Senior Systems Architect

NDS supports our federal customer who plays a crucial role in providing direct cybersecurity engineering support. This program provides systems and security engineering and integration support to specific Governmentsponsored projects pilots and prototypes.This includes solution planning and engineering defining security requirements target architecture interoperability and integration system testing Verification and Validation Modeling and Simulation studies and analysis postdeployment security validation (PDSV) and project risk management.

As part of this team you will contribute to the engineering of current and emerging cybersecurity systems policies and processes to enforce standards identify vulnerabilities and capability gaps and reduce the cybersecurity risk of our customer networks.

NDSis seeking a Systems/Enterprise Architect to provide support in the Washington DC Metro Area.During COVID this position is eligible for maximum telework >50 for applicants residing in the National Capital Region (DC MD VA).After COVID this positions office location can be either Sterling VA or Rockville MD.**

The Senior Systems/Enterprise Architect shall coordinate the architecture work with the Government and shall maintain and enhance architecture plans and procedures for Governmentsponsored programs.The Enterprise Architect shall develop enterprise and project architecture artifacts. The candidate will be responsible for managing the Unicom System Architect tool.

Requirements

Required Skills and Knowledge:

• 810 years of experience with performing systems engineering for large systemsofsystem
  

• Expertise in developing UML and SysML models to support architecture design and development for largescale program
  

• Handson experience in developing operational and system models compliant to Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF)
  

• Handson experience with UNICOM System Architect NoMagic Cameo Enterprise Architecture/MagicDraw/Cameo Systems Modeler or other equivalent enterprise architecture tools
  

• Experience in design and development of system architecture to include interface models system behavior models (including use case and sequence diagrams) network diagrams data flow models and traceability of requirements and standards to enterprise architecture models.
  

• Experience in systems engineering requirements and concept development systems hardware and software design and development and system integration.
  

• Experience working with multiple teams and ability to interface with technical and nontechnical stakeholders at various levels within and outside of the organization to bring together the solution.
  

• Ability to build a digital thread through a program by using models throughout the development life cycle
  

• Ability to apply models to support decisionmaking.
  

• Must currently possess a Secret clearance and once in the position must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with ModelBased System Engineering (MBSE).
  

• Experience using MBSE tools and methodology to develop architecture and integrate requirements standards and security controls to generate systemengineering products.
  

• Experience with transitioning requirements and specifications from DOORS into a modelbased environment
  

• Experience with transitioning architecture and design data from Unicom System Architect into a modelbased environment
  

• Knowledge of Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF)
  

• Knowledge of other SE disciplines including configuration management risk management cybersecurity and accreditation processes
  

• Ability to define system requirements and CONOPS and refine them as needed throughout system development and develop the system design to include interfaces
  

• Ability to identify and support the test and integration activities required to verify and validate the system against requirements and needs