Enterprise Application Architect and BPR
Washington, DC

Job Description

ValidaTek, Inc. is an award-winning Small Business that provides high-security mission-critical IT services to the Federal Government. Our commitment to excellence in service delivery has resulted in dramatic growth and an expanding client base that includes several U.S. Federal Departments. The corporate infrastructure is robust and based on industry best practices as evidenced by our DCAA Approved accounting system, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 20000-1:2011, and ISO 27001:2013 certifications, and CMMI Level 5 for Services (CMMI-SVC Level 5) and CMMI Level 3 for Development (CMMI-DEV Level 3) appraisals. We pride ourselves in being the best and only attracting and retaining the best talent to fuel our rapid growth. We promote a strong employee-focused corporate culture that provides a diverse, prosperous and rewarding place to work. We provide our employees with competitive benefits, educational assistance, and career growth opportunities. Every employee is valued for their contributions and we all take pride in helping our customers achieve their goals, which in turn contributes to the overall success of the company.

http://www.validatek.com/

The OPIC OCIO leverages information technology, management and consulting resources to support OPICs goals to grow the OPIC portfolio and development impact, increase environmental benefit, foster productivity and efficiency and build long-term support for OPIC to advance U.S. foreign policy objectives by supporting administration goals. With its headquarters in Washington, D.C., OPIC administers Loans, Private Equity Funds, and Political Risk Insurance products in 150 countries around the world. OCIO TS is tasked with providing OPIC's information technology (IT) resources necessary to support OPICs approximate 550 employees and contractors located in Washington, D.C. and approximately four (4) OPIC employees stationed overseas.

This project will be supporting OPICs OCIO department in, Customer Relationship Management/Customer Service; Customer Communication/Training; Desktop support and maintenance services; Documentation and technical writing; IT acquisition and asset management support; Network and account administration; Network management and infrastructure; Firewall, Intrusion Detection and Prevention Management, Network Access Control; Network monitoring and maintenance (examples: Switch, Router, Firewall, Access, Active Directory); Internet and intranet services; Program and Project management and administration; Section 508 compliance and remediation; IT asset tracking; Hosting services; COTS application operations, maintenance, security, and client management; Web Server/Application support; Audio Visual (A/V) operations, maintenance, security, and client management; Unified Communication and Collaboration (UCC), Lync (Skype), and Cisco WebEx support; and Business Analytics (examples: Detailed Process Design Documents, Business Analysis, BI Toolsets).

Position Description:

The Enterprise Architecture provides overall direction, guidance, definition and facilitation for the development of current and future architecture required to meet Institute needs, goals, and strategic direction. Responsibilities include the development of strategies aligning IT to OPIC, advocacy and support of current IT strategies, identification and analysis of OPICs drivers to derive useful context, and analysis of the current IT ecosystem to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.

He or she will interface across all departments, acting as visionaries to proactively assist in defining the direction for future projects. They conceive strategies, solutions, build consensus, and sell/execute solutions. They are involved in all aspects of the project life cycle, from the initial kickoff through the requirements analysis, design, and implementation. Additional responsibilities may include establishing overall architectural viewpoints and oversight of organization standards and policies. He or she will identify major system interfaces, business capabilities needs, and existing architecture weaknesses and opportunities for systems. Serving in this role requires an individual to be a self-starter, working both independently and as a team member. Strong communication skills in interfacing with Institute partners and the IT community are required. Architects are also responsible for educating and guiding others on architectural standards, principles, methodology and trends. They must have significant business knowledge and have expertise within two or more areas of information, solution, and/or technical architecture (see below) in which they concentrate. Architects are expected to mentor and coach less experienced staff and provide knowledge transfer across the organization.

The Enterprise Architect provides guidance, road maps, principles, standards and best practices. They must be focused on enabling business and IT leaders to make investment decisions that balance and prioritize current operational demands, disruptions, and opportunities with the longer-term strategic vision of the organization.

Information Architecture Information Architects are responsible for improving business performance or cost optimization through enterprise information solutions, such as master data management, metadata management, business intelligence, content management, data interoperability, analytics, data integration and related information infrastructure components. They are principally focused on the high-level information repositories and information flows that will meet the requirements of the business strategies and business processes. Information Architects provide guidance to BI Analyst and Engineers.

Business Architecture Business Architects are responsible for engaging business partners in analyzing, strategizing, and prioritizing business processes and for ensuring that projects realize their intended business benefits. They identify customer business/process issues and translate them into business requirements. Business Architects champion innovative changes and/or technology-enabled solutions.

Position Requirements/Qualifications:

Education and Certifications

* Bachelors Degree
* Information Technology Discipline
* At least 5 years of support in the role, 10 years preferred

Knowledge and Experience:

Experience supporting US Government Agency IT organizations on an enterprise level to include strategy development, requirements analysis and solution development.

Applicants who are selected for employment will be required to verify authorization to work in the United States.

ValidaTek is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.