Enterprise and Platform Architect (Active Secret Clearance)

Akima; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

PTO

Job summary

Suvi, an Akima company, seeks an experienced HOPEX Architect to lead enterprise architecture efforts and HOPEX administration. You will implement, tune, and optimize platform configurations, ensure secure data exchange with key systems, and deliver executive dashboards for modernization decisions.

You will collaborate across teams to design architecture models, support cloud modernization planning, and sustain data integrity in complex enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• Active Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, information technology, business, or related discipline; equivalent experience considered.
• 8+ years in enterprise architecture, IT, or related field.
• 5+ years hands-on HOPEX administration, configuration, or implementation in production.
• Experience configuring HOPEX repositories: metamodels, metadata, taxonomies, workflows, permissions, views, and reporting.
• Experience integrating HOPEX with ServiceNow, Entra ID/AD, HR, finance, and other sources.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical SME for HOPEX administration, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and guidance.
• Configure and maintain HOPEX repositories, workflows, permissions, dashboards, views, and validation rules.
• Manage HOPEX lifecycle: releases, upgrades, patches, health, and coordination with IT and vendor support.
• Liaise with BizzDesign/MEGA for product support, licensing, and guidance.
• Develop and document integrations between HOPEX and enterprise systems (e.g., ServiceNow, Entra ID).
• Develop dashboards, reports, and portfolio analytics for governance and modernization decisions.
• Maintain architecture data quality and governance across repositories and models.

Skills

Active Secret clearance

Strong communication

Leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

HOPEX platform

ServiceNow

Entra ID / Active Directory

BizzDesign/MEGA HOPEX

Job description

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical subject matter expert for the HOPEX enterprise architecture platform, providing hands‑on administration, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting, optimization, and technical guidance.
• Configure and maintain HOPEX repository structures, workflows, roles, permissions, dashboards, views, validation rules, and other platform capabilities supporting the Enterprise Architecture program.
• Manage HOPEX platform lifecycle activities, including releases, upgrades, patches, configuration changes, technical health, performance, and coordination with infrastructure, cybersecurity, and vendor support teams.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison with BizzDesign/MEGA for product support, defect resolution, enhancement requests, licensing, platform guidance, and optimization.
• Design, develop, maintain, and document integrations between HOPEX and authoritative enterprise systems and data sources, including ServiceNow, Microsoft Entra ID, human resources, financial, portfolio, and other approved systems.
• Monitor and improve the completeness, accuracy, consistency, timeliness, and integrity of architecture repository data and relationships.
• Collaborate with enterprise and domain architects to develop and maintain consistent business, data, application, technology, security, service, and other approved architecture models, views and relationships.
• Support application modernization, cloud migration, technology lifecycle management, cloud modernization planning, and technical debt analysis by identifying redundancies, dependencies, lifecycle risks, standards alignment, and innovation opportunities.
• Develop architecture dashboards, reports, portfolio analytics, roadmaps, and executive-level views that transform repository data into actionable information for planning, governance, investment and modernization decisions.
• Maintain technical documentation for HOPEX configurations, integrations, data mappings, interfaces, workflows, repository structures, administrative procedures, and governance standards.
• Participate in Enterprise Architecture governance, architecture reviews, portfolio analysis, modernization planning, and related activities requiring information or analysis from the HOPEX repository.

Qualifications

• Active Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, information technology, business, or a related discipline. Equivalent relevant professional experience may be considered.
• 8+ years of progressively responsible experience in enterprise architecture, information technology, enterprise applications, systems integration, data management, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of demonstrated deep hands‑on experience administering, configuring, supporting, or implementing the HOPEX enterprise architecture platform in a production enterprise environment.
• Experience configuring architecture repositories, including metamodels, metadata, taxonomies, workflows, validation rules, permissions, views, and reporting capabilities.
• Experience managing architecture or portfolio data involving applications, technologies, business capabilities, services, organizations, data assets, dependencies, ownership, and lifecycle information.
• Experience developing, supporting, or maintaining integrations between enterprise platforms (e.g. ServiceNow), identity management (e.g. Active Directory and Entra ID), and authoritative data sources using APIs, web services, data exchanges, ETL processes, and other applicable integration technologies.
• Experience developing dashboards, reports, architecture views, portfolio analytics, and management-level reporting from enterprise architecture or portfolio data.
• Ability to translate architecture, business, and technical requirements into practical HOPEX configurations, data structures, workflows, integrations, and solutions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively with architects, engineers, data owners, program managers, cybersecurity personnel, business stakeholders and senior leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Enterprise Architecture within a U.S. Federal Government or Department of War environment.
• Experience developing business capability models, application landscapes, technology roadmaps, reference architectures, dependency models, and transition‑state architecture views.
• Familiarity with Enterprise Architecture frameworks and modeling practices such as Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF), The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), ArchiMate, or comparable frameworks.
• Familiarity with Federal and/or DoW cybersecurity, data governance, and information‑management requirements.
• Experience supporting architecture governance boards, technical review processes, investment planning, portfolio governance, or modernization initiatives.
• Relevant professional certifications, such as:
  • Current Bizzdesign/MEGA HOPEX platform, administration, modeling, or related product certification.
  • TOGAF certification.
  • ITIL 4 Foundation or higher.
  • Relevant data management, data governance, Azure cloud, cybersecurity, or enterprise architecture certifications.
  • CompTIA Security+ (or another DoD 8570/8140 compliant certification).

Job ID

2026-25972

Work Type

On‑Site

Pay Range

$170,000 - $175,000

Benefits

• Regular - The company offers a comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) and a range of other voluntary benefits.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) is offered to regular full‑time and part‑time employees.

Company Description

Work Where it Matters

Suvi, an Akima company, is not just another federal mission services contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.

At Suvi, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.

For our shareholders, Suvi provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.

For our government customers, Suvi delivers subject matter experts, an agile management approach, and innovative technologies that accomplish customers’ missions safely, securely, and efficiently.

As a Suvi employee, you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options.