Business Architect

Ibility; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision Plans

Unlimited Paid Time Off

401k

Job summary

Ibility, located in Washington D.C., seeks a Business Architect to structure the healthcare enterprise. The incumbent will align strategic goals with decisions on healthcare products and services and develop an architectural framework encompassing governance and operational execution.

Ideal candidates possess a Bachelor's Degree, at least 4 years of experience in business architecture, and proficiency with enterprise frameworks. Benefits include health plans, unlimited paid time off, and a 401k option.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in business architecture or enterprise architecture.
• Demonstrated experience developing enterprise architecture deliverables.
• Familiarity with BPMN, ArchiMate, or UML modeling notations.

Responsibilities

• Develop a business architecture strategy based on healthcare scenarios.
• Collaborate with IT architects and stakeholders.
• Communicate complex architectural concepts to diverse stakeholders.

Skills

Business architecture strategy development

Enterprise architecture frameworks

Strong analytical skills

Communication skills

Proficiency with modeling tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, IT or related field

Tools

Sparx EA

BiZZdesign

Job description

Founded in early 2021, Ibility is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and a Woman-Owned Small Business, headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD. Ibility is a small but mighty company that is positioned for rapid growth. Simply put, we help government leaders to achieve their mission by designing creative products and programs that delight their customers and make their employees more efficient - building trust and improving overall satisfaction. We use human-centered design principles in every engagement because we believe the end-user is critical to the long-term success of any solution. Our team is fun, passionate, bold, and creative. We live our mission every day – to inspire people, create cool stuff, and make a lasting impact on the world!

Position Overview

The Business Architect structures the healthcare enterprise in terms of its governance, business processes, and business information. This role aligns strategic goals and objectives with decisions regarding healthcare products and services, partners and suppliers, providers, organizational capabilities, and key business and IT initiatives. Operating within a government contracting (GovCon) environment, the Business Architect develops and maintains a comprehensive architectural framework that bridges organizational strategy and operational execution across complex healthcare IT landscapes. Please note this position is contingent upon award (July/Aug 2026).

Key Responsibilities

• Develop a business architecture strategy based on situational awareness of various healthcare business scenarios and organizational motivations.
• Apply a structured business architecture approach and methodology for capturing key enterprise views, including strategy, capability, value stream, and organizational perspectives.
• Capture tactical and strategic enterprise goals that provide traceability through the organization and map to metrics that enable ongoing governance.
• Define strategic, core, and support processes that transcend functional and organizational boundaries.
• Identify external entities such as customers, suppliers, and external systems that interact with the business, and describe associated people, resources, and controls.
• Capture relationships among roles, capabilities, and business units, including decomposition of business units into subunits and documentation of internal or external management structures.
• Develop and maintain business architecture artifacts, including capability models, process flows, business context diagrams, and value-stream maps.
• Collaborate with IT architects, program managers, and stakeholders to ensure alignment between business strategy and technology initiatives.
• Support enterprise governance activities by providing architecture analysis, recommendations, and documentation in support of decision-making.
• Communicate complex architectural concepts clearly to diverse stakeholders across technical and non-technical audiences.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in business architecture, enterprise architecture, or a closely related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience developing enterprise or business architecture deliverables in a complex, multi-stakeholder organization
• Proficiency with enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, or Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF).
• Experience developing business architecture artifacts including capability models, process models, and organizational maps.
• Familiarity with modeling notations such as BPMN, ArchiMate, or UML.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex information and identify patterns, gaps, and opportunities.
• Proficiency with architecture modeling tools (e.g., Sparx EA, BiZZdesign, or similar).
• Understanding of healthcare IT environments, including electronic health record (EHR) systems, clinical workflows, and health information exchange.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to produce executive-level presentations and technical documentation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with the Veterans Health Administration or a similar federal health agency (CDC, CMS, DHA, HHS, etc.)
• Active security clearance or ability to obtain one.
• TOGAF 9 or 10 Certification.
• Certified Business Architect (CBA) or equivalent professional certification.
• Familiarity with VA enterprise architecture standards, VA Technical Reference Model (TRM), and VHA informatics initiatives.
• Experience with Agile or SAFe delivery methodologies in a government contracting environment.
• Familiarity with HL7 FHIR, interoperability standards, or health information exchange frameworks.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision Plans
• Short Term Disability / Long Term Disability / Life Insurance / Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Health Savings Account
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• 11 Federal Holidays Off
• 401k

We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer in all aspects of employment and do not discriminate for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.