Strategic Innovation Group (SIG) seeks to hire a sharp, driven, and detail-oriented Enterprise Architect. The candidate will be involved with projects designing and defining business, organizational, and information technology (IT) architectures for integration across multiple domains, platforms, operating systems, and applications throughout the enterprise. Must understand the FEAF, DODAF and TOGAF frameworks, approaches, processes and methodologies as both methodologist and practitioner. Understanding of the DHS Acquisition Lifecycle Framework (ALF) and System Engineering Life Cycle (SELC) highly preferred.

Salary: $135,000 to $165,000

SIG is a fast growing 8(a) government contractor based in Arlington, Virginia. We offer a broad range of technical expertise and experience in Digital Transformation, Data Management/Data Science, and Systems Modernization. At SIG, our people are our mission. Come join our team! A successful candidate will be offered the following:

• Great work/life balance
• Eligibility for performance-based participation in cash bonuses
• Potential to participate in growth of the company through incentives
Excellent benefits, including health, dental, vision, generous PTO, a 401(k) with match, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, and a health savings account (HSA)

Additionally, this position is expected to be generally remote with rare customer visits in Washington, DC metropolitan area as needed.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Supports the development of business cases, documentation of pain points, gaps, desired outcomes, and measures of success, strategic intent/vision statements, and user stories.
• Leads and participates in architectural and business needs assessment workshops to produce architectural content to document architectural considerations covered in these workshops.
• Has the ability to assess emerging technologies in AI/ML, RPA, Cybersecurity, and other technologies to formulate Executive level briefings.
• Ability to assess alignment of proposed solutions and emerging technologies to the DHS strategic plan and provide executive level summaries of alignment assessments.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree from accredited institution with five plus (5 ) years' experience.
• Have two plus (3 ) years of technical writing experience with system design or enterprise architecture, at minimum, for multiple audiences including executive leadership.
• Experience as an enterprise architect with proven ability to effectively conceptualize, design, build, and refine operational views and related visualizations of enterprise processes consistent with FEAF, DODAF and related EA enterprise architecture standards.
• Knowledge of Congressional mandates and laws that influence Enterprise Architecture reviews and Governance.
• Experience with providing technical Enterprise Architect reviews of Enterprise and System documents.
• Experience with creating TRM, CAL, Service Catalogues at the Enterprise level.
• Knowledge of emerging technologies such as AI/ML, Cloud and RPA, Cybersecurity, Zero Trust, and CX.
• Experience developing and visualizing use cases, operational views, taxonomies, and other enterprise architecture artifacts to logically represent the inter-relationships and interdependencies across an ecosystem of organizations, roles and responsibilities, functions, programs, systems, and other entities inherent to enterprise processes across an organization.
• Experience analyzing as-is enterprise business process architectures and making recommendations to realize efficiencies and drive mission planning / execution outcomes.


PREFERRED EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS

• Current federal clearance (Public Trust or above) or an active clearance from a Federal Agency.
• Current DHS badge - HIGHLY DESIRED


SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS/SECURITY CLEARANCE



• Must have ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance
• Vaccination requirements and testing are subject to the status of the federal contractor mandate and customer site requirements; testing is at the cost of the employee

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.