per year | Norfolk, VA, USA | Salary | Full Time Senior Architecture Developer DEFTEC delivers mission-critical solutions through skillfully delivered services and innovative products. We are inspired by the critical missions of our clients, and we are driven to provide the most effective solutions to execute their missions, operational challenges, and requirements. Our dedicated, experienced, and talented employees work closely with our clients to ensure the delivery of exceptional services and products. POSITION OVERVIEW Senior Architecture Developer directly supports the Allied Command Transformation (ACT). ACT is NATO's leading agent for change: driving, facilitating and advocating the continuous improvement of Alliance capabilities to maintain and enhance the military relevance and effectiveness of the Alliance. The main objectives of ACT are: providing appropriate support to NATO missions and operations; leading NATO military transformation; improving relationships, interaction, and practical cooperation with partners, nations, and international organizations. ACT, therefore, leads Alliance concept development, and capability development. The exploitation of cyberspace as a domain of operations presents an increasingly growing challenge for the Alliance, requiring new strategies, concepts, architectures, processes, and capabilities to enable NATO to defend itself in cyberspace as effectively as it does in the physical domains. Gaining the ability to plan, assess and conduct military operations in cyberspace requires the development of new concepts and capabilities, notably in the area of cyberspace resilience, mission assurance, situational awareness, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) or C3 (Command, control, and consultation). As part of an adapted organizational structure, ACT is in the process of implementing an improved capability requirements capture process, including the support for traceability, quality assurance, analysis, and interoperability standards, to ensure a clear separation between the requirements owner and the solution provider. This process will provide life traceability and ensure the quality of the requirements using an efficient change management process. ACT will be responsible for tasks such as capability requirements definition, requirements management, systems engineering, architecture development, holistic through life cycle management, capability acceptance, and Capability Programme management. The outputs of the adapted structure are formed from requirements, portfolio, program, and project management principles and practices that enable the direction of capability programs and a range of projects in a transparent lifecycle capability approach. They include comprehensive traceable capability requirements that have been assessed and analyzed for alternative solutions and quality assured to provide interoperability and the delivery of multi-domain and multi-functional C4ISR-focused programs. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: + Perform modeling, architecture, and design activities to ensure completeness, consistency, and clarity of requirements - related + Produce relevant NATO Architecture Framework (NAF) perspectives in support of capability design and requirement + Support the elicitation, capture, development, analysis, evaluation, and traceability of capability + Support the elicitation, capture, development, analysis, evaluation, and traceability of higher and lower - level requirements (such as capability targets, operational requirements, system specifications, interoperability requirements, etc.). + Support Programme and Project planning activities to ensure that the dependencies between architecture and the other elements of the plans are understood and taken into consideration. + Coordinate and contribute to the activities of Requirements Development Core Teams in support of the tasks + Maintain the architectural artifacts in their repositories ensuring version and configuration + Provide technical guidance and mentoring in the area of architecture to requirements + Support the development, analysis, and review of concepts of operation, courses of action, and + Coordinate DOTMLPFI development and implementation synchronization; support the development of recommended courses of action to resolve issues relating to capability development. + Organise and participate in workshops, seminars, conferences, and meetings in support of the activities + Collaborate with National and international military and civilian organizations, including Centres of Excellence and academia, in support of the activities above. + Identify Lessons and contribute to their Learning within the organization + Support to other requirements management activities across the capability + Support to change and configuration management of requirements across the + Support the coordination of architecture - related products with Management and + Support the Branch Head CR and travel to meetings and conferences both within and outside NATO's boundaries for up to 30 days per year. + Perform additional tasks as required by the COTR related to the labor category QUALIFICATIONS: Required Qualifications: + 5 years in the last 10 in the field of architecture development including the development of business, application, information, and technology architectures following TOGAF methodology (Alliance C3 policy on enterprise Architecture C- M(2015)0041-REV1, dated 25 April 2016). + One or more Enterprise Architecture related certifications such as the ones required to support the US JCIDS Process or the equivalent from other Nations, or the ones recognized by leading organizations in the field such as the TOGAF 9 (The Open Group). + A University Degree in engineering, information systems, operations research, project management, or disciplines related to enterprise architecture (bidding contractor company must demonstrate how the degree relates to architecture design). + Demonstrable recent (i.e. in the last 10 years) experience in procurement programs in the defense sector. In particular, experience in participation in Programme/Project boards, development of decision support briefings, studies of best procurement alternatives, and risk management. + Demonstrable recent (i.e. in the last 10 years) experience in developing architecture following formal configuration and change management processes. In particular, participation in change configuration boards, development of engineering change impact analysis, and version control of baselines. + Demonstrable recent (i.e. in the last 10 years) experience in the development or exploitation of Enterprise or Capability level Architectures in support of defense procurement. + Knowledge of project management principles and demonstrated success in applying them to deliver In particular, experience in the initiation and management of programs and projects, the development of exception and routine reports, and the management of work breakdown packages. + Program and Project Management related certifications such as MSP and PRINCE2, or, preferably, PMP and + Demonstrable recent (i.e. in the last 10 years) experience working in support of processes that were formally certified per the ISO 9001 standard. + Quality - related certifications such as the ones provided by CQI- + Demonstrable recent (i.e. in the last 10 years) experience in applying Operational Research techniques in support of Analysis of Alternatives, trade-off studies, and Course of Action comparisons. Experience should include techniques like hypothesis testing, MCDA, experimentation, wargaming, and simulation DEFTEC offers a comprehensive whole-life benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, holiday, paid time off, 401K with a match, life insurance, short/long-term disability, and educational reimbursement. DEFTEC is a Drug-Free Workplace where post-offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria are met as outlined in our policies. 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