Cloud Enterprise Architect

Job Description

Description

SAIC is looking for a highly motivated, hands-on Enterprise Architect candidate who will play a crucial role in aligning our organization's IT infrastructure with its strategic business objectives. This position involves collaboration with various stakeholders to develop, maintain, and govern the Enterprise Architecture that supports and advances our mission and business processes. Your role will be instrumental in guiding the integration of IT and business strategies, ensuring compliance with industry standards, and fostering innovation within the organization. Job responsibilities mainly include:

• Align IT strategies and initiatives with organizational goals, facilitating the integration of business and IT planning to support strategic objectives.
• Architecture Development: Develop and maintain comprehensive Enterprise Architecture models that reflect the organization's current and desired future state, ensuring a strategic path for technology evolution.
• Collaborate effectively with team members across departments to identify and understand organizational challenges and operational inefficiencies. 
• Serve as a key interface between IT and business units, gathering requirements, understanding business processes, and ensuring the Enterprise Architecture meets the needs of the entire organization.
• Follow governance frameworks to oversee IT investments and initiatives, ensuring they align with the Enterprise Architecture and meet compliance standards.
• Research and evaluate emerging technologies for potential adoption, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and operational requirements.
• Proactively identify IT risks, develop mitigation strategies, and ensure secure and reliable system operations in compliance with industry best practices.
• Implement performance metrics to assess the effectiveness of the IT architecture in achieving business objectives, driving continuous improvement.
• Advocate for the rationalization and standardization of technologies and applications, promoting shared services and interoperability to enhance operational efficiency.
• Discovers and defines functional requirements and their relationship to technical requirements; and determines the adequacy of documented requirements for architecture definition for the priorities of the department and organization. 
• Supports the development of Enterprise Architectural strategies, standards, processes, and tools, as well as the development of strategy, frameworks, best practices, and patterns.

Qualifications

• B.S. in technology field computer science, electrical engineering, information systems management, or related field of study AND 8 years of experience, or demonstrate 12 years of equivalent experience in a related field.
• Experience with cloud architecture, cloud solutioning, networking, security, compliance, migration patterns and tools.   
• Experience in working within environments that employ Agile and Scrum methodologies for project management and are structured around a DevOps culture. 
• Experience with software development suites like GitLab and experience with code version control systems 
• Experience with any of the following CSPs: AWS, Azure, Oracle, GCP  
• Experience with STIG and remediating vulnerabilities and vendor best practices 
• Good leadership qualities to instruct and lead junior engineers, administrators, and technicians 
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills. 
• Knowledge and understanding of how to leverage various services for computing, storage, database management, and networking.
• Understand the principles of DevOps and its integration with cloud services. Proficiency in tools like Git, and CI/CD pipelines.

Certifications (minimum of 1 of the following)

• GCP, Azure, or AWS Cloud certifications
• Security+
• CISSP
• CCSP Certified Cloud Security Professional

Citizenship / Clearance Qualifications:

• US Citizenship Required
• Must be able to obtain DHS Public Trust prior to starting

Target salary range: $135,001 - $145,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.
We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion, which is core to our values and important to attract and retain exceptional talent. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.4 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.