| Position Number |
ETS1001 |
| Status
(18/05/2008) |
Open |
| Job Category |
Federal Enterprise Architect |
| Salary Range |
Based on Experience |
| Location |
Washington, DC metropolitan area |
| Citizenship Requirement |
Must be a U.S. citizen and eligible for U.S. Government security clearance |
| Years of Relevant Experience |
5 |
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Seeking accomplished engineers with a minimum of 5 years of professional
experience, of which at least 3 years must be significant experience implementing
Federal Enterprise Architectures and applying Enterprise Life Cycle methodologies
in government agencies.Positions require working hand-in-hand with government
officials, and specific assignments include:
- Maintenance of a comprehensive EA project plan that fully describes
the overall EA activity and reflects the General Accountability Office
(GAO) EA Maturity Management Framework (EAMMF)
- Maintenance of EA Volumes and Enterprise Standards Profile (ESP)
- Performance of EA analyses based on As-Is and To-Be states and preparation
of draft updates to EA
- Facilitation of Enterprise Architecture discussions to forecast To-Be EA
- Preparation and delivery of internal EA workshops, including trainings to use EA and ESP
- Preparation of project reviews for compliance with EA, engineering
best-practices, and Capital Planning Investment Control
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Working with business users, analyzing business functions and systems, developing recommendations, and establishing linkages between agency architectures and the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) to ensure that components, best practices, and lessons learned are leveraged both within agencies and across the Federal Government.
- Identifying and recommending the appropriate application of the EA in meeting specific business needs.
- Analyzing existing architecture to identify inefficiencies, redundancies, obsolescence and technology support gaps.
- Performing artifact collection, conducting analyses, and producing reports responsive to agency and external requirements.
- Identifying and acquiring data needed to develop and populate EA models,verifying data to be included in the EA models, and developing data taxonomies to aid in logical organization of the information EA model.
- Using EA tools, such as Systems Architect, Metis, Adaptive, and other EA Repository tools.
- Maintaining the Enterprise Standards Profile Repository.
- Interacting with executives, senior management, staff and stakeholders, with minimum guidance to meet goals, objectives and deadlines under demanding situations.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or engineering with significant relevant experience.
- A combination of at least 3 years of experience defining, developing, implementing and maintaining enterprise architectures for the Federal Government.
- Must have excellent analytical, written and verbal skills, be highly organized to work independently, and have the ability to constructively contribute to teamwork.
- Solid understanding of and experience with the business performance, data services (application) and technology architectures areas of EA.
- Working knowledge of the FEA Reference Models and their application at the agency level; OMBs E-Government Initiatives and various CIO Council guidelines; and EA governance.
- Knowledge of leading-edge designs, technologies, methodologies, enterprise application integration, object-relational integration, business process reengineering, open system standards and technologies, relational database technologies, tools, and best engineering practices. Technology areas include e-Government, Service Based Architecture, Internet and Intranet design, web services, Java and object programming, Wireless networking, Public Key Infrastructure, Application Integration, and Collaborative computing.
- Knowledge of software architectures and OO architectures (n-tier, servlets, EJB, J2EE, web Services), and E-Commerce (CRM, Content Management, Portals, EAI, XML, etc.).
- Ability to build consensus among strong subject matter experts, handle multiple tasks concurrently and work across organizational hierarchies.
- Experience with the integration of EA with the Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) process.
- Experience with EA tools, such as Systems Architect, Metis, Adaptive, and other EA repository tools.
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