Enterprise Architect SME

Enterprise Architect SME

Our partner is supporting a U.S. Government customer to provide support for onsite incident response to civilian government agencies and critical asset owners who experience cyber-attacks, providing immediate investigation and resolution. Contract personnel perform investigations to characterize the severity of breaches, develop mitigation plans, and assist with the restoration of services. They are seeking an Enterprise Architect SME to support this critical customer mission.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end mapping of new technology identification, requirements development, and workflows across all Threat Hunt
• Identify and document inputs, outputs, and dependencies for each phase of new technology insertion
• Develop visual diagrams (process flows, swimlanes, dependency maps) to illustrate how proposed changes impact each section/branch
• Facilitate workshops with stakeholders to validate workflows and uncover cross-functional impacts
• Deliver actionable visuals and documentation to support strategic planning, compliance, and operational readiness
• Document current and define future-state workflows and processes
• Identify inputs, outputs, and key activities for each phase
• Map dependencies between initiatives, systems, and teams
• Develop end-to-end workflow diagrams
• Create swimlane diagrams to show roles and handoffs
• Validate diagrams and maps with stakeholders
• Analyze impact on each subdivision/branch
• Identify gaps and recommend process/system changes
• Deliver final visuals and documentation to leadership

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship
• Active TS/SCI Clearance
• Ability to obtain Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Entry on Duty (EOD) Suitability
• BS Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Cyber Security, Computer Engineering, or related degree
• 12+ years of direct relevant experience in systems engineering and architecture development
• Knowledge in various IT fields that include but are not limited to systems and networking engineering, technical analytics, threat hunt incident response/hunt deployment tools, cloud technologies, and databases
• Experience with and technical understanding of cybersecurity attack-mitigation techniques and cybersecurity architectures
• Experience with Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC) processes and practices, Change Management practices, requirements management, traceability, and associated tools
• Possesses or quickly develops a comprehensive understanding of Government Information Security policies, regulations, and guidelines
• Must be able to work collaboratively across agencies and physical locations.
• Knowledge and experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or similar lean Agile framework
• Agile Systems Engineering and/or development experience
• DevSecOps or DevOps experience

Desired Skills

• Experience and/or familiarity with architectural views including operational, technical standards, and system/services views and business, data, applications, and technology architectures using applicable standards (e.g., DODAF, FEAF)
• Experience and/or familiarity with software and system lifecycle methodologies, (e.g ISO, CMMI, ITIL, Agile, SAFe)
• Experience with requirements management tools (DOORS preferred)
• Experience and/or familiarity of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and security and privacy controls (NIST 800-37 and NIST 800-53)
• DHS experience

Desired Certifications

• DoD 8140 IAT Level III
• Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP)
• SAFe certification (SA, SP, SSM/SASM, RTE, POPM, SPD, ASE, or SPC)

For more than 20 years, NewGen Technologies has solved our clients' toughest IT challenges with integrity, security, and outstanding service by delivering both technology and talent. We have helped secure borders, have used artificial intelligence (AI) to fight terror, aided the identification of criminals, and have helped to prevent crime through the introduction of biometrics. Our team of Highly Cleared Specialists have hard-to-find skills and expertise in a wide spectrum of technologies to provide solutions that transform business processes and solve problems of national significance.