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ECS · 1 day ago

Software Architect

Arlington, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

ECS is a leading mid-sized provider of technology services to the United States Federal Government. They are seeking a Software Architect to lead the design and implementation of secure, scalable, and robust data analytics and application solutions for the Army National Guard portfolio, while managing software development processes and enhancing enterprise capabilities.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud InfrastructureComplianceConsultingCyber SecurityInformation TechnologyMachine LearningSecuritySoftware

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Establishing and maintaining a comprehensive software engineering program that rapidly delivers secure and working products and software solutions, as well as providing a software engineering program that applies to all relevant fields of engineering to include physical systems, requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, and management of software systems across the ARNG Enterprise portfolio

Establishing software development lifecycle and engineering processes and organize for development and operations based on the Agile methodology

Establishing a Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) pipeline that builds in security and maximizes the concept of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) that automates build, integration, and testing processes

Developing a Product Development Life Cycle (PDLC) plan and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) plan that describes the end-to-end and detailed management approach

Establishing an organizational structure and cross-functional teams to support all efforts

Establishing domain expertise in ARNG Enterprise functional areas to understand the needs of stakeholders and develop an adaptive stance to manage change; in particular, the full range of operations across the Army Force Management Model which includes Total Army Analysis (TAA) and Programming, Planning, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE), application of Global Force Management Data Initiative (GFM DI) in the Army, Global Force Management (Joint Publication 1-02), and the concepts of Dynamic Force Structure (DFS), Dynamic Force Employment (DFE), and Deploy to Redeploy (D2R)

Establishing an enterprise design to identify and implement the “as-is,” “transitory,” and “to-be” states to realize requirements

Facilitating the transition of products from the “as-is” state to the “to-be” end state in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems

For products without a defined “to-be” state, establishing a collaborative working relationship with the Government and functional proponents to develop and implement an appropriate end state for the entire portfolio

As part of the portfolio’s “to-be” state, delivering an enterprise force management capability to support follow-on requirements in support of the ARNG G6

Managing the evolution of underlying, disparate, and distributed ARNG Enterprise infrastructure solutions to an enterprise solution IAW DoD guidance for cloud and application migration and consolidation

Managing the data layer of supported systems by executing and nesting with efforts such as data cleansing. Examples of data efforts include supporting the Army Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Unified Data initiative, implementation of the GFM DI standard (see Department of Defense Manual (DoDM) 8260.03 Volume 1 and Volume 2), and compliance with the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC)

Establishing a measurement method to enable the ARNG Enterprise to qualitatively and quantitatively understand and make informed decisions on quality, cost, schedule, and performance

Delivering and managing a set of artifacts and data to enable full auditability

Utilizing commercial items and processes

Qualification

Software architectureData analytics technologiesCloud platformsETL toolsPythonITIL® 4 certificationAgile methodologyService operations managementCOOP/COG planning

Required

Eight or more years of progressive experience in software development, with a minimum of three or more years in a software or data architect role

Hands-on experience with data analytics technologies, including data warehousing, extract, transform, load (ETL) tools, and big data technologies (e.g., Spark, Hadoop)

Possess an ITIL® 4 certification with the Managing Professional Framework or higher

Possess the appropriate certifications to achieve DoDM 8140.03 qualification requirements for the DCWF work role 651 (Enterprise Architect)

Possess a TS clearance with eligibility for SCI

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or Software Engineering

Preferred

Experience managing service operations as a service manager against SLAs on a DoD contract

Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, and experience with command-line tools for automation and data manipulation

Experience with Continuity of Operations (COOP)/Continuity of Government (COG) planning

Expertise in designing and implementing solutions using cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, or Google Cloud

Company

ECS

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ECS is a fast-growing 4,000-person, $1.2B provider of advanced technology solutions for federal civilian, defense, intelligence, and commercial customers.

Founded in 2001

Fairfax, Virginia, USA

1001-5000 employees