Systems Architect

Novel Applications of Vital Information; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

NAOVI is seeking a Systems Architect to lead enterprise architecture in a federated IT environment, requiring US citizenship and an active TS/SCI polygraph for consideration. The role is onsite in Northern Virginia, with travel within 50 miles as applicable.

Responsibilities include maturing the EA practice, defining capability models and roadmaps, and coordinating with government agency teams to modernize the architecture while communicating strategic value to executives.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of relevant SI experience within the IC and a IT Bachelor's degree; college degree can substitute for years of experience.
• Experience creating current/target state and transition architectures across multiple technology domains.
• Knowledge of DoDAF/architecture frameworks and modeling methods.
• Experience with government agency architecture principles, standards, and reference architectures.
• Ability to prepare executive briefings and document costs, risks, and dependencies for reviews.
• Experience coordinating proposals with government agency engineering teams for architecture solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise architecture in a complex federated IT environment.
• Mature or establish an EA practice from startup conditions.
• Develop capability models, value streams, operating models, and investment framing.
• Define technology strategy, portfolio management, roadmaps, and modernization plans.
• Create architecture guidance, reference architectures, and exception processes.
• Communicate with executives and facilitate negotiations and stakeholder influence.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

EA leadership

Business architecture

Technology strategy

Executive briefing

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

DoDAF

UAF

Capability-based planning

Job description

Residency Status ALL CANDIDATES MUST BE A US CITIZEN
Security Clearance ALL Candidates MUST currently Possess an Active TSSCI wFS polygraph for consideration of this position
No clearance sponsorships for this position
Time Type Full Time
Daytime Schedule 100 onsite
Travel Reimbursement Yes within a 50 mile radius to the worksite
Company Benefits Yes
Position Location WMA Northern VA
Area Close Date Thursday October 1 2026

Company Overview

NAOVI Novel Applications Inc is a premier technology services company that provides solutions in the areas of Cyber Security Information Management and Systems Integration
NAOVI is a business that combines experience creativity flexibility pragmatism and cost effective solutions in order to deliver measurable business value to our clients
Headquartered in Fredericksburg Virginia
NAOVI employs engineers analysts IT specialists and other professionals who strive to be the best at everything they do
NAOVI is an AAEEO Employer MinoritiesWomenVeteransDisabled

Job Description

NAOVI is seeking a Systems Architect for the following task Required Skills All candidates must be US Citizens RequiredAll candidates will need currently possess an Active TSSCI wFS polygraph for consideration of this position RequiredCurrently our company Does Not offer clearance sponsorships for any of our positions

• Demonstrated experience with enterprise architecture leadership in a complex federated regulated or mission oriented IT enterprise
• Demonstrated experience establishing or maturing an EA practice preferably from a low maturity or start up condition
• Demonstrated experience with business architecture skills including capability modeling value streams operating models stakeholder outcomes and investment framing
• Demonstrated experience with technology strategy portfolio management lifecycle planning technical debt analysis road mapping and modernization
• Demonstrated experience developing according to architecture principles standards patterns reference architectures and exception processes
• Demonstrated experience with executive level writing and briefing
• Demonstrated experience with executive level facilitation negotiation and stakeholder influence skills
• Demonstrated experience distinguishing strategic enterprise architecture from solution architecture technical architecture engineering execution cybersecurity authority and operational authority

Education and Experience 8 to 10 years of relevant SI experience within the Intelligence Community IC and a IT Bachelors degree A college degree can be substituted for years of experience

• Desired TechnologiesTools Demonstrated experience producing decision useful current state target state and transition architectures across multiple technology domains
• Demonstrated experience with a working knowledge of relevant architecture frameworks and modeling methods such as DoDAF department of war architecture framework UAF unclassified architecture framework capability based planning and minimal viable architecture
• Demonstrated experience understanding Intelligence Community IC and Department of War DoW governance cybersecurity acquisition lifecycle and operational considerations
• Demonstrated experience developing according to government agency architecture principles standards reference architectures and exception processes

Other Relevant TechnologiesTools Experience performing a review of the government agency secure and unsecure phone system network and platform hardware software network environments and identifying individual application and enterprise systems and services that can be modernized or optimized taking into account the interactions between the application systems and services and their relationships to agency core business processes

• Experience assisting the government agency to assess lifecycle status obsolescence duplication interoperability standards alignment investment dependencies and modernization opportunities
• Experience identifying cross domain dependencies gaps redundancies constraints risks and considerations across infrastructure applications data security identity cloud and network
• Experience evaluating relevant technologies and trends; identifying mission aligned use cases; framing expected value risk dependencies and adoption considerations
• Experience providing technology recommendations to advise and develop the government agencys Enterprise technology roadmap used to predict end of life equipment and tech
• Experience working in partnership with the Chief Architect on further iterations of this roadmap
• Experience providing actionable adoption sustainment migration consolidation and retirement recommendations for hardware and software
• Experience helping to prepare decision packages for internal government agency review boards or agency IT leadership that clearly document outcomes alternatives assumptions dependencies tradeoffs costs risks technical debt implications standards impact and recommendations
• Experience coordinating technical proposals and recommendations with government agency engineering teams who will partner to develop and deploy the architecture solutions
• Experience delivering concise executive briefings and clearly communicating the overall cost associated OCA with proposed architecture and value to the agency including value proposition available services decisions influenced risks reduced and modernization progress
• Experience developing and maintaining enterprise reference architectures conformance criteria and exception guidance; developing and maintaining current state target state and transition state architecture products such as engineering designs
• Experience assessing OCA maturity stakeholder demand current architecture activities and capability gaps
• Experience developing and maintaining a prioritized list of proposed architecture initiatives with associated costs intake process work plan methods templates repository structure and performance measures
• Experience coordinating products with agencys IT departments and other program stakeholders to ensure they are authoritative reusable implementable and operationally supportable

Relevant Certifications not necessary for this position but accepted Certified System Architect CSA Certified Senior System Architect CSSA Certified Information Systems Security Professional Architecture CISSP Certified Pega Business Architect CPBA