Senior Enterprise Architect

McBride Consulting has an exciting opportunity for a  highly skilled and experienced Senior Enterprise Architect is sought to help provide guidance to program leadership, external partners, and a prime contractor to deliver solutions that meet the evolving needs of the war fighter and propel strategic national security objectives.

The selected individual will engage with stakeholders across the Department of Defense, dictating the alignment of IT programs and initiatives with enterprise-level IT strategy and roadmaps.

This position demands a proactive leader with a customer-centric vision and an unwavering commitment to enabling the mission through groundbr eaking technical solutions.

This is a full-time position located at Hanscom AFB, Bedford, MA or Remote possibility.

Requirements

Duties includ e, but not limited to: 

Work with the team leadership to:

• Translate mission needs and compliance requirements within the team’s scope of responsibility into solutions
• Enhance the operational stability, resilience, scalability, and security of mission-critical systems and major commands and war fighters globally
• Spearhead integration initiatives with external entities to share data
• Identify opportunities for new capabilities, including ones using emerging technologies
• Monitor team progress towards milestones; identify and mitigate risks and remove roadblocks
• Guide decision-making on tools, frameworks, and processes
• Identify cost savings and opportunities for efficiencies

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Minimum Required Qualifications

Clearance : Ability to obtain a TS/SCI Level Clearance

Education:  Bachelor Degree

Years of Experience: 15 years of directly related experience, 8 of which must be in the DoD

Extensive experience in the following:

• Contributing to the product and platform vision, as well as defining the strategy within the broader scope of long-term organizational needs
• Full-stack development using an object-oriented language with frameworks like Spring, Spring Boot, and React
• Design and implementation of APIs
• Performance optimization and scalability principles within an enterprise-class software system
• implementing DevOps practices, including CI/CD
• SQL and NoSQL databases, with the ability to design performant and reliable data persistence solutions
• Automation frameworks and tools for managing complex workflows
• Demonstrated success in leading agile software teams
• Must have excellent analytical abilities and problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

Education:  Master's Degree and 12 years of relevant experience or PhD in a related field and 10 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed

• Comprehensive knowledge of industry-standard automated systems, networks, networking principles, and network security.
• Experience with DoD or Air Force acquisition programs
• Deep knowledge of mission, roles, functions, organizational structures, & ops of DAF organizations to provide operational and strategic staff g