Chief Architect

The SCITLS program seeks a highly skilled Chief Architect to drive technology strategy and innovation. The successful candidate will collaborate with the USSTRATCOM Senior Advisor to develop strategic recommendations and ensure that solutions align with the defined purpose.

Responsibilities:

• Recommend improvements to existing infrastructure and service offerings, including modernizing and securing networks and refactoring applications for cloud migration.
• Work with customers to understand and participate in the development of new mission support IT strategies, assessing current and future skills and technologies to support emerging mission needs.
• Make recommendations to customers in shaping the future of enterprise architecture and roadmaps for the commands.
• Assess DoD frameworks and ensure implemented use cases adhere to that framework.
• Develop as-is and to-be architecture and solutions focusing on scalability and extensibility.

Required Experience:

• Experience in designing and deploying enterprise systems architectures.
• Experience with DevSecOps, including maturing existing CI/CD pipeline.
• Experience securing at least one of the following cloud service provider types: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Software a Service (SaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS).
• Experience with Security Authorization & Accreditation (A&A) and obtaining Authorization To Operate (ATO) for new systems.
• Experience with Enterprise Agile/SAFe disciplines.
• Navigate between different levels of technical detail across a breadth of technologies and capabilities to best understand what we currently have and appreciate the implications of recommendations of what is to be done.
• Self-motivated and focused on delivering outcomes; ability to work independently and collaborate with teams.
• Strong communication skills (writing, speaking, and listening); ability to articulate solutions and rationale for design decisions.
• Strong technical writing experience and experience presenting solutions to both business and technical stakeholders, to include leading technical section approaches.
• Knowledge or certification in Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF), Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) or The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) frameworks.

Desired Experience:

• Experience with Cloud Service Providers (Azure, AWS, Google).
• Experience with databases, specifically Oracle.
• Experience with API Gateways such as MuleSoft, Azure Gateway Service.
• Knowledge of Container platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with UIPath.

What You'll Need to Succeed:

• Education: Masters degree with 15 years of prior relevant experience.
• Clearance: Active DoD TOP SECRET clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Required Certifications: ITIL 4 Foundation Certification; As required in DoD 8570 IAT-III or IAM-III; SAFe for Architect certification and willingness to obtain SAFe 6 Architect.

Our Total Rewards package includes a variety of medical plan options, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, we offer employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.