Solutions Architect

Great Hill Solutions, LLCis part of the Seneca Nation Group (SNG) portfolio of companies. SNGis Seneca Holdings' federal government contracting business that meets mission-critical needs of federal civilian, defense, and intelligence community customers. Our portfolio comprises multiple subsidiaries that participate in the Small Business Administration 8(a) program. To learn more about SNG, visitthe website and follow us onLinkedIn.

Our team of talented individuals is what makes us successful. To support our team, we provide a balanced mix of benefits and programs.Your total rewards package includes competitive pay, benefits, and perks, flexible work-life balance, professional development opportunities, and performance and recognition programs. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability, voluntary benefit programs (critical illness, hospital, and accident), health savings and flexible spending accounts, and retirement 401K plan. One of our fundamental principles is to offer competitive health and welfare benefits to our team members, providing coverage and care for you and your family. Full-time employees working at least 30 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in our benefits and paid leave programs. We pride ourselves on our collaborative work environment and culture, which embraces our mission of providing financial and non-financial benefits back to the members of the Seneca Nation.

Great Hill is seeking a Solutions Architect.

The Solutions Architect serves as a senior technical leader within the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Office of the Chief Information Officer's, Enterprise Architecture Team, responsible for designing end-to-end technology solutions that align with enterprise standards, business strategies, and modernization goals. This role provides architectural guidance, develops technical roadmaps, evaluates emerging technologies, and ensures that systems integrate seamlessly into USDA's enterprise ecosystem. The ideal candidate has deep experience in enterprise platforms, integration patterns, cloud services, cloud financial management (FinOps) and architectural governance frameworks.

• Develop conceptual, logical, and physical solution architectures that support enterprise business needs and technology strategies.
• Synthesize data from ticketing platforms, telemetry, user workshops, cybersecurity reviews and financial reports to inform and support your architectural decisions
• Evaluate current systems, platforms, and services to identify architecture gaps, modernization opportunities, and technical risks.
• Lead development of architecture artifacts including system diagrams, capability models, interface specifications, and integration patterns.
• Support system modernization efforts by defining target-state architectures, implementation roadmaps, and transition and training strategies.
• Review functional and non-functional requirements and translate them into scalable, secure, and effective technical designs.
• Facilitate architecture review board sessions, guiding stakeholders through design decisions and ensuring adherence to enterprise standards.
• Collaborate with business analysts, developers, cybersecurity teams, and program leadership to ensure solutions meet mission objectives.
• Maintain architectural repositories and documentation, ensuring traceability, clarity, and compliance with governance processes.
• Design integrations between enterprise systems using APIs, middleware, and cloud-native services.
• Provide SME support for acquisition documentation, technical evaluations, and alternatives analysis when required.
• Support EA dashboards, analytics, and reporting to communicate architectural insights to leadership.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in systems architecture, enterprise architecture, or solution design roles.
• Strong background in architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, FEAF, DoDAF, or similar.
• Hands-on experience designing Azure cloud, hybrid, and on-prem solutions.
• Proficiency with integration technologies, APIs, microservices, and enterprise middleware.
• Proficiency using architecture modeling tools (iServer, Orbus Infinity, Sparx EA, or similar).
• Ability to create high-quality architecture diagrams and technical documentation.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to guide stakeholders and technical teams.
• Experience participating in governance processes, design reviews, and compliance assessments.

• TOGAF or similar enterprise architecture certification.
• Experience supporting federal IT governance, CPIC, or technology investment processes.
• Familiarity with ServiceNow (with Proven Optics ad-ons, preferred), USDA AgMAX, and large-scale modernization initiatives.
• Experience with PowerBI or Tableau and SharePoint
• Experience with USDA systems like AgMax 2.0, EAVE, CSAM & Flexera
• Understanding of FITARA (Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act) compliance and cloud financial management and operations FinOPS.
• Understanding of the architectural and data requirements to enable enterprise AI solutions in government
• Awareness of Section 508 for both designing enterprise architectures that support 508 and building documents and artifacts about architecture that are 508 compliant.