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• Responsible for management, control, coordination and execution of assigned projects, the majority of which involve vertical construction.
• Keeps sponsor/customers informed of project progress, issues, resolution, and any impacts or costs. Assures sponsor or other agencies participation in the project is in accordance with the agreed upon management plan.
• Coordinates the planning, design, cost engineering, construction, and environmental considerations for engineering projects of considerable scope and complexity as measured by their diversity, geographical area, management demands.
• Assures early identification of sponsor/customer problems or issues and facilitates the resolution of identified problems or issues in the most appropriate manner.

The Chief Architect (CA ) will ensure definition of the organization's architecture platform through knowledge of the agency's legacy information technology (IT) platforms, coupled with applied knowledge of advanced information systems architecture, software development techniques, and industry best practices all of which are consistent with agency mission and objectives, applicable laws, regulations, principles, and standards.

The CA provides technical expertise for legacy system design, development, and operations. The CA will ensure an enterprise and inter-agency approach to architecture and integration. The CA will provide policy and governance for architectural and technical direction throughout the systems development lifecycle. The CA will also provide guidance on reference implementations for key technology decisions. The incumbent is responsible for driving the logical data model design, major interfaces design, security model selection and design and hosting/deployment and contingency design of all new systems.

The incumbent will collaborate with the agency's CIO, Deputy CIO, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), program management office, and senior agency officials responsible for budget and procurement/ acquisitions and business partners to communicate SSA's technology, architecture vision and strategy ensuring that agency architecture can support the growing and evolving needs of the enterprise and SSA's growing and diverse constituencies.

Additionally, the CA:

• Defines the overall architecture strategy and vision for the organization, ensuring alignment with business goals and objectives. Sets policy, provides governance and oversight, and provides technical expertise in the following areas:
  • Information System and Technology Architecture
  • Security, Data, and Business Architecture
  • Solution Engineering
  • Governance and Oversight
  • Processes and Tools
• Utilizes expert-level technical knowledge, judgment, and resource management skills based on in-depth knowledge of the organization's information systems technologies and architectures to develop and maintain an aspirational long-term architectural road map for the enterprise and target state architectural blueprints.
• Oversees the design and implementation of technology solutions, guiding the technical team, and ensuring that the architecture is scalable, secure, and efficient. Through collaboration with various stakeholders, the CA helps to translate complex business needs into sustainable technology strategies.
• Designs and oversees the development of a business data architecture and mapping methodology for enterprise data within programmatic and analytic applications.
• Reviews and approves major architectural designs to ensure compliance with internal standards and the strategic direction of the organization. Communicates architectural decisions, plans, goals, and strategies to agency executives and senior level management.

• Plan and schedule the work of the section.
• Review project progress, including contract modifications.
• Complete assignments in a timely fashion to maintain project schedules.
• Implement standard methods and procedures used throughout the district in managing projects, funds, and customer expectations.

• Leads the planning and execution of efforts to implement the DoDAF version 2.02+, the data centric (rather than product centric) approach to ensuring concordance between views in the JCWA’s Architectural Description.
• Implement Department of Defense Architecture Framework methodology to create, document, staff, baseline, and execute configuration.
• Determine Intended Use and scope of Architecture. Collect, Organize, Correlate, and Store Architectural Data. Conduct Analyses in Support of Architecture Objectives and documents results.
• Lead delivers mastery of architectural presentation techniques to effectively convey data to decision makers.
• Translates mastery of Federal law, regulation, and policies to implement JCWA architectures in support of compliant business decisions.
• Effectively translates Federal and DoD governance for execution within the USCYBERCOMMAND organizational culture and business processes.
• Supervises subordinates and provides policy and program objectives, assigns tasks and evaluates the work directed.

The Opportunity: 

Everyone is trying to “harness the power of the cloud,” but not everyone knows how. As a cloud computing application architect, you know how to build a cloud-based technical architecture that meets client needs and takes advantage of cloud capabilities. What if you could use your cloud architecture skills to improve the client's mission? We need you to help us develop cloud-based solutions for some of our client's toughest challenges.

As a leader on our team, you’ll lead the integration of various applications in in the cloud. This is an opportunity to use the latest cloud technologies as you look for ways to improve your client’s environment using current cloud capabilities. Your technical expertise will be vital as you work with stakeholders to inform strategy and design and ensure standards are met throughout the cloud migration process. You’ll recommend tools and solutions based on your research of the current environment and knowledge of various on premise, cloud based, and hybrid resources. You’ll lead your team as they help the client overcome their most difficult challenges in the cloud. Additionally, you’ll broaden your skillset in areas like project management, cloud infrastructure, and DevSecOps, while developing critical systems for clients.

Grow your skills at the leading edge of innovation. 

Join us. The world can’t wait.  

You Have:  

• 8+ years of experience with leading business process assessment, reengineering, or architectural development

• 5+ years of experience with AWS

• Experience with designing and modeling enterprise data warehouse solutions, including design and implementation, and system administration

• Experience with Containerization and tools, including Kubernetes

• Experience with developing and delivering tailored, complex presentations to clients that illustrate solutions to client problems and drive forward a capture, improving the probability of win

• Experience with administering Production environments

• Experience leading teams and mentoring Junior Architects

• Ability to obtain a security clearance

• Bachelor’s degree

Nice If You Have:  

• Experience using DevSecOps pipelines

• Experience with building, testing, and deploying AI and ML models

• Ability to communicate architectural viewpoints and decisions using content appropriate for the audience

• AWS Certified Professional Certification

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Create Your Career: 

Grow With Us 

Your growth matters to us—that’s why we offer a variety of ways for you to develop your career. With professional and leadership development opportunities like upskilling programs, tuition reimbursement, mentoring, and firm-sponsored networking, you can chart a unique and fulfilling career path on your own terms.  

A Place Where You Belong 

Diverse perspectives cultivate collective ingenuity. Booz Allen’s culture of respect, equity, and opportunity means that, here, you are free to bring your whole self to work. With an array of business resource groups and other opportunities for connection, you’ll build your community in no time. 

Support Your Well-Being 

Our comprehensive benefits package includes wellness programs with HSA contributions, paid holidays, paid parental leave, a generous 401(k) match, and more. With these benefits, plus the option for flexible schedules and remote and hybrid locations, we’ll support you as you pursue a balanced, fulfilling life—at work and at home.  

Your Candidate Journey 

At Booz Allen, we know our people are what propel us forward, and we value relationships most of all. Here, we’ve compiled a list of resources so you’ll know what to expect as we forge a connection with you during your journey as a candidate with us.  

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.

• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a Booz Allen or client site facility.
• If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

EEO Commitment

We’re an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that empowers our people to fearlessly drive change – no matter their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

The Opportunity:

At a certain point, experience-based system design can start to look like clairvoyance. When you’ve developed so many systems that you can not only orchestrate the best solution for any technology-based challenge, but you can also anticipate and preempt future issues, you’re a solutions architect. You’ve evolved your skills into strategy through a long path of software development accomplishments and the curiosity to understand how all the pieces of an IT ecosystem fit together. Are you ready to use your combination of knowledge, skill, and experience to take on the toughest challenges for our clients?

As a cloud solution architect on our team, you'll translate your customer’s IT needs and future goals into a plan by crafting architecture solutions for our client and managing implementation. Through your leadership, we’ll help transform the way our clients use technology, including cloud migration, integrating advanced technology, and modernizing legacy systems. What do you do next in a career where you’ve reached this level? You mentor the next set of developers to help them grow into tomorrow’s solutions architects. As a technical leader, you’ll shape the digital solutions business and identify opportunities for growth. Work with us and build the future of technology in the cloud for the better.

 Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• 10+ years of experience with developing technology solutions, including operations, engineering, networking engineering, infrastructure or database architecture, or applications development

• 8+ years of experience with architecture and engineering one or more major cloud service providers such as AWS, Azure, GCP, or Oracle

• Experience with architecting and deploying cloud solutions within the government, including federal health clients

• Experience with managing technical implementation, integration, and configuration projects, including development of project plans and system architectures, and updating compliance documentation

• Knowledge of a modern programming language, including Python, Java, C, C++, or C#

• Knowledge of containers and CI/CD pipelines

• Ability to work in a customer-facing or public speaking role

• Ability to develop architectures that are inherently secure, robust, scalable, modular, API-centric, and global

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements

• Bachelor's degree

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with AI, machine learning, or data science

• Experience with data platforms, such as Databricks

Vetting:

Applicants selected will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client.

Create Your Career:

Grow With Us

Your growth matters to us—that’s why we offer a variety of ways for you to develop your career. With professional and leadership development opportunities like upskilling programs, tuition reimbursement, mentoring, and firm-sponsored networking, you can chart a unique and fulfilling career path on your own terms.

A Place Where You Belong

Diverse perspectives cultivate collective ingenuity. Booz Allen’s culture of respect, equity, and opportunity means that, here, you are free to bring your whole self to work. With an array of business resource groups and other opportunities for connection, you’ll build your community in no time.

Support Your Well-Being

Our comprehensive benefits package includes wellness programs with HSA contributions, paid holidays, paid parental leave, a generous 401(k) match, and more. With these benefits, plus the option for flexible schedules and remote and hybrid locations, we’ll support you as you pursue a balanced, fulfilling life—at work and at home.

Your Candidate Journey

At Booz Allen, we know our people are what propel us forward, and we value relationships most of all. Here, we’ve compiled a list of resources so you’ll know what to expect as we forge a connection with you during your journey as a candidate with us.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.

• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a Booz Allen or client site facility.
• If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

EEO Commitment

We’re an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that empowers our people to fearlessly drive change – no matter their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

Ability to model Choice’s Cultural Values: Welcome and Respect Everyone, Be Bold, Be Quick, Listen, Be Curious and Show Integrity.

CACI is seeking a motivated expert level Data Architect to augment the CACI Program Management Office (PMO) that is entrusted by the U.S. Government to provide operations and maintenance, and development of custom financial applications.  We value self-initiated team members who strive to produce high quality work through collaboration with team members and customers while making a difference through individual contributions to ensure project success for our team and our customers. We are leading the charge for digital transformation in the intelligence community, so we are seeking team members who are optimistic about leveraging emergent technologies that are strategically aligned to best practices.   As part of CACI’s Intel Application Services, you will support the men and women charged with safeguarding the American people and enhancing the Nation’s safety, security, and prosperity.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Lead integration of data applications to enable data governance, quality, cataloging, tagging, security and developing dashboards.

• Understand and translate business needs into data models supporting long-term solutions.

• Work with the Application Development team to implement data strategies, build data flows and develop conceptual data models.

• Create logical and physical data models using best practices to ensure high data quality and reduced redundancy.

• Maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models along with corresponding metadata.

• Develop best practices for standard naming conventions and coding practices to ensure consistency of data models.

• Support the contract program management office to deliver briefings and presentations to the government.

• Interface with external application vendors.

Required Qualifications: 

• TS/SCI CI Poly.

• BA/BS Degree in a Technical field (i.e., Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science).

• 10+ years of work experience in design and implementation of data models for complex data environments.

• 8+ years’ experience architecting data management solutions with AWS to include big data solutions.

• 8+ years’ experience performing “as-is” analysis to identify opportunities for cost efficiencies, consolidation and reducing complexities.

• 6+ years’ experience in working with predictive analytics, data visualization, or unstructured data.

• 6+ years’ experience supporting integration of data management capabilities that provide data governance policies, quality, and security.

• 6+ years’ experience devising ETL strategies and leveraging technologies.

• Bachelor’s degree with

• Minimum 4 years of strong experience to design scalable data models and data flows.

• Experience with big data analytics, data engineering, data pipelines and experience with LLMs and python scripting and tooling such as databricks

• Medium to strong statistical understanding, ability to understand and infer model reports, feature importance, validation reports and advise domain/business SMEs and help to make right decisions on the modelling

• Strong scripting knowledge in R & SQL

• Proficiency with leading data profiling tools (such as SQL, BI tools, etc.)

• Experience with Enterprise Data Warehouse initiatives including Data Model development, Semantic/Data Access Layer Development, Reporting and Dashboard Creation

• Experience working within an agile sprint development team environment using Jira and Confluence.

• Ability to creatively collaborate with other program personnel to ensure a unified and well-executed goal.

• Composure and ability to lead with confidence and calmness when faced with competing high-priority projects and difficult decisions and when delivering presentations.

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills using MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other tools.

These Qualifications would be nice to have: 

• AWS Cloud Certifications.

• Experience using COTS products to manage data.

• Experience supporting financial system data.

• Experienced in data science / machine learning lifecycle processes, methods, tools.

• Hands on programming experience in R for Data analysis, Statistical inferencing and data science modelling in R.

• Knowledge of other tools for ML, MLOps, Data Prep and languages (Python) will be a plus

• 10+ years of experience in data analysis, data science development and 3+ years in R eco system

What we can offer you:

At CACI, our philosophy of employee development and advancement rests on a cultural foundation of providing unlimited and equal opportunity for growth, recognition, and rewards. We provide the environment, support and responsive, available management to nurture and stretch your abilities. We also offer a career mobility program to make it easy to build a dynamic career at CACI and offer flexible work schedule arrangements to support work/life balance.

• CACI’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) plan allows employees to take vacation as needed, without a set number of minimum or maximum days, and is available day one of employment. 

• CACI has been named one of Fortune magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies for 2024!

• CACI also has more than 20 Communities of Practice to share and gain skills and knowledge regarding various technologies and topics including SAP, Salesforce, Agile Development, and many more. The associated Learning Academies provide training and certifications to gain additional skills and build your brand.

• We offer competitive benefits and learning and development opportunities.

• We are mission-oriented and ever vigilant in aligning our solutions with the nation’s highest priorities.

• With over 25,000 employees worldwide, CACI has been named a Best Place to Work by the Washington Post.

• For over 60 years, the principles of CACI’s unique, character-based culture have been the driving force behind our success.

Company Overview:

CACI is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.

Pay Range: There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits. Learn more here

The proposed salary range for this position is:

Leidos has an exciting opening for you as our next S&T Solutions Architect for Production/O&M to work on the research, design, development, and implementation of data analytics solutions for the DoD S&T community supporting DIA-NMEC under our 10-year DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP) contract.  This includes immediate involvement in programs developing and delivering large-scale data processing pipelines for OSINT and DOMEX, designing and optimizing Task-Collect-Process-Exploit-Disseminate (TCPED) workflow management platforms, and shepherding the transition of advanced Artificial Intelligence algorithms from R&D sponsor agencies into operational settings.  The S&T Solutions Architect will participate in developing and studying technical solutions that advance capabilities for our customer organizations, as well as building the strategic and business plans to gain interagency buy-in, identify funding sources, and boost user adoption. Have impact as part of a mission focused, solutions oriented, and adaptive team that values innovation, collaboration, and professional development. In this position you will be responsible for leading, monitoring, sustaining, and resolving (hands-on) Production environment as well as O&M of current NMEC systems spanning networks and ranging the full lifecycle of data ingestion, processing, exploitation, and dissemination. While the work is primarily conducted on-site at our client location in Bethesda, MD, we offer a flexible schedule and, occasionally, some tasks may be performed remotely. Percentage of remote work will vary based on client requirements/deliverables.

As a senior member of the team, you are also a stakeholder in systems being developed with deep expertise in Systems Integration and work closely with Systems Engineers, Software Engineers, Architects as well as Government counterparts to ensure the interoperability of future systems and will support key tasks such as:  

• Architect solutions for the full range of Defense Intelligence S&T organizations, including but not limited to OSINT, DOMEX and MASINT.

• Plan and perform mission, strategy, and policy analysis and present results to peers and customers in both writing and as part of oral presentations.

• Business development activities including development of white papers and proposals that address customer needs consistent with Leidos business objectives.

• Serve as technical and strategic subject matter expert to support production teams and internally and externally funded R&D efforts.

• Fostering an environment of collaboration with the different team members in the goal of providing quality service and product to our customer.

You are rigorous while having the ability to work well with people from different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience. You bring enthusiasm, initiative, solutions/ideas, technical and leadership experience meeting the following qualifications:

• In-depth comprehension of technical collection and exploitation, particularly in OSINT, MASINT, and DOMEX, including technical principles, theories, concepts, and their application across range of programs.

• Master’s Degree in a technical domain with 15+ years of prior relevant experience, or Doctorate in technical domain with 13+ years of experience.

• Must possess TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI with Polygraph.

• Serve as a subject matter expert within technical domain area.

• Knowledge of how large-scale data processing systems are designed, specified, developed, manufactured, and operated with domain expertise in military intelligence applications.

• Knowledge and experience of military doctrine and current threats related to advanced technology, collection systems, information systems, AI and machine learning.

• Demonstrated ability to apply analytical approaches to architect solutions to counter threats

• Experience in proposal development and writing technical reports.

• Working knowledge of MS Office applications.

• Effective communication, coordination, and customer engagement skills.

• Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and team environment.

You will wow us even more if you have some of these:

• Privilege User Access (PUA) to include a minimum of an active COMPTIA Security+ certification. Note: candidate will need to obtain PUA as part of fulfilling the role

• Help Desk implementation, operation, staffing, and communications

• Scaled Agile Framework certification (SAFe Agilist or other)

• Experience supporting DIA/NMEC and/or D3P

• ITIL experience and certification

• OSINT familiarity

#NMECDTP

Original Posting Date:

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Exciting opportunity to share!

Our fast-growing National Security Sector is seeking a Sr. Enterprise Systems Architect to support the customer in planning and implementing enterprise architecture, systems engineering, and integration practices to enable a secure and interoperable IC Information. Position is located in Bethesda, MD. Candidates must currently possess a TS/SCI Polygraph security clearance. 

Primary Responsibilities   

• Responsibilities and tasks may include some or all of the following: 

• Provide subject matter expertise for detailed planning, design, and implementation guidance to ensure successful adoption of enterprise IT systems throughout the Intelligence Community. 

• Facilitate collaboration and negotiation of complex trade-offs involving separate IC policies, technology environments, and 

resources. 

• Provide assessments of policies, plans, and requirements and recommend appropriate responses to address any issues surfaced to ensure comprehensive planning across communities of interest. 

• Assist government client with developing programmatic goals and objectives, schedules, and reports to high-level government managers. 

• Review and assess IC implementation plans to identify issues early in the plans. 

• Develop and review presentation materials to communicate enterprise objectives and goals. 

• Maintain schedules with significant milestones to enable accurate tracking along critical paths. 

• Facilitate and resolve problems within working groups to ensure completion of goals and objectives and communicating progress to executive management. 

• Communicate enterprise goals and objectives to high-level committees and working groups. 

• Apply critical analytical thinking to proposed directives, recommendations and guidance documents originating from a variety of sources and provide critical comments and recommendations for improving them. 

• Develop and/or maintain guiding documents, such as mission service transition plans, and CONOPs. 

• Provide meeting coordination and facilitation support to IC workgroups to identify, address and implement solutions to enterprise issues. 

Basic Qualifications 

• BS degree and 8 – 12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 – 10 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain. 

• Excellent written and oral communication skills. 

• Detail-oriented, ability to consistently provide high-quality products that are concise, thorough, and accurate. 

• Experience with government architecture tools (DODAF/TOGAF/JARM/EARM)

• Ability to adapt in response to shifts in customer priorities. 

• Experience collaborating with diverse IC stakeholders to drive consensus and forward progress. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, or Information 

Original Posting Date:

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.