Senior Enterprise Architect

SOSi; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 113,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

SOSI is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to lead the design and delivery of IT solutions for 5,000+ users across the Pacific, based at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam in Honolulu, Hawaii. The role demands guiding enterprise IT services, security-focused architecture, and coordination across complex DoD environments.

You will oversee architecture efforts from design through sustainment, ensuring timely, compliant, and technically proficient outcomes while supporting 24/7 operations in a

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and DoD space familiarity.
• Bachelor-level IT Architecture background or equivalent with 10+ years in enterprise IT engineering/operations.
• IAT-III compliant certifications and multiple vendor certifications are preferred.
• Experience delivering secure, classified IT infrastructures and VDI/virtualization environments.
• Strong knowledge of Zero-trust, MFA, AD/ADFS, certificates, auditing, and logging.
• Ability to lead architecture projects from design through sustainment in a distributed, mission-focused setting.
• Excellent communication, collaboration across teams, and customer-facing capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead IT Engineering Team to scope, plan, prioritize, resource, and document projects.
• Oversee transition from design/implementation to operation and sustainment.
• Design and deliver enterprise IT services and architectures; produce solution diagrams and timelines.
• Evaluate strategy, applications, and infrastructure for modernization and automation.
• Coordinate enterprise architecture landscape including security and data integration.
• Ensure compliance for government equipment custody and asset management.
• Support special IT projects and provide SME guidance as needed.
• Act as Operations in-charge when senior managers are unavailable.

Skills

Active Top Secret clearance

Leadership & guidance

Communication skills

IT security expertise

DoD environments experience

Enterprise IT Architecture

Distributed work environment

Customer-service orientation

24/7 operations support

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT Architecture or similar

DoD 8570 IAT-III compliant certifications (CASP+ CE, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED, or GCIH)

Certifications: TOGAF, AWS Solutions Architect, Google Professional Cloud Architect

Tools

Jira

Remedy

ServiceNow

Job description

Company Description

Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SOSi is a private defense and government solutions business specializing in advanced technology systems and mission support. Its capabilities include data science, software development, network engineering, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), and logistics.

Job Description

Shape the Future of Command and Control in the Pacific!

Join SOSi’s cyber and IT team at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam in Honolulu, Hawaii, where innovation meets mission-critical impact. As a Senior Enterprise Architect, you’ll lead the design and delivery of cutting-edge IT solutions and its 5,000+ users across the Pacific theater. This is your opportunity to architect resilient systems that drive real-time decision-making and enable strategic command and control at the speed of relevance.

Essential Job Duties

As a Senior Architect at SOSi, you will provide leadership and guidance to the IT Engineering Team, which consists of Subject Matter Experts (SME) of both Systems and Networks Engineering. Your role ensures projects/initiatives/tasks are properly scoped, planned, prioritized, resourced, executed, and documented. Oversees the transition of architecture/engineering efforts from Design and Implementation to Sustainment and Operation, in accordance with the Service Delivery Lifecyle. Functions as the Operations Person-In-Charge when both the Operations Manager and the Operations Deputy are unavailable or away.

• Design, develop, deliver, integrate, and document, Enterprise IT Services and Architecture.
• Evaluate technology strategy, organization, applications, and infrastructure.
• Coordinate on enterprise architecture landscape, including technology, information, data, security, and integration.
• Evaluate new services, technologies, software, tools, and devices that may improve Enterprise capabilities for automation and orchestration.
• Assess current work processes and workflows, propose recommendations for improvement and efficiencies.
• Validate in place SOPs and TTPs against Subject Matter Expertise of relevant technologies
• Design and Deliver solutions for customer requirements to include List of Materials (LOM), proposals and related supporting documents (e.g., solution diagrams, implementation timelines, etc.)
• Regularly collect and summarizes pertinent IT Architecture accomplishments, issues and concerns
• Acknowledge, categorize, and validate Request for Information (RFI’s) for Enterprise Management and Government customer(s)
• Ensures compliance of custody and ownership of Government equipment and related components.
• Participates in and provides feedback to IT-relevant special projects, as required.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• An Active in-scope TOP SECRET clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Bachelors degree in IT Architecture, or similar or 10+ years of experience in Enterprise IT Engineering and Operations involving complex classified DoD environments and mandatory security controls (e.g., STIGs) including 5+ years in analysis, design and delivery of complex IT infrastructures.
• DoD 8570 IAT-III compliant (CASP+ CE, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED, or GCIH).
• Relevant IT Certification (e.g., Cisco, Citrix, Dell, Forcepoint, HP, HPE, ITIL, Microsoft, Nutanix, Palo Alto, VMware).
• Advanced knowledge in delivery and support to classified VDI/virtual environment platforms (e.g., Citrix, VMware, Azure Cloud/Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV) including thin-clients and Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI).
• Advanced knowledge in IT security mechanics (e.g., Zero-trust, authentication protocols: MFA/hardware tokens, AD/ADFS, certificates and encryption, auditing, and logging).
• Extended knowledge of modern operating systems (e.g., MS Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux) and associated secure-access configurations.
• Prior experience with NSA CSfC requirements including Multi-Site Connectivity Capability Package (MSCCP) and Mobile Access Capability Package (MACP).
• Prior experience with Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) and/or DISA Trusted Network Environment (TNE).
• Experience in ITIL framework and best practices (e.g., Change Management, Configuration Management, Capacity Planning).
• Able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing.
• Able to work within a distributed organizational environment.
• Customer-service oriented with a willingness to participate and assist.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques used in IT solutions implementation, administration, troubleshooting and support.
• Able to support 24/7 operations (including support to exercises), when necessary.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in IT Architecture, or similar.
• Experience in ITIL framework and best practices (e.g., Change Management, Configuration Management, Capacity Planning).
• Certifications in TOGAF, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, and Google Professional Cloud Architect.
• Additional IT certifications in relevant technology platform (e.g., Cisco, Citrix, Dell, HPE/Aruba, ITIL, Juniper, Microsoft, Nutanix, Palo Alto, VMware).
• Advanced understanding and delivery on storage components (e.g., NAS/SAN storage), data availability (e.g., high availability/clustering, MS DFS-R) and archiving.
• Familiarity with installation and support to Microsoft back-end services in a distributed data center environment (e.g., SQL Server, Exchange Server, SharePoint).
• Extended knowledge of networking (switching and routing protocols, installation, and configuration).
• Prior experience using Cisco, Brocade, HPE/Aruba and Palo Alto network solutions.
• Well-versed in Department of Defense (DoD) protocols, procedures, and regulations.
• Familiarity with C2 applications and program support.
• Prior Help Desk/software experience (e.g., Jira, Remedy, ServiceNow).

Additional Information

Work Environment

• Working conditions are normal for an office environment.
• Fast paced, deadline-oriented environment.
• May require periods of non-traditional working hours including consecutive nights or weekends.
• Target Salary Range: $113,153 to $135,643.

Working at SOSi

All interested individuals will receive consideration and will not be discriminated against for any reason.