Senior Systems Architect — Enterprise Architecture for NC3

Leidos LLC; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 87,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Systems Architect to join the NC3 Enterprise Center at Fort Meade, MD. You will shape enterprise architecture governance, advise senior leaders, and translate strategic objectives into architectural decisions within a DoD mission-critical environment.

You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, develop MBSE views, publish artifacts, and ensure authoritative data drives decisions across NC3 systems, networks, and services in support of national security.

Qualifications

• Security clearance: Top Secret/SCI (mandatory).
• BA or BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
• 5+ years in architecture design and requirements analysis.

Responsibilities

• Shape enterprise architecture governance — Help develop, maintain, and execute the architecture governance framework that guides how mission-critical systems evolve across the enterprise.
• Be the go-to architecture expert — Serve as a subject matter expert who advises senior leaders, delivers data-driven recommendations, and helps translate strategic objectives into sound architectural decisions.
• Collaborate across high-impact teams — Partner with architecture teams and the Data Governance Group to capture user requirements and use cases, and to shape the data standards and processes that power a modern Digital Mission Engineering Environment.
• Design and publish system-of-systems architectures — Build, baseline, and continuously update enterprise architectures and detailed architecture artifacts using leading digital engineering tools and libraries.
• Turn authoritative data into actionable architecture — Ingest, reformat, validate, and publish "As-Is" architecture products, ensuring the enterprise always has an accurate, trusted picture of its systems.

Skills

MBSE

Communication skills

Agile work style

Education

BA or BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or educational equivalent

Tools

MS Teams

SharePoint

Confluence

Jira

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Systems Architect to join the NC3 Enterprise Center at Fort Meade, MD. You will shape enterprise architecture governance, advise senior leaders, and translate strategic objectives into architectural decisions within a DoD mission-critical environment.

You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, develop MBSE views, publish artifacts, and ensure authoritative data drives decisions across NC3 systems, networks, and services in support of national security.