Architect Principal

Torch Technologies Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nation’s top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: "Lighting the Pathway of Freedom". And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!

Architect Principal

Torch Technologies is seeking an Architect Principal to join the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Common Services (CS). ERP Common Services is responsible for establishing, integrating, and ERP applications. ERP CS supports the deployment of the Air Force Integrated Personnel and Pay System (AFIPPS-ACAT I), Defense Enterprise Accounting Management System (DEAMS- ACAT I) and Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Initiative (MROi-BCAT II). This position supports AFLCMC/GBE.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining relationships with DISA, Cloud One, Oracle, Cloud Service Providers and other key vendors.
• Determining the gaps between the current and the target architecture and recommending plans for transitioning to target architecture.
• Identifying opportunities to improve enterprise-level systems to support business processes and utilize emerging technologies.
• Educate customers and stakeholders on the use and value of the enterprise architecture and services by developing key relationships with mission partners and identifying opportunities to promote service offerings.
• Identify opportunities for mission partners to consume service offerings delivered by system implementer.
• Provide enterprise architecture guidance, support, and coordination to customers and IT project teams to the following areas: DISA, Cloud service providers, specifically Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle hardware / SuperCluster, Oracle Database, Applications, Middleware (OIAM, SOA, OSB, OEM, BI) DevSecOps, Dev Tools, Test Tools, Networking, F5 (Big IP), and other enterprise grade software systems.
• Analysis and implementation of DoW Cyber requirements such as RMF.
• Documenting the enterprise architecture infrastructure including the business units and key processes, using modeling techniques.
• Ensuring technical integration is achieved across the enterprise and mission partners by participating in test planning, validation, and reviews.
• Evaluating the impact of enterprise architecture products and services on IT investments, business operations, stakeholder satisfaction, and other outcomes.
• Coordinating and conducting governance and portfolio management activities associated with ensuring compliance with the enterprise architecture and/or ensuring the rigorous application of information security/cybersecurity policies, principles, and practices to all components of the enterprise architecture.
• Review and assist in leading architecture and design in ‘move out’ to FedRAMP and DOD SRG approved Cloud environments, specifically Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, but may also include DISA, AWS, Azure and other Cloud Service Providers.
• Assist in the establishment of a DISA Cloud Access Point (CAP) and cloud inter-connects.
• Help to optimize customer and developer quality of life and recommending the policies and principles to guide technology decisions for enterprise architecture.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced Degree (MA/MS) in Computer Science, Information Technology or other Engineering Discipline and 5 years of experience, 3 of which must be in or support of the DoW
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology or other Engineering Discipline and 7 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, 4 of which must be in the DoW
• 15 years of directly related experience with proper certifications, 8 of which must be in the DoW
• Minimum 3 years' experience developing, deploying or maintaining operational cloud (OCI, AWS and/or Azure) environments with an emphasis on federal or DoW systems (GovCloud, Cloud One).
• Cloud Certification preferred, relevant to position, product(s) supported.
• CompTIA Security + Certification Must have and maintain an Active Secret security clearance. (required to start)

Preferred Qualifications

• Cloud experience (OCI)
• Atlassian Tool suite
• Agile Development methodologies
• ServiceNow

Schedule, Location and Contract

Schedule: (M-F; 8-5)
Work Location: Onsite
Travel: 0% - 10%
Relocation Assistance Available: No
Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract: No #LI-AH1

Benefits

• ESOP participation
• 401(k) match
• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• short-term disability
• long-term disability
• flexible spending accounts
• Health Saving Accounts
• Health Reimbursement Accounts
• EAP
• education assistance
• paid time off
• holidays

Employment at Torch Technologies is contingent upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background check. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Torch Technologies, Inc. participates in E-Verify. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access Careers Link as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by sending an email to View email address on click.appcast.io.

Thank you for your interest in Torch Technologies.

Torch Technologies is dedicated to providing superior research, development, and engineering services to the Department of Defense. As defense contractors, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. From the CEO's desk... When Bill Roark and Don Holder founded Torch in 2002, they knew that employees were the company's greatest asset. They believed that offering employees a stake in the outcome, by making them all owners, was critical to building a successful organization. I share that feeling. Bill and Don's original intent was fully achieved in 2011 when Torch converted to a 100 percent S-Corp ESOP. Since that time, the company has grown over ten-fold and gained national recognition for the success we have demonstrated as an employee-owned company. Today, Torch continues to respect the individual contributions of our employee-owners and to share the rewards of our success. In addition, we continue to foster an environment of employee recognition, respect, development, and comradery while striving to achieve a healthy work-life balance. We recognize that core to our company is a culture of trust with our employees, customers, business partners, and community. Our management team is committed to continue to earn that trust. This past year, Torch proudly announced that we were Certified Evergreen. A timely achievement for Torch employee-owners as they will celebrate Torch’s 20th anniversary this October, becoming Certified Evergreen signifies that while Torch employee-owners can look back on Torch’s past with pride, Torch is also looking forward. Becoming Certified Evergreen means that Torch has committed to finding ways to make 100 percent employee ownership sustainable so that Torch will remain a private company forever. Going forward, Torch will continue to evolve to address market and technology changes in order to become a major provider of cost-effective technical services and solutions to the Warfighter. We are making significant investments into facilities, equipment, business systems, and research to enable us to provide innovations and timely business services to our clients. We feel that always looking to improve our service is key to sustaining customer trust in the future. Likewise, we believe that continuing to share ownership is one of the ways we maintain employee trust and an unparalleled commitment to succeed. Combined, these timeless principles form the basis of the Torch culture. A culture that we are committed to continue and strive to pass on to the next generation of employee-owners as an Evergreen Company.