What are the responsibilities and job description for the Enterprise Architect/Strategist position at SPA?
Qualifications
Required :
Active National and / or NATO Secret security clearance
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field related to Enterprise Architecture (e.g., Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Sciences and Technology, Mathematics, Business Administration, Systems Engineering, etc); professional experience in Enterprise Architecture (minimum of 5 years) will be accepted in lieu of degree in a relevant field
Demonstrable experience (at least 5 years in the last 10) as lead / key contributor in the development of enterprise or solution architectures for complex systems and environments
Demonstrable recent experience in use of and training or certification in Enterprise Architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, DODAF, NAF4, or similar
Demonstrable recent experience applying ArchiMate notation for architecture modeling
Demonstrable experience in coordinating architectural work across multiple teams and projects
Demonstrable experience working with and configuring professional collaborative architecture tools (e.g. Sparx Enterprise Architect, Aris) and work with shared architecture repositories
Demonstrable experience in presenting architectural information to non-technical audience and leadership
Demonstrable experience in developing and applying architectural quality standards, modeling guides, and templates
Knowledge of the software products to support the representation of the architectures using web reporting, Data Science, and Business Intelligence techniques and tools (e.g. PowerBI, Semantic Wikis, ARCHI, etc.)
Experience working for NATO or similar military or international structure (i.e. International Organization or national MoD)
National of one of the 32 NATO countries
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will develop architectural models to align ongoing and future programs and initiatives, delivering the Digital Transformation Implementation Strategy and larger capability development function of HQ SACT.
Develop Capability Architectures in support of the different modernization and transformation programs and part of the Business and Information Enterprise Architecture.
Provide the high-level architectural overviews, dashboards, and heat maps to support gap / overlap analysis and coherence between multiple programs and initiatives; provide reusable architectural building blocks shared across multiple capability architectures, and support multiple capability architecture teams within HQ SACT with common processes, templates, guidelines, tools, and reports.
Conduct a critical analysis and review of existing and under-development enterprise and capability architectures in order to gain big picture perspective of architecture maturity across multiple projects.
Develop and maintain an overarching strategic Enterprise Architecture overview linking existing program capability architectures.
Support architectural coherence of multiple Capability Programs and data integration and advanced Business Intelligence reporting based on architectural data, requirements, and program data and creation of reports, dashboards, and heatmaps on their connections, overlaps, and gaps.
Present architectural information in various formats appropriate for non-technical stakeholders and leadership.
Provide architectural guidance to Capability Architects, Program Directors, and Requirements Managers.
Support program and project planning activities to ensure they take into account the architectural dependencies, and support Capability Architects to ensure consistency of design and adherence to appropriate architectural standards and the Enterprise Architecture.
Develop, configure, and maintain templates, guides, HOWTO documents, and reports for Enterprise Architecture and Capability Architectures.
Follow ArchiMate and NATO Architectural Framework 3 (NAF3) guidelines and best practices.
Configure, integrate, and maintain architectural tools and shared repositories.
Maintain a library of reusable Architectural Building Blocks (e.g., taxonomies, reference architectures) to be used across enterprise and capability architectures.
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