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Lead Architect - Systems/Enterprise Architecture Team Lead
Team: CWS
Location: Arlington, VA
Commitment: Full-time
Workplace Type: hybrid
Job Description
Computer World Services Corp. (CWS) is seeking qualified candidates to support an engineering effort in the National Capital Region (NCR). The work scope is to plan, design, test, build, implement, deploy, and transition Information Technology (IT) solutions to meet various customer requirements in the NCR. Selected candidates will provide customers with seamless transitions to leading edge solutions which meet security requirements and provide operations and maintenance for development and test environments and provide specialized support for mission specific systems and applications.
The Lead Architect acts as the trusted advisor to top management in regard to aligning the portfolio to strategic goals, vision, and mission.
Key Tasks & Responsibilities
- Produces and maintains an enterprise architecture vision.
- Produces and maintains enterprise architecture principles and organizational standards.
- Tracks Inventories of major organizational assets and features, both current and target (aka "operating model").
- Tracks relationships between major organizational assets (aka "operating model")
- Produces and maintains the "transition plan" aka roadmap or modernization roadmap or transformation plan
- Directs, supervises, or mentors others in performing enterprise architecture activities.
- Maintain a repository of these items.
- Support portfolio management of transformation programs and strategic planning, tying these together.
- Participates in or leads related governance activities.
- Participates in or leads related architecture maturity management activities and maintains the enterprise architecture framework(s).
- Participates in segment (line of business) and solutions architecture where needed.
- Analyzes current strategy, plans, transformational investments, business plans, portfolio and architectural information to determine if activities comprehensively support strategy and/or mission (alignment) and propose improvements.
Education & Experience
- Master’s degree in enterprise architecture, or multiple certificates in enterprise architecture. An MBA with a separate technical degree can substitute for this requirement.
- Broad knowledge of:
- History and background of enterprise architecture
- Research evolution and potential future of enterprise architecture.
- Theory and concepts of enterprise architecture (in both technology and management).
- Frameworks.
- Related Activities (especially governance and maturity management).
- Understands the current architectural tools, industry standards and development techniques and have demonstrated experience in producing architectural models in these tools
- SysML
- DoDAF
- Deep knowledge of at least one of the following, and a working knowledge of the remaining areas:
- Business (operational) architecture, especially business process modeling.
- Data architecture
- Application architecture (at lower levels of detail this is software architecture)
- Infrastructure & technology architecture
- Security architecture
- Service taxonomies
- Web Ontology Language (OWL)
- Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) 2.0, DoD Primitives conformance class
- Ontology development
Certifications
- CompTIA Security +, or higher
Security Clearance
- Active DOD security clearance (TOP SECRET)
Other (Travel, Work Environment, DoD 8570 Requirements, Administrative Notes, etc.)
- Onsite support within government facilities located across the National Capital Region (NCR)
Computer World Services is an affirmative action and equal employment opportunity employer. Current employees and/or qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
Computer World Services is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Computer World Services will ensure that individuals with disabilities (IWD) are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Human Resources at [email protected]
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