Solutions Architect - Fairfax, VA, United States - Railhead Inc

Description

Have you ever wanted to work at a company with other like-minded hard workers supporting national security issues? If you're seeking a reputable mid-size company with a fun culture and the pay and benefits of a Fortune 100 company, then Railhead is your company
We surround ourselves with top talent across the DoD, Intelligence Community, and commercial sector
Whether you're working on-site at one of Railhead's corporate locations around the globe, or at a customer site, we inspire a culture of creativity and fun while performing some of our Nation's most critical and impactful work
Railhead is presently seeking multiple professionals to support a customer in the National Capital Region (NCR) who serves as head of the Intelligence Community, utilizing subject-matter experts in the areas of collection, analysis, acquisition, policy, human resources, and management
One of our immediate requirements is for a Solutions Architect (SME)

Responsibilities:
The Solutions Architect SME (SAS) will act as lead over other solutions architects
The SAS will leverage tools such as ServiceNow, JIRA, or similar ITSM tools to monitor and review team member assignments to ensure equitable use of resources, and to exercise quality control over tasks
Additionally, the SAS will meet with their team members daily in SCRUM fashion (10 mins) to provide an opportunity to hear risks and will mitigate as necessary
The SAS is also responsible to ensure team members coordinate across teams as necessary for more complex tasks to ensure success, and to ensure team members embrace skill enhancement through mentoring and on-the-job training moments
Solutions requiring new software, methodologies, approaches, or other changes will be coordinated with the task lead and SME forums to ensure that all solutions are in ODNI compliance and are within the constraints of the ATO
Solution stack baselines (a list of pre-approved software and code) will be encouraged to eliminate unnecessary changes to baselines.

• Supports business process design and technical system related to relevant applications
• Performs impact and system analysis based on business and technical requirements
• Leads a sub-team of designers and specification writers in support of implementation; supporting the development of test architectures and technology validation strategies
• Develops and nurtures consensus and working relationships with technical teams and integration on projects and programs; collaborating with other technical teams in the exchange and transfer of technical knowledge and in the development and evolution of architecture standards, guidelines, reference architecture, and the systems Technology Roadmap; and performing other duties and responsibilities as assigned
• Participates when needed as a technical expert in pre-sales qualification

Works closely with Project Managers and Program Managers in the design, development, and implementation of the technical content defined in the Statement of Work

• Creates project status reports and accurately tracks/manages project issues and risks
• This role requires knowledge and skills that are both broad and deep

Experience with designing, deploying and operationalizing application architectures, datacenters, cyber and cyber-physical system security, electromagnetic system analysis, space architecture and resilience, identity management, data analytics, artificial intelligence/machine load and multi-cloud solutions are critical to this position
To be effective this position must have experience in enterprise architecture, application development, end-to-end systems analysis and be comfortable advising C-level executives as well as working with hands-on engineers
Technical focus with client site work.

Qualifications:

US government Clearance:
Current Top Secret/SCI

• For SME-level positions, there is no exact amount of experience or degree required except the approved candidate WILL be a SME in their respective field.

About Railhead Railhead, Inc
is a leader in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; advanced cyber solutions; cloud and managed IT solutions; engineering, and information-based solutions for law enforcement and homeland security
We provide training and logistics in support of readiness operations; and operational support services and solutions in support of organizations not limited to DHS, DoD, and the Intelligence Community (IC)
We hire mission enablers whom reflect our communities and proactively embrace diversity and inclusion, in order to advance our corporate culture, develop our family of employees into the best they can be, and in turn grow our market share throughout industry
Railhead, Inc

is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.