Senior Architect - (Model-Based Systems Engineering)

Senior Architect

Location: Dulles, VA

Must have an active Secret Clearance

Node is supporting a U.S. Government customer on a large mission-critical development and sustainment program to design, build, deliver, and operate a network operations environment including introducing new cyber capabilities to address emerging threats.

Node is seeking a Sr. Architect to assess requirements and develop Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) views of large-scale cybersecurity architectures and associated artifacts to support the development of advanced cybersecurity capabilities.

Responsibilities include:
- Partnering with the Chief Architect to develop advanced, leading-edge, cloud-oriented architectures with DoDAF views that communicate and enable the development of new cybersecurity capabilities to a major U.S. Government customer
- Partnering with Agile teams to incrementally develop system architecture, designs and implementation of advanced, cloud-oriented cybersecurity capabilities
- Interfacing directly with customers, stakeholders, and end-users regarding capability architectures, requirements, use cases, and stories to derive, develop and decompose next-cycle updates and specifications.

Requirements

Required Skills:

- Must be a US Citizen
- Must have an active Secret clearance and be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
- Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
- 10+ years of applicable hands-on practitioner experience with MBSE tools such as Cameo Enterprise Architect.
- Must demonstrate proficiency in the development DoDAF architecture views (OVs, SVs, SvcVs, DIVs, etc.)
- Able to work effectively and collaboratively as a leader, in a group, or as an individual contributor
- Strong working knowledge of IT products and services
- Innovative, technical mindset, focused on delivering value to stakeholders and developers
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and proven ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization
- Ability to analyze information and identify relevant facts
- Ability to shape opinions of key stakeholders and influence outcomes - Proven track record of achieving desired results
- Strong and diverse business and technical acumen
- Experience working with senior leadership including VP and Director levels

Desired Skills:
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) knowledge and experience
- Experience in the development of MBSE models and artifacts in support of Epic analysis
- Experience working with cloud architectures (AWS, Azure), and DevOps and/or DevSecOps environments
- Experience working on projects that implement analytic models into production systems
- Experience with agile tools, including Jira and Jira Align

Required Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or a related technical field. (Two years of related work experience may be substituted for each year of degree-level education.)

Desired Certifications:
- DoD 8570.1 IAT Level II

Company Overview:

Node.Digital is an independent Digital Automation & Cognitive Engineering company that integrates best-of-breed technologies to accelerate business impact.

Our Core Values help us in our mission. They include:

OUR CORE VALUES

*Identifying the~RIGHT PEOPLE~and developing them to their full capabilities*

*Our customer’s “Mission” is our “Mission”. Our~MISSION FIRST~approach is designed to keep our customers fully engaged while becoming their trusted partner*

*We believe in~SIMPLIFYING~complex problems with a relentless focus on agile delivery excellence*

*Our mantra is “~Simple*Secure*Speed~” in delivery of innovative services and solutions*

Benefits

• Medical (100% Coverage for Employee)
• Dental
• Vision
• Basic Life (100% Coverage for Employee)
• Health Saving Account
• 401K
• Three weeks of PTO
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Pre-Approved Online Training