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Enterprise Infrastructure Architect - Disaster Recovery, Resiliency & Security

System One

Fairfax, VA · HybridContract / Full-time$80–100/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$80–100/hr
Location
Fairfax, VAHybrid
Schedule
Contract / Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Enterprise Infrastructure Architect will lead disaster recovery, business continuity, and resiliency architecture initiatives for enterprise infrastructure. The role assesses current capabilities and risks, develops target-state architectures and roadmaps, and collaborates with cybersecurity, network, identity, application, database, and infrastructure teams. The architect also facilitates stakeholder discussions and translates technical risks and investment decisions for executive leadership and agency stakeholders.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Disaster RecoveryBusiness Continuity PlanningEnterprise Infrastructure ArchitectureActive DirectoryIdentity ServicesNetwork ArchitectureNetwork SegmentationCybersecurity ArchitectureEnterprise MonitoringObservabilityCurrent-State AssessmentArchitecture RoadmappingFacilitationStakeholder EngagementExecutive CommunicationTechnical Communication

Qualifications

10+ Years ExperienceDisaster Recovery LeadershipBusiness Continuity LeadershipResiliency Initiative LeadershipInfrastructure Modernization Leadership

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

Job Title: Enterprise Infrastructure Architect - Disaster Recovery, Resiliency & Security

Location: Fairfax, VA

Type: Contract, long term expected

Compensation: $80.00 - $100.00 per hour

Work Model: Hybrid – onsite and remote

Hours: 40.0 hours per week

Security Clearance: None required

Responsibilities

  • Lead enterprise disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity architecture initiatives, including support for critical facilities, emergency operations, 911 services, and backup locations.

  • Assess current-state disaster recovery capabilities, including RTO/RPO requirements, existing DR plans, infrastructure resiliency, recovery processes, and associated risks.

  • Develop target-state disaster recovery and resiliency architectures, including implementation roadmaps and strategic recommendations.

  • Collaborate with cybersecurity and network teams to define secure remote-access strategies and modern perimeter-defense architecture patterns.

  • Partner with Active Directory and identity management teams to improve identity architecture, authentication strategies, and operational governance models.

  • Guide enterprise network segmentation initiatives and help develop strategies for retiring legacy network overlays and improving security boundaries.

  • Work with application, database, and infrastructure teams to assess and enhance enterprise observability, monitoring, alerting, logging, and recovery capabilities.

  • Facilitate architecture workshops and stakeholder discussions to identify requirements, constraints, dependencies, and opportunities for improvement.

  • Translate technical risks, architectural alternatives, and investment decisions into clear business terms for executive leadership and agency stakeholders.

  • Develop architecture artifacts, assessments, target-state designs, standards, recommendations, and roadmap documentation.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, Systems Architecture, or closely related disciplines.

  • Demonstrated experience leading disaster recovery, business continuity, resiliency, or infrastructure modernization initiatives.

  • Strong knowledge of: Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning, Enterprise Infrastructure Architecture, Active Directory and Identity Services, Network Architecture and Segmentation, Cybersecurity Architecture, Enterprise Monitoring and Observability.

  • Experience conducting current-state assessments and creating future-state architecture roadmaps.

  • Strong facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and executive communication skills.

  • Ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, CM Access, TPGS, and MOUNTAIN, LTD., are leaders in delivering workforce solutions and integrated services across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible full-time employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,157 open Enterprise Architect jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 2, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$80–100/hr
  • US median$72–97/hr24 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $90/hr, is 9% above the US median midpoint ($83/hr) — in the middle half of Enterprise Architect hourly ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 107 open Enterprise Architect jobs in Virginia and 2,157 across the US. 14% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience; Enterprise Architect postings that state a minimum ask for 10 years at the median (1,883 postings).
Education
684 of the 2,157 open Enterprise Architect jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 2, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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