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Enterprise Architect

Savan

Job Location:

Vienna, VA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 120000 - 145000

Posted: 1 October 2026 (Yesterday)

Application Deadline: 30 December 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Savan is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect (CPIC Portfolio & Financial Management Lead) to support a federal clients enterprise IT governance Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) Planning Programming Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) IT portfolio management enterprise architecture and IT financial-management activities.The Enterprise Architect will serve as a senior advisor and technical-functional lead responsible for aligning business strategy mission needs enterprise architecture IT investments budget formulation and execution acquisition planning and portfolio performance. This individual will help the Government evaluate and optimize current and planned IT investments; develop actionable recommendations for senior leaders; improve the quality and consistency of portfolio architecture cost schedule performance and risk data; and ensure investments are aligned to agency priorities enterprise standards and applicable federal policy.

The ideal candidate brings deep federal experience in CPIC PPBE IT investment management enterprise architecture portfolio governance IT financial management and executive-level decision support. The successful candidate will be equally comfortable facilitating governance discussions analyzing complex investment and financial data developing architecture-informed portfolio recommendations and preparing concise executive-ready briefings and documentation.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and support CPIC IT portfolio management IT investment management and IT financial-management activities for a federal CIO/OCIO enterprise architecture office or comparable organization.
Advise Government stakeholders on the alignment of mission strategy business capabilities enterprise architecture technology roadmaps IT investments budget priorities and acquisition strategies.
Support the full IT investment lifecycle including investment identification business-case development alternatives analysis selection control evaluation modernization planning and retirement or consolidation decisions.
Apply enterprise architecture principles and frameworks to assess the business data application technology security and integration impacts of current and planned IT investments.
Develop and maintain enterprise architecture artifacts investment roadmaps capability maps transition plans technical assessments current-state and target-state analyses and portfolio rationalization recommendations.
Lead analysis of IT investment cost schedule performance risk technical health mission alignment lifecycle status dependencies and total cost of ownership.
Support PPBE activities including budget formulation programming execution monitoring spend-plan development variance analysis funding prioritization and fiscal-year planning.
Analyze IT budget and financial-management data to identify funding risks execution issues duplication inefficiencies potential cost savings modernization opportunities and investment tradeoffs.
Support development review and validation of IT investment business cases budget exhibits portfolio submissions integrated data calls and other required federal reporting artifacts.
Support the preparation and quality review of OMB-related reporting including applicable IT portfolio budget performance and investment-management submissions.
Provide expertise on FITARA CPIC policy federal IT investment-management practices enterprise architecture guidance technology-business-management concepts and other applicable federal CIO/OCIO requirements.
Facilitate or support IT governance boards architecture review boards investment review boards portfolio reviews budget reviews executive steering committees and related working groups.
Develop decision papers executive briefings dashboards portfolio reports financial analyses risk assessments investment scorecards and recommendations for senior Government leadership.
Coordinate with program offices business owners investment managers financial-management organizations acquisition offices cybersecurity personnel data offices and technical teams to validate portfolio and investment information.
Establish and improve portfolio-management processes data standards governance procedures reporting cadence quality-control practices and performance measures.
Identify investment duplication technology overlap architectural misalignment unsupported lifecycle costs weak business cases and opportunities for consolidation modernization shared services or improved enterprise integration.
Support the development and maintenance of investment inventories portfolio roadmaps capital plans budget traceability matrices crosswalks and enterprise architecture repositories.
Ensure deliverables are accurate timely defensible and tailored to the needs of senior executives investment stakeholders and governance decision-makers.
Mentor junior staff and provide technical leadership across CPIC PPBE enterprise architecture portfolio analysis and IT financial-management workstreams.

Qualifications and Requirements

Bachelors degree in information systems computer science engineering business finance economics public administration operations research public policy or a related discipline.
At least 10 years of relevant professional experience supporting federal IT enterprise architecture IT investment management CPIC IT portfolio management IT financial management PPBE budgeting or related CIO/OCIO functions.
At least 5 years of direct experience leading or materially supporting CPIC IT portfolio management IT investment management enterprise architecture or federal IT budget and financial-management initiatives.
Demonstrated experience supporting a federal CIO OCIO Chief Financial Officer organization enterprise architecture office IT portfolio-management office or large federal agency IT organization.
Demonstrated knowledge of CPIC processes IT investment lifecycle management business-case development investment review practices portfolio analysis and IT governance.
Demonstrated knowledge of PPBE concepts and federal IT budget formulation programming execution spend planning funding prioritization budget tracking and variance analysis.
Demonstrated enterprise architecture experience including the ability to assess alignment among mission needs business processes capabilities data applications infrastructure technology standards and IT investments.
Experience developing or assessing enterprise architecture artifacts such as capability maps application inventories technology roadmaps current-state and target-state architectures transition plans investment roadmaps and dependency analyses.
Experience evaluating IT investments using financial technical mission operational risk security schedule and performance criteria.
Experience with federal IT investment reporting OMB data calls budget exhibits investment business cases portfolio submissions or comparable executive-level reporting requirements.
Ability to analyze complex portfolio budget financial and investment data and translate findings into practical decision-ready recommendations.
Strong knowledge of IT cost estimation total cost of ownership lifecycle costs technology refresh planning acquisition considerations vendor-management analysis and financial tradeoff analysis.
Experience facilitating executive meetings governance boards architecture review boards investment review boards or cross-functional stakeholder sessions.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel PowerPoint Word Teams and SharePoint; experience with data visualization dashboarding portfolio-management enterprise architecture financial-management or business-intelligence tools is strongly preferred.
Strong written verbal analytical facilitation and stakeholder-engagement skills including the ability to communicate complex technical and financial concepts to nontechnical senior leaders.
U.S. Citizenship.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or other required Government suitability determination.
Ability to work in the Washington DC metropolitan area and support on-site client meetings or work activities when required.

Preferred Qualifications

Masters degree in information systems business administration public administration finance systems engineering enterprise architecture public policy or a related field.
Experience supporting a cabinet-level department federal CIO/OCIO enterprise architecture office IT portfolio-management office or federal CFO organization.
Experience with Department of Transportation transportation-sector IT or large decentralized federal enterprise environments.
Experience supporting FITARA implementation federal IT modernization cloud migration data modernization cybersecurity investment planning shared services application rationalization or technology portfolio optimization.
Familiarity with the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF) The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) or comparable architecture methodologies.
Experience using enterprise architecture portfolio-management financial-management or reporting tools such as ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management LeanIX Planview Apptio/Technology Business Management Power BI Tableau SharePoint Jira or similar platforms.
Relevant certifications such as TOGAF Certified Enterprise Architect Federal Enterprise Architecture certification Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) ITIL Lean Six Sigma Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) or relevant financial-management and investment-management certifications.
Experience with firm-fixed-price task-order delivery contract performance management integrated project planning risk management and quality assurance.

Work Location and Schedule:
Hybrid work schedule with on-site support at DOT facilities in Washington DC as required.

Application Process
Submit your application to the link on this selected for interviews will be notified by email or phone.

Compensation
The anticipated salary range for this position is $120K$145K. This range represents Savan Groups good faith estimate at the time of posting and is not a guarantee of compensation.

Final compensation will be determined based on factors including relevant experience skills education certifications internal equity market conditions and geographic location. For positions supporting federal contracts compensation may also be subject to applicable labor category requirements contract terms funding and other contract-specific provisions. As a result actual compensation may vary from the posted salary range.

EEO including disability and veterans.
Savan is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a workplace free of discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex (including pregnancy) gender identity sexual orientation national origin age (40 or older) marital status disability genetic information status as a protected veteran or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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