Lead Enterprise Architect (SME)

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TechFlow is looking for a Lead Enterprise Architect (SME) who will support our Department of Homeland Security customer in leveraging architecture capabilities to create defined outputs and/or facilitate defined agile Target Architecture processes.

The Lead Enterprise Architect leads strategic planning initiatives in defining the agency’s enterprise architecture by enabling leadership to collaborate with stakeholders to support mission functions; facilitating and managing iterative development of the target architectures through supporting agility, continual improvements, and effective use of enterprise resources.

• Meet with management and team members frequently to propose initiatives and helps establish priorities
• Create and maintain a common vision and roadmap for various segment target states, ensuring consistency of business processes, standardization of data and information flow, and interoperable technologies through the integration of business and IT management across the enterprise and with external partners
• Help to assure those mission requirements and target architectures drive technology investment
• Identify current segment capabilities, performance gaps, and projected target needs
• Provide on-demand support for enterprise-wide, target, and segment business and technical artifacts, guidance, data, visualizations, reports, and studies
• Facilitate and lead cross-functional activities to increase stakeholder participation and satisfaction to include providing enterprise architecture support, program engagement and coordination, working groups, councils, and Integrated Product Teams (IPT)
• Capture and build-out target architecture artifacts in a centralized repository while working with other DHS EA entities and Components to harmonize EA data and processes
• Provide, plan, and build enterprise-wide and segment-specific business and technical targets across DHS organizations that perform similar missions
• Support the agency’s ability to develop and deliver against its IT strategy

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 11+ years of progressive experience in solutions architecture to include the following:
  • Knowledge of the DHS EA/FEAF documentation requirements
  • Enterprise and Target Architecture development and documentation experience
    
  • Systems modernization projects
  • Demonstrated experience implementing successful Agile Techniques
• Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing Scrum teams

• Strong communication, interpersonal and mentoring skills
• Experience working with federal financial systems
• Certified Scrum Master

About TechFlow

Founded in 1995 at the start of the dot-com revolution, TechFlow helped large commercial clients such as Dreamworks, Toshiba, MGM, and others modernize their business systems. Today, with deep operational roots in the bi-coastal innovation hubs of California and Washington DC, TechFlow continues as a leader in applying innovative engineering, technology, integration solutions, and support services to the Federal Government’s most demanding mission and business challenges.

Our culture thrives on out-of-the-box thinking and the unique powerful entrepreneurial expressions of our employee-owners. As a 100% employee-owned company, we have a shared expectation of commitment, accountability, and responsibility driven by a culture that embraces innovation and new ideas. Our goal is not to do what has been done, but to do it better.

TechFlow has three principal lines of business: Platform Services, Mission Services, and Digital Services. Our company has a strong track record of successful contracts in both areas and encourages cross-collaboration.

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Benefits

TechFlow, Inc is 100% employee-owned. Come make a difference in a job that contributes to your future and helps us build an agile workplace!

• Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) – Pride in being an employee-owner and annual employer contribution (per plan guidelines)
• 401k plan with Roth option.
  • Eligibility for an employer match.
  • Immediate vesting
• Paid time off
• Holidays – 11 paid holidays per year
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• Company-paid Life & AD&D insurance plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Resources
• Company-paid training and development program
• Voluntary benefits include:
  • Life & AD&D Insurance for employee, spouse, and children
  • Short-term and long-term disability (per plan guidelines)
  • Legal Shield and Identity Theft protection plans
  • Pet Insurance