Software / Systems Architect Technical Specialist

Arcfield Overview

Responsibilities

• Support the Sponsor and work with a product owner in defining system requirements and mission value increments (MVIs) for multiple services provided to external stakeholders.
• Interact with mission partners, portfolio owners, customer account managers, and business analysts to elicit, understand, and document MVIs for the system.
• Document, analyze, and review software requirements for a larger software development team responsible for development, testing, and installation of the system.
• Interact with multiple stakeholders to assess and understand requirements to ensure user stories are consistent and applicable across all services.
• Manage and verify requirements, capturing detailed descriptions of user needs and service functionality.
• Analyze and study complex system requirements.
• Analyze functional business applications for functional activities.
• Perform requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
• Work as part of an agile team, utilizing Kanban and Scrum best practices.
• Maintain Jira dashboards to help manage customer meetings.
• Analyze Jira contents across teams.

Qualifications

• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a scientific or technical discipline.
• BS 10-12 years, MS 8-10 years, PhD 5-7 years of experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of solutions to complex application problems.
• Ability to analyze user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems and review computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations.
• Demonstrated knowledge of enterprise data strategy, data governance practices, data stewardship principles, data architecture principles, data standards, and metadata management best practices.
• Experience with successful full-lifecycle software development projects.
• Ability to translate requirements into end-to-end designs for systems involving multiple interfaces and supporting data repositories, including Web Services, SOA, application integration, Business Intelligence/Data Warehousing, ETL, Data Profiling, Data Mining, and Metadata Repositories.

Desired Qualifications

• Master's degree (or equivalent experience) in a field related to the position.
• 15 years of experience.
• 3 years of experience in the Intelligence Community.
• Demonstrated knowledge of solutions to complex applications problems.
• Ability to analyze user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems and review computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations.
• Demonstrated knowledge in enterprise data strategy, data governance practices, data stewardship principles, data architecture principles, data standards, and metadata management best practices.
• Experience with successful full life-cycle software development projects.
• Analytical and conceptual skills; ability to create original concepts/theories for various projects.
• Ability to work in a dynamic and challenging environment.
• Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to explain technical issues clearly and accurately to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Compensation and Benefits

• Projected compensation range: Min $137,654.90 Max $239,355.16.
• Differentiating factors include Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies, geographic location, education and certifications, and Federal Government Contract Labor categories.
• Benefits include Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, Short Term and Long-Term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs, and other optional benefit elections.