The Enterprise Architect must be able to meet the key criteria below:

Location: 100% remote

Years’ Experience: 5+ years experience

Education: Bachelor degree in Engineering or IT related field

Security Clearance: IBR is a federal contractor. Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

NOTE: United States Citizenship is required as part of the eligibility criteria to be able to obtain this type of security clearance.

Employment Type: Exempt

Key Skills:

• Experience developing and managing DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF) artifacts
• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
• Experience performing requirements analysis and translating requirements into viable concept design solutions
• Experience maintaining system protocols, architecture, requirements, and associated design documents through traceability, updating procedures, analyzing system and program changes.
• Experience writing user stories and acceptance criteria
• Experience with design documentation and CDRLs

Position Overview

IBR is seeking an Enterprise Architect who will support the Agile based engineering of a robust, secure, and scalable enterprise system delivering capability. This position will support enterprise architecture and systems engineering tasks such as system design and DoDAF artifact development.  You will provide expertise in business process modeling and requirements engineering and will assess the current business process and requirements baseline of business customers and solution providers.

Responsibilities

• Assist in requirements gathering, elicitation, and analysis in order to support concept architectures and system characteristics
• Review and analyze system requirements and identify impacts to the appropriate requirements and/or design specifications.
• Develops and maintains DoDAF artifacts
• Identify integration issues and system requirements discrepancies across multiple systems.
• Coordinate and facilitate formal decisions and trade studies to drive design and document results
• Maintains system protocols, architecture, requirements, and associated design documents through traceability, updating procedures, analyzing system and program changes.
• Provide technical inputs in the creating and review of all engineering documents (ie. SOW, CDRL, etc.) for accuracy and compliance with requirements
• Support the execution and monitoring of cost, schedule, risk, and Contract Data Requirement List (CDRL) delivery
• Develop process/control changes by identifying gaps/issues/areas for improvement, writing improved processes.
• Review, analyze, and track specifications and data packages
• Coordinate meetings and communicate with stakeholders
• Develop process/control changes by identifying gaps/issues/areas for improvement, writing improved processes.
• Recommends new or modified controls by identifying problems; writing improved procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering or similar IT related field
• 5+ years systems engineering experience
• Must be able to obtain and maintain up to a Secret security clearance
• Must have experience as an Enterprise Architect/Systems Engineer specifically supporting systems engineering tasks such as:
  • System design and development of documentation
  • DoDAF artifact development
  • Provide expertise in business process modeling and requirements engineering
  • Assessing current business processes and requirements
• Experience with eliciting, refining, and decomposition of requirements to provide a comprehensive set of requirements that meet the business customer needs.
• Experience performing requirements analysis and translating requirements into viable concept design solutions
• Experience facilitating the elicitation of requirements with business customers, system assessment teams, test teams, etc. to ensure prioritization
• Experience preparing technical reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Experience maintaining system protocols, architecture, requirements, and associated design documents through traceability, updating procedures, analyzing system and program changes.
• Experience developing and evaluating architecture concepts
• Experience writing user stories and acceptance criteria
• Experience with design documentation and CDRLs; planning, conducting, and documentation experience
• Experience balancing system design (ie. CONOPS, performance, constraints, logistics) concerns
• Must have experience with Agile methodology and full Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Physical Demands and Work Environment

While this position primarily involves sedentary work in an office environment and/or home-office environment, there are some physical demands associated with the role, including:

• Extended periods of sitting and working at a computer workstation.
• Occasional lifting and carrying of equipment or materials weighing up to 20 pounds.
• Occasional travel to client sites or meetings may be required.
• Work may need to be performed in a fast-paced environment requiring quick thinking and rapid judgements.
• Additionally, flexible work arrangements may be available based on business needs.
• Employee will be exposed to a wide variety of clients in differing functions, personalities, and abilities.

About IBR
Imagine Believe Realize, LLC (IBR) is an emerging small business focused on delivering software and systems engineering solutions to government and commercial clients. Our talent acquisition strategy is tailored to career seeking candidates who embrace continuous learning and desire to grow as a professional in the software/systems engineering industry. We strive to enhance our team members ability to thrive in the workplace by creating a proper work/life balance and first-class benefits package that includes:

• Nationwide medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 3 weeks of Paid Time Off and 11 Paid Federal Holidays
• 401k matching
• Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability at no cost to our employees
• Flexible spending accounts and Dependent Care spending accounts
• Wellness incentives
• Reimbursement for professional development and certifications
• Training assistance opportunities

Upon hire and in compliance with federal law, all persons hired are required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States, and to complete the required employment eligibility verification and background check. IBR is a Federal Contractor.

Imagine Believe Realize, LLC is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, age, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.”
Learn more at http://www.teamibr.com