Senior Fellow in Reston, Virginia at Inadev

Position Summary:

The Architect is the senior-most technical authority on the platform, accountable for the overall target-state architecture across cloud, application, data, and security domains. You will set the technical vision and standards, arbitrate cross-domain trade-offs, and ensure the modernized platform meets the client's performance, security, and regulatory objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

- Own the end-to-end technical vision and target-state architecture for the platform

- Set architecture standards, principles, and governance across all domains

- Arbitrate major cross-domain technical decisions and trade-offs

- Lead the architecture review board and approve high-impact designs

- Ensure alignment of cloud, application, data, security, and DevSecOps architectures

- Drive the enterprise strategy for agentic AI across the platform and SDLC

- Advise client stakeholders and program leadership on technical strategy and risk

- Mentor the architecture team and champion engineering excellence

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Inadev Corporation does not discriminate against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibits discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation/gender identity, or national origin

INTEGRITY AND COMPLIANCE NOTICE:

All information provided by applicants must be complete, truthful, and accurate. Any intentional misrepresentation of skills, experience, credentials, or identity may result in removal from consideration for this and future employment opportunities.

For positions supporting U.S. federal government contracts, applicants may be subject to background investigations and employment eligibility verification in accordance with federal regulations. Providing false information during this process may be subject to review and action as required under applicable federal laws and security regulations.

Inadev is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and a federal contractor committed to compliance with all applicable EEO, OFCCP, and federal hiring standards.

Non-Technical Requirements:

- Must be a U.S. Citizen.

- Must be willing to work a HYRBID Schedule (2 Days) in Reston, VA & client locations in the Washington D.C. area as required.

- Ability to pass a 7-year background check and obtain/maintain a U.S. Government Clearance

- Strong communication and presentation skills.

- Must be able to prioritize and self-start.

- Must be adaptable/flexible as priorities shift.

- Must be enthusiastic and have passion for learning and constant improvement.

- Must be open to collaboration, feedback and client asks.

- Must enjoy working with a vibrant team of outgoing personalities.

Required Qualifications:

- 12+ years of software/systems architecture experience, including enterprise-scale federal systems

- Proven experience as a lead/chief architect across multiple technical domains

- Deep expertise in cloud-native, microservices, and event-driven architecture

- Strong leadership and stakeholder-management skills

Preferred Qualifications:

- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

- Financial-regulatory or filing-systems domain experience

- Applied agentic AI / Amazon Bedrock architecture experience