
location_on1006, Ruritan Circle, Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia, 20164, United States
REI Systems is a mission-focused technology consulting and solutions company delivering innovative digital services to federal agencies. As a 100% employee-owned company, we combine deep technical expertise, a collaborative culture, and modern engineering practices to help government agencies improve mission delivery and citizen outcomes.
We are passionate about building forward-looking digital solutions that combine cloud, data, AI, and human-centered design to modernize government services.
REI Systems is seeking a highly experienced Chief Solution Architect to provide technical leadership and architectural governance for a large-scale federal application modernization and operations program supporting the upcoming GSA AOS opportunity.
In this role, you will serve as the principal technical authority across the program, leading enterprise architecture strategy, cloud modernization initiatives, AI-enabled engineering approaches, and long-term technology transformation planning. You will guide modernization efforts from legacy on-premise environments to scalable AWS cloud-native architectures while ensuring alignment with federal security, performance, scalability, and operational requirements.
The ideal candidate combines deep hands-on architecture expertise with strategic leadership experience across enterprise modernization, cloud engineering, DevSecOps, API-driven platforms, and emerging AI-enabled software delivery capabilities. You will collaborate closely with Government technical leadership and program stakeholders to align technical solutions with mission objectives, translating complex technical concepts into executive-level communications and decision-ready recommendations.
Work model: On-site
1006, Ruritan Circle, Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia, 20164, United States
Sterling, Virginia
Skills: Aws, Aws Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Fedramp, Fisma, Nist, Java, Javascript, Angular, Python, Go.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical discipline required.
Advanced hands-on experience with modern programming languages and frameworks including Java, JavaScript/Angular, Python, Go, Rust, and PHP. Experience architecting large-scale cloud-native applications and platforms within AWS. Expertise in Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, API Management, Microservices architectures, Event-driven systems, and Messaging and service bus patterns. Experience defining and scaling SecDevOps best practices across enterprise engineering organizations. Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools and agentic AI capabilities to improve software delivery velocity and engineering effectiveness. Experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Large Language Models (LLMs), and AI-enabled automation and orchestration. Experience establishing modernization roadmaps for legacy application migration and transformation initiatives. Familiarity with federal enterprise architecture standards and federal cybersecurity compliance requirements.