have at least 10 years of hands-on software engineering experience?

2. Do you have 8 or more years of experience in solution architecture or technical leadership?

3. Have you designed enterprise-scale cloud-native architectures using AWS, Azure, or GCP?

4. Do you have experience with Kubernetes, Kafka, Java, Python, and modern distributed systems?

5. Have you designed microservices, APIs, integration patterns, and cloud-native enterprise platforms?

6. Do you have experience implementing or architecting Generative AI or AI-enabled solutions?

7. Have you worked within highly regulated industries such as financial services, banking, mortgage, or healthcare?

8. Have you led enterprise transformation or modernization initiatives?

9. Do you hold any cloud architecture certifications (AWS Solutions Architect Professional or equivalent)?

10. Are you comfortable working onsite in McLean, VA with limited remote flexibility?

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will:

• Be an experienced enterprise architect with deep technical expertise.

• Have successfully led architecture strategy across complex enterprise environments.

• Possess extensive cloud architecture experience, particularly with AWS.

• Demonstrate expertise in modern software engineering, APIs, and microservices.

• Have experience delivering technology within highly regulated industries.

• Be comfortable influencing executives and senior business stakeholders.

• Mentor engineering teams while remaining hands-on with architectural decision-making.

• Drive innovation through cloud modernization, DevOps, and AI technologies.

Candidate Snapshot

Requirement

Details

Experience

15+ Years Overall Technology Experience

Leadership

Director-Level Individual Contributor

Architecture

Enterprise Solution Architecture

Cloud

AWS (Preferred), Azure, GCP

Technologies

Kubernetes, Kafka, Java, Python, Angular

Engineering

Microservices, APIs, DevOps, CI/CD

Industry

Financial Services / Highly Regulated Environment

AI

GenAI & Enterprise AI Solutions

Location

McLean, VA

Work Arrangement

Primarily Onsite (Up to 6 Remote Weeks Per Year)

Compensation

$210K – $230K + Bonus

Relocation

Available for Exceptional Candidates

What Makes Someone Successful in This Role?

• Deep expertise in enterprise architecture and cloud-native solution design.

• Strong leadership while operating as a hands-on technical contributor.

• Ability to translate complex business challenges into scalable technical solutions.

• Experience driving enterprise modernization and digital transformation.

• Strong understanding of risk, compliance, and secure architecture within regulated industries.

• Exceptional communication skills with both executive leadership and engineering teams.

• Passion for mentoring engineers, driving innovation, and adopting emerging technologies such as Generative AI.

Lead Software Engineer – DevOps Architect | TS/SCI with Poly | Palm Bay, FL

Lead Software Engineer – DevOps Architect (TS/SCI with Poly)

📍 Location: Palm Bay, FL (100% Onsite)
🏢 Industry: Aerospace & Defense
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time
🗓️ Work Schedule: 9/80 Schedule (Every Other Friday Off)
🔒 Security Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
🚫 Visa Sponsorship: Not Available
🚚 Relocation Assistance: Available
✈️ Interview Travel: Reimbursed
💰 Compensation: $140,000 – $180,000 Base Salary

Overview

A leading aerospace and defense organization is seeking a Lead Software Engineer – DevOps Architect to lead the design, modernization, and long-term evolution of a containerized microservices platform supporting mission-critical applications.

This is a highly technical architecture role focused on DevOps engineering, containerization, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and platform modernization. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership across architecture, implementation, and engineering best practices while partnering closely with software engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and program stakeholders.

This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced DevOps Architect, Platform Architect, Software Architect, or Cloud Infrastructure Architect who enjoys designing scalable, secure, and resilient distributed systems.

Key Responsibilities

DevOps & Platform Architecture

• Lead the architecture and design of Docker-based microservices platforms.

• Develop scalable, secure, and resilient distributed system architectures.

• Define platform roadmaps and long-term modernization strategies.

• Establish architecture standards and engineering best practices.

Containerization & Orchestration

• Design and implement containerized application environments.

• Drive technical decisions around container orchestration platforms.

• Improve platform scalability, availability, and operational resilience.

• Guide platform standardization across engineering teams.

CI/CD & Infrastructure Automation

• Design modern CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies.

• Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation initiatives.

• Improve build, release, deployment, and monitoring processes.

• Promote DevOps best practices across the software lifecycle.

Software Architecture

• Produce detailed architectural designs and interface specifications.

• Define deployment models and technical design documentation.

• Support API integration and service-to-service communication.

• Evaluate architecture tradeoffs and recommend improvements.

Technical Leadership

• Lead architecture and design reviews.

• Mentor engineering teams and provide technical guidance.

• Identify technical risks and mitigation strategies.

• Collaborate with software, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and program leadership.

Required Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree with 9+ years of relevant experience

OR

• Master's Degree with 7+ years of relevant experience

OR

• 13+ years of related experience in lieu of a degree

Security Clearance

✔ Active TS/SCI with Polygraph (Required)

Required Technical Expertise

DevOps & Platform Engineering

• DevOps Architecture

• Platform Engineering

• Distributed Systems Architecture

• Microservices Architecture

• Docker

CI/CD & Automation

• Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Configuration Management

• Automated Deployments

Container Technologies

• Docker

• Kubernetes

• OpenShift (or similar orchestration platforms)

Software Architecture

• API Design

• Service-to-Service Communication

• Distributed Systems

• Platform Modernization

Security & Reliability

• Secure Platform Engineering

• Scalability & Performance Optimization

• System Reliability & Observability

• Infrastructure Resilience

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with:

• Kubernetes

• OpenShift

• Docker Enterprise

• Infrastructure Automation

• Platform Modernization

• Enterprise DevOps

• Cloud-Native Platforms

• Large-Scale Distributed Systems

Strong experience producing:

• Architecture documentation

• Technical design artifacts

• Interface specifications

• Engineering decision records

Must-Have Skills

Architecture

• Docker-Based Architecture

• Microservices

• Distributed Systems

• Platform Engineering

DevOps

• CI/CD Pipelines

• Infrastructure as Code

• Configuration Management

• Deployment Automation

Leadership

• Technical Leadership

• Architecture Reviews

• Engineering Mentorship

• Cross-Functional Collaboration

Infrastructure

• Kubernetes / OpenShift

• API Integration

• Secure Platform Engineering

• Monitoring & Observability

Screening Questions

1. Do you currently hold an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph?

2. How many years of experience do you have in DevOps engineering, software architecture, or platform architecture?

3. Have you designed and implemented Docker-based microservices architectures?

4. What experience do you have with container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or OpenShift?

5. Have you designed and implemented enterprise CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code solutions?

6. Have you produced detailed architectural documentation, technical designs, and deployment models?

7. Do you have experience designing secure distributed systems, APIs, and service-to-service communication patterns?

8. Have you led architecture reviews, mentored engineering teams, and driven technical direction?

9. What tools or technologies have you used for infrastructure automation and configuration management?

10. Are you able to work onsite full-time in Palm Bay, Florida?

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will:

• Hold an active TS/SCI with Polygraph.

• Be an experienced DevOps or Platform Architect with deep expertise in distributed systems.

• Have extensive experience designing Docker-based microservices platforms.

• Possess strong Kubernetes or OpenShift experience.

• Be comfortable defining enterprise architecture standards and long-term technology roadmaps.

• Thrive in highly collaborative engineering environments.

• Demonstrate strong mentoring, communication, and technical leadership skills.

• Balance hands-on engineering with strategic architectural decision-making.

Candidate Snapshot

Requirement

Details

Clearance

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Experience

10–15+ Years

Architecture

DevOps, Platform & Microservices

Containerization

Docker

Orchestration

Kubernetes / OpenShift

DevOps

CI/CD, IaC, Configuration Management

Software

API Design, Distributed Systems

Location

Palm Bay, FL

Work Arrangement

100% Onsite

Schedule

9/80 (Every Other Friday Off)

Compensation

$140K – $180K

Relocation

Available

What Makes Someone Successful in This Role?

• Deep expertise in DevOps architecture and distributed systems.

• Strong experience designing Docker-based microservices platforms.

• Ability to architect scalable, resilient, and secure enterprise solutions.

• Proven success implementing CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and automation strategies.

• Strong technical leadership with experience mentoring engineering teams.

• Excellent communication skills, capable of presenting architectural concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Ability to drive platform modernization while ensuring operational reliability and long-term maintainability.

Site Security Automation Cluster Lead – Richmond, VA

Site Security Automation Cluster Lead

📍 Location: Richmond, Virginia (On-Site)
🌎 Travel: Quarterly travel to Long Island, NY (or as needed)
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time
🚚 Relocation Assistance: Available
💰 Salary: $122,000 – $167,750 + Bonus

Overview

A global manufacturing organization is seeking a Site Security Automation Cluster Lead to drive automation, digital manufacturing transformation, and operational cybersecurity across multiple manufacturing facilities.

This leadership role is responsible for automation systems, Operational Technology Networks (OTN), cybersecurity compliance, capital project execution, digital transformation initiatives, and long-term technology roadmaps. The position supports multiple manufacturing sites and serves as the primary automation and cybersecurity expert for the cluster.

Key Responsibilities

Automation & Digital Transformation

• Develop and execute automation and digital manufacturing roadmaps.

• Lead smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0 initiatives.

• Drive automation upgrades, modernization projects, and digital transformation programs.

• Improve site Digital Maturity through increased:

• Computerization

• Connectivity

• Visibility

• Transparency

• Predictive Analytics

• Adaptability

Cybersecurity & Infrastructure

• Own Operational Technology Network (OTN) cybersecurity strategy.

• Ensure compliance with corporate automation, infrastructure, and cybersecurity standards.

• Lead disaster recovery and business continuity planning for automation systems.

• Manage lifecycle planning and replacement of obsolete automation hardware and software.

Capital Projects & Project Management

• Lead automation-related capital projects from concept through implementation.

• Manage project budgets, timelines, and benefit realization.

• Support integration of new production lines, equipment, and digital technologies.

• Track project savings and ROI throughout project execution.

Operational Leadership

• Serve as escalation point for automation, controls, and cybersecurity issues.

• Collaborate with plant engineering, maintenance, operations, and IT teams.

• Manage automation infrastructure, controls systems, and manufacturing technology platforms.

• Support continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives.

Team & Stakeholder Management

• Lead cross-functional project teams across multiple manufacturing sites.

• Build automation and cybersecurity capability within the organization.

• Partner with regional and global automation leaders on technology strategy and best practices.

• Drive stakeholder engagement focused on process optimization, compliance, and performance improvement.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.

• 10+ years of experience in:

• Industrial Automation

• Controls Engineering

• Manufacturing Systems

• Project Management

• Strong experience with:

• Industrial Control Systems (ICS)

• Operational Technology Networks (OTN)

• Manufacturing Cybersecurity

• Digital Manufacturing Initiatives

Preferred Skills

✔ Industrial Automation
✔ Manufacturing Controls Systems
✔ Operational Technology Networks (OTN)
✔ Cybersecurity for Manufacturing Systems
✔ Industry 4.0 / Smart Manufacturing
✔ Capital Project Management
✔ Digital Transformation
✔ Industrial Networking
✔ Manufacturing Infrastructure
✔ Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
✔ Continuous Improvement

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a seasoned Automation or Controls Engineering leader with strong experience managing manufacturing technology environments across multiple facilities.

They will bring:

• Deep expertise in automation systems and industrial cybersecurity.

• Strong project management and capital deployment experience.

• Experience leading digital manufacturing transformation initiatives.

• Ability to influence stakeholders across operations, engineering, maintenance, and IT.

• Strong leadership skills with a focus on continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Candidate Snapshot

Requirement

Details

Experience

10+ Years

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Industry

Manufacturing / Food & Beverage

Seniority

Senior-Level

Travel

Quarterly Travel to NY

Location

Richmond, VA (On-Site)

Relocation

Available

Bonus

Eligible

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Lead automation and cybersecurity strategy across multiple manufacturing sites.

• Drive large-scale Industry 4.0 and digital transformation initiatives.

• High visibility role with significant impact on operational performance.

• Strong compensation package with bonus potential.

• Opportunity to influence the future of smart manufacturing within a global organization.