Position Summary (Purpose of job): 

The Lead Solution/IT Architect ensures the establishment of enterprise‑grade technical architecture that delivers sustained business value across system‑wide, mission‑critical programs. The role owns architectural components and alignment to the future‑state vision; directs fit‑gap analysis; and defines and validates migration plans that evolve current platforms toward target architectures. It oversees evaluation of technology options, platforms, and architectural patterns for enterprise solutions and ensures designs meet rigorous security, performance, reliability, compliance, and operability expectations.

Operating with the highest autonomy, the Lead Architect consults across multiple domains to harmonize initiatives with enterprise architecture, sets and enforces standards, and provides clear technical recommendations to non‑technical stakeholders. The role delivers reference implementations, guides implementation and modific...