Systems Architect

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Mid-level Systems Architects support the design and development of solutions for complex applications problems, API design, data services, platform services, cloud services and infrastructure services to meet user requirements and align to strategic goals and the Enterprise Architecture.

Acquisition Programs with Strategic, Enterprise, and Solutions-level Architecture Engineering. Engineer and Architect resources applied against this effort shall assist the Government in ensuring Sensor Acquisition Programs are included in the planning, designing, defining, developing, documenting, and baselining of the GEOINT Enterprise Architecture (GEA), inclusive of business, data, network, security, solutions-level sub-architectures and interfaces between systems, to ensure enterprise systems work together in an integrated fashion to deliver mission capabilities and solutions.

Key activities of the Integration of Sensor Acquisition Programs with the Enterprise and Solutions Architecture Engineering may include the following: planning, design, and systems engineering work necessary to build and portray the To-Be Architecture; the development of conceptual, logical, and physical architecture and technical roadmaps defining the time-phased schedule for the path of systems and services for the integration of Sensor Acquisition Programs into the Enterprise Architecture; and identifying necessary updates to program, segment, and project-based solution-level architectures consistent with the enterprise-level architecture.

Duties may include:

• Assists in the design, development, maintenance, and documentation of solution architectures ensuring traceability to the Enterprise architecture and Enterprise requirements.
• Performs the analysis of user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems and reviews computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations.
• Assists in the development of proposed changes to the solutions architecture design based on analysis of requirements and new technology.

Requirements:

Skills and Experience: Required:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Engineering Management, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program, or related equivalent additional experience.
• Mid-level or higher experience working in government or industry in relevant work areas including Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Data Architecture, Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF), or Intelligence Community’s (IC) Program Architecture Guidance (PAG).

Desired:

• Working knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools, and .
• Federated Enterprise Architect Certifications: Certified Enterprise Architect
• Previous NGA and/or NSG/ASG program/project work experience
• Previous IC or DoD program/project work experience