Overview

Arcfield is a leading provider of full lifecycle, mission-focused systems engineering and integration capabilities to the U.S. government and its allies. The company has more than 60 years of proven experience providing advanced engineering and analysis, IT and C5ISR capabilities to support our nation’s most critical national security missions. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA and with 16 offices around the world, Arcfield employs approximately 1,200 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals who put our customers’ missions first, helping them solve their most complex challenges through innovations in modeling, simulation and analysis, digital transformation and C5ISR. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

Responsibilities

Work Description:

The Data Architect will support the Sponsor’s Program Management Office (PMO), responsible for championing data management, governance, accessibility, and quality. The selected candidate will be responsible for providing technical leadership, integration, and programmatic engineering support across multiple fabrics and IC Partner infrastructures, as well as collaborating with Division Architect lead and engineering team in designing the modernization of legacy systems.

Role and Responsibilities:

The Data Architect will support the Customer in developing a data architecture that provides detailed architectural information in compatible formats to enable solutions, which can be repeatedly designed and deployed in a consistent, high-quality, and supportable fashion. This will consist of working with multiple stakeholders in various groups to define, develop, and institutionalize a strategic data framework across multi-fabric information environments. The individual will also be responsible for working with Internal and External stakeholders in supporting a highly visible and highly paced project that leverages engineering management principles.

Qualifications

• MUST possess and be able to maintain a TS/SC clearance w/poly on day one.
• Analyzing, defining, and documenting requirements for data, workflow, logical processes, hardware and operating system environment, and network connectivity, other systems interfaces, internal and external checks and controls, and outputs Developing architectural guidance for applications developers, defining target platforms, interface designs, development patterns and styles, and development languages and tools.
• Develops and presents substantive technical recommendations to senior management.
• Providing technical expertise in systems architecture; participates in the formulation of network engineering practices; assesses feasibility of system plans; collaborates with varying IC Partners to establish priorities and implement plans that adhere to established strategic business and system objectives Developing and presenting complex technical documents, procedures, reports, and briefings Providing enterprise-wide perspective into IT-related decisions.
• Providing systems architecture knowledge and consultation to Sponsor components, and assist in technical reviews and architecture designs, assessment of technical solutions to business needs.
• Development of technical concepts of system operations for Sponsor components’ requirements, system designs, and system architectures Defining system architectures, developing roadmaps, and identifying planned changes that impact the system.
• Identifying gaps in capabilities and strategic needs in relation to the strategic direction
• Identifying opportunities for strengthening, streamlining, and standardizing the architecture
• Working with multiple stakeholders in defining requirements and resolving discrepancies between proposed IT systems and enterprise quality and security standards.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with C2S/AWS services and Agile methodologies
• Knowledge of Oracle databases and their migration Experience with design/implementation of APIs
• Knowledge of Cataloging capabilities Experience with development of architecture artifacts.
• Experience with/awareness of ontologies, benefits/constraints.
• Bachelors’ degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer science, Information systems, Engineering, Business, a scientific or technical discipline
• Minimum of 16 years’ experience, with 10 years’ experience in the Intelligence Community
• Experience with M.S. Azure, AWS, Google, Oracle network architecture
• Experience with ServiceNow, SharePoint (Creative Cloud), JIRA.

 Desired Education/Experience:

• Doctorate’ degree (or equivalent experience) in a field related to the position applied for
• Minimum of 20 years of experience, with 5 years’ experience in the Intelligence Community
• Experience with M.S. Azure, AWS, Google, Oracle network architecture
• Experience with ServiceNow, SharePoint (Creative Cloud), JIRA.

EEO Statement

EEO

Arcfield proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active-Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.