Senior Enterprise Architect — DoD/Army MBSE Lead

Ignite Now; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Ignite Now in Huntsville, AL seeks a Lead Enterprise Architect to guide enterprise architecture, MBSE, and system integration for Army/DoD programs. This on-site role shapes technical roadmaps spanning infrastructure, data, cybersecurity, cloud, and digital engineering while aligning with DoD standards.

The role leads cross-disciplinary teams, translates mission needs into secure architectures, and interfaces with senior stakeholders to drive modernization in a fast-paced, mission-critical

Qualifications

• Ten (10)+ years of enterprise-architecture experience at Senior/Lead level.
• DoD enterprise-architecture, transformation, interoperability experience.
• Ability to translate complex concepts into actionable roadmaps and executive briefings.
• Knowledge of RMF, DoDAF, SOA, and mission-aligned architecture.
• On-site work at Huntsville, AL; DoD security clearance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and maintenance of current, target, and transition architectures for customer information environment.
• Translate mission, security, interoperability, data, and supportability requirements into integrated architecture products.
• Guide MBSE model development, requirements traceability, design analysis, verification, and lifecycle collaboration.
• Direct architecture reviews across networks, systems, applications, data, cybersecurity, cloud/container, and backup/recovery domains.
• Identify technical debt, interoperability gaps, lifecycle risks, and modernization opportunities; provide prioritized recommendations.
• Establish architecture principles, patterns, standards, interfaces, and documentation practices.
• Ensure proposed solutions align with DoD/Army policies, RMF controls, configuration baselines, and operational constraints.
• Lead architects, engineers, and analysts; brief senior leaders and convert strategies into roadmaps and action plans.

Skills

Senior Enterprise Architecture

DoD Enterprise Architecture

RMF & DoDAF

MBSE

Executive Briefings

Education

MA/MS in a relevant field

BA/BS with 12+ years experience

Tools

MagicDraw

Teamwork Cloud

DOORS

Windchill

Syndeia

VMware

Red Hat OpenShift

Job description

Ignite Now in Huntsville, AL seeks a Lead Enterprise Architect to guide enterprise architecture, MBSE, and system integration for Army/DoD programs. This on-site role shapes technical roadmaps spanning infrastructure, data, cybersecurity, cloud, and digital engineering while aligning with DoD standards.

The role leads cross-disciplinary teams, translates mission needs into secure architectures, and interfaces with senior stakeholders to drive modernization in a fast-paced, mission-critical