Responsibilities
We are seeking a Senior-Level Systems Architect to provide technical leadership and guidance to Mid-Level and Junior-Level Systems Architects in the design and development of solutions for complex application problems. This role will support API design, data services, platform services, cloud services, and infrastructure services, ensuring solutions meet user requirements, align with strategic goals, and maintain traceability to the Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise requirements.
Duties & Responsibilities
· Provide guidance to Mid-Level and Junior-Level Systems Architects in the design, development, maintenance, and documentation of solution architectures, ensuring traceability to the Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise requirements.
· Guide the analysis of user requirements, procedures, and problems to identify opportunities to automate or improve existing systems.
· Evaluate computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations to inform architecture and solution design.
· Guide Mid-Level and Junior-Level Systems Architects in developing proposed changes to solution architecture designs based on analysis of requirements and emerging technologies.
Location: This position is fully onsite in either Chantilly or Springfield, VA.
Qualifications
Required:
· Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related STEM degree program, or equivalent senior-level experience as a Systems Architect.
o 12 years' of relevant working experience can be considered in lieu of a degree.
· 12+ years' of relevant, Senior-level working experience in government or industry in relevant areas, including:
o Enterprise Architecture
o Solution Architecture
o Data Architecture
o Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF)
o Intelligence Community’s (IC) Program Architecture Guidance (PAG)
· TS/SCI clearance adjudication or ability to obtain SCI and pass a poly.
Desired:
· Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related STEM degree program.
· Working knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) processes, tools, and languages.
· Federated Enterprise Architect certification, such as Certified Enterprise Architect.
· Working knowledge of the Unified Architecture Framework (UAF).
· Knowledge of GEOINT collections (e.g., GIMS) and data management (e.g., NCL) workflows and systems.
· Knowledge of imagery products and associated standards.
· Working knowledge of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
· Experience across the systems development life cycle (SDLC), from requirements analysis through testing and deployment.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
Full Benefits Package
10 Days PTO
6 Sick leaves
11 Federal Holidays
401K
WHO ARE WE?
CEdge Inc is an innovative IT consulting firm, and a strategic business partner. We offer IT solutions to Federal and State government, as well as, Commercial Enterprises throughout the United States. Our main objective is to create an integrity-based culture that takes pride in working as a collaborative team that focuses on growth and is driven by the desire to provide purely ethical services for both our clients and teammates.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related STEM field, or equivalent senior-level Systems Architect experience
- 12+ years of relevant senior-level experience in government or industry
- Experience with enterprise architecture
- Experience with solution architecture
- Experience with data architecture
- Experience with the Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF)
- Experience with Intelligence Community Program Architecture Guidance (PAG)
- TS/SCI clearance adjudication or ability to obtain SCI and pass a polygraph
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related STEM field
- Working knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering processes, tools, and languages
- Federated Enterprise Architect certification, such as Certified Enterprise Architect
- Working knowledge of the Unified Architecture Framework (UAF)
- Knowledge of GEOINT collections, including GIMS, and data management workflows and systems, including NCL
- Knowledge of imagery products and associated standards
- Working knowledge of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- Experience across the systems development life cycle from requirements analysis through testing and deployment
What We Do
Founded in 2004, CEdge is Minority Owned, St. Louis business company with a dedicated team of enterprise solutions architects and experienced technology professionals. Our Management and advisory board has exceptional leaders with several years of experience in commercial and federal sector. CEdge is built to be more responsive and innovative than larger competitors, while offering a depth of talent, capabilities, and experience that smaller companies just can’t match. We work closely with our customers to explore all appropriate technology options to find the best solution. This unique approach to systems integration, combined with our use of agile methodologies and open-source technology, gives our talented and experienced consultants the insight and tools they need to take government IT solutions to a whole new level
