Senior Director â Technology & Innovation
Senior Director â Technology & Innovation
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Job Description
Plateau is seeking a visionary Senior Technologist to lead and mentor our team of technical and solution architects across the organization. This role is ideal for a seasoned hands-on technical leader with deep architectural expertise a strategic mindset and a passion for mentoring and guiding high-performing teams. You will be responsible for setting architectural standards ensuring alignment with business goals and driving technical excellence across all projects and platforms.
This position requires onsite support at our office in Fairfax VA.
Key Responsibilities
- Architectural Leadership: Define and enforce enterprise architecture standards patterns and best practices across all technical domains.
- Team Oversight: Lead mentor and manage a team of solution and technical architects fostering a culture of innovation collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Strategic Alignment: Collaborate with executive leadership to align technology strategy with business objectives and long-term vision.
- Governance: Establish architectural governance processes to ensure consistency scalability and maintainability of solutions.
- Technology Evaluation: Evaluate emerging technologies and trends to guide strategic investments and innovation.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product engineering security and operations teams to ensure cohesive and integrated solutions.
- Quality Assurance: Ensure architectural integrity performance and security across all platforms and systems.
- Stakeholder Communication: Present architectural strategies and roadmaps to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
- 10 years of experience in software architecture with at least 5 years in a leadership or director-level role.
- Proven experience overseeing enterprise-scale architecture initiatives.
- Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) microservices DevOps and modern software development practices.
- Deep understanding and experience with Microsoft Technology Stack.
- Strong leadership communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience with architecture frameworks
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on technical execution.
- Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain any required government security clearance (this requires US Citizenship)
Preferred Skills
- Experience in regulated industries (e.g. government healthcare finance).
- Familiarity with data architecture cybersecurity principles and compliance standards.
- Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect TOGAF or similar.
Plateau does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters without a signed third-party agreement. Any unsolicited third-party resumes forwarded by recruiters to Plateau or to any of our managers or employees will be considered public information may be treated as a direct application from the person identified in the resume and will not be eligible for placement fee payment to the agency.
EOE Statement:
Plateau is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age gender gender identification sex sexual orientation color race creed national origin religion marital status parental status citizenship status ancestry physical or mental disability genetic information veteran status military status or any other classification protected by federal state or local laws.
Plateau is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation please email the Plateau HR Department at
Plateau is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer! (M/F/Disability/Vets)
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Employment Type
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