USFS is an ISO 9001 management consulting firm with headquarters in the National Capital Region and offices and staff in 12 US states.  USFS staff average 10+ years of professional experience, over 80 percent of our staff have bachelor’s degrees, and over half have advanced degrees in business and technology. USFS was founded in 2010 and provides financial management, acquisition management, program management, and data analytic support services to federal and state governments. US Federal Solutions, a leading management consulting firm, is seeking an Enterprise Architect to support the Air Force.

Position Overview:

We are seeking an Enterprise Architecture (EA) subject matter expert, this person will provide hands-on architecture artifacts development and support the Business system architecture consolidation activities. The person is required to have a solid understanding of EA best practices to ensure EA artifacts are developed, updated and properly maintained. This person will also be responsible for artifacts development and management activities to optimizing the portfolio of systems and to reduce costs. This person will be involved in hands-on development of EA models leveraging ARIS reporting to DoD Enterprise Architect.

Work Schedule, Location, and Travel:

• Hybrid with onsite at DoD bases in MD required at least 2-3 days per week. (Joint Base Andrews)
• Normal office hours are 08:00 to 17:00 Monday through Friday.

Requirements

Security Clearance:

• US Citizenship.
• Active and adjudicated Secret clearance required

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree OR additional FOUR (4) years’ experience related to Enterprise Architecture, Portfolio Management, Strategic Planning, Business Intelligence and Analytics, Strategic Analysis, Use Case Development and/or IT Technology Consulting may be used in lieu of a bachelor's degree
• Minimum of SIX (6) years of Experience
• Extensive DODAF experience.
• Ability to travel to DoD Base in MD - Required (at least 2-3 days a week)
• Develop and sustain Enterprise, Segment and Solution architecture artifacts using BEA/DODAF architecture principles
• Familiarity or experience in architecture tools like ARIS, System Architect etc., Ability to learn on the job if experience is not there.
• Identifying high level transformational or optimization use cases based on various documentation/pain points/requirements
• Experience creating high level use case realization diagrams to illustrate interaction patterns between various components based on selected use cases
• Implementing architecture (DODAF/FEAF) and/or participated in the development of artifacts for IT optimization
• Experience in business intelligence, analytics, software development and supporting various roles such as deployment architect, developer, technical architect etc.
• Publish artifacts and models for various integration and governance use
• Experience/exposure in Analytics tools like PowerBI, Tableau, Qlik and e2e platforms like Palantir, Data Bricks etc.,
• Solid Office 365 platform experience and presentation skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree Preferred
• TOGAF Certification is a plus

Benefits

• Employer-provided paid Medical / Dental / Vision insurance.
• Employer matching 401K plan.
• PTO
• 11 Federal Holidays
• Additionally voluntary benefits to include Short / Long Term Disability, Term Life, and AD&D Insurance.