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CONTINGENT UPON CONTRACT AWARD Enterprise Architect in Support of Act Architectural Coherence Norfolk, VA Job Duties: 1. Conduct a critical analysis and review of existing and under-development enterprise and capability architectures in order to gain a big picture perspective of architecture maturity across multiple projects. 2. Develop and maintain an overarching strategic Enterprise Architecture overview linking existing programme capability architectures. 3. Support architectural coherence of multiple Capability Programmes. Support data integration and advanced Business Intelligence reporting based on architectural data, requirements and programme data and creation of reports, dashboards and heatmaps on their connections, overlaps and gaps. 4. Present architectural information in various formats appropriate for non-technical stakeholders and leadership. 5. Provide architectural guidance to capability architects, and programme directors, and requirements managers. 6. Support programme and project planning activities to ensure they take into account the architectural dependencies. 7. Support capability architects to ensure consistency of design and adherence to appropriate architectural standards and to the Enterprise Architecture. 8. Develop, configure and maintain templates, guides, HOWTO documents and reports for Enterprise Architecture and Capability Architectures. Follow ArchiMate and NATO Architectural Framework 3 (NAF3) guidelines and best practices. 9. Configure, integrate and maintain architectural tools and shared repositories. 10. Maintain a library of reusable Architectural Building Blocks (e.g. taxonomies, reference architectures) to be used across enterprise and capability architectures. 11. Perform additional tasks as required by the Contracting Officer`s Technical Representative (COTR) related to the labour category. Qualifications: 1. A University degree level education in a relevant field related to Enterprise Architecture (e.g. Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Information Sciences and Technology, Mathematics, Business Administration, etc.). Professional experience in enterprise architecture of min. 5 years will be accepted in lieu of degree in a relevant field. 2. Demonstrable experience (at least 5 years in the last 10) as lead/key contributor in the development of enterprise or solution architectures for complex systems and environments. 3. Demonstrable recent experience in use of and training or certification (i.e. in the last 10 years) in Enterprise Architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, DODAF, NAF4 or similar. 4. Demonstrable recent experience (i.e. in the last 10 years) of applying ArchiMate notation for architecture modelling. 5. Demonstrable experience in coordinating architectural work across multiple teams and projects. 6. Demonstrable experience in working with and configuring professional collaborative architecture tools (e.g. Sparx Enterprise Architect, Aris) and work with shared architecture repositories. 7. Demonstrable experience (2 years or more in the last 10) in scripting and software development, particularly in scripting and customizing architectural tools (e.g. Sparx EA, Aris) using JScript, VBScript, SQL, XML or similar. 8. Demonstrable experience in presenting architectural information to non-technical audience and leadership. 9. Demonstrable experience in developing and applying architectural quality standards, modeling guides and templates. 10. Knowledge of the software products to support the representation of the architectures using web reporting, Data Science and Business Intelligence techniques and tools (e.g. PowerBI, Semantic Wikis). 11. Experience working for NATO or similar military or international structure (i.e. International Organization or national MoD). 12. Demonstrated proficiency in English as defined in Standardization Agreement (STANAG) 6001 (Standardized Linguistic Profile (SLP) 3333 - Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) or equivalent. 13. Valid NATO Nation passport with no travel restrictions to NATO nations. Other Requirements: US Citizenship required for this Position: Yes Working Environment: The usual daily work conditions will be in an office environment located at Norfolk, VA. The job requires occasional lifting of computer and other equipment, generally not in excess of 50 lbs. Applied Training Solutions, LLC is a leading simulations company providing innovative systems, products, and solutions to government and commercial customers. |
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