IT Solutions Architect

Responsibilities And Qualifications

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership and Communication:
• Maintain daily communication with Government leads on requirements, mission priorities, performance measures, program goals and milestones, and support needs.
• Oversee all contract data warehouse work and present overview briefings and updates to Government leads, partners, and customers.
• Report on business area progress at performance improvement meetings and identify opportunities for increased effectiveness, efficiency, scale, and impact.
• Notify Government and Contract CPM/CDPM of any issues or trends that pose a risk to mission priorities.
• Assist the Contract CPM/CDPM in distilling requirements, communicating them to contract staff, and tracking progress against them.
• Provide a technical needs summary to the government program manager and technical lead, offering a consolidated overview across all development efforts, with a focus on areas requiring client intervention.

• Collaborate with the customer to build a technology partnership, ensuring that offered technical solutions support the client's strategic, long-term plans and vision.
• Take ownership of the IT/network strategy and solutions delivered by the organization at an account level.
• Develop and deliver presentations on technical solutions to clients and technical teams, capturing and communicating client-specific best practices and lessons learned using knowledge management tools and professional relationships.
• Lead other subject matter experts of the IT technology team for specific customers, evaluate design and architecture issues, increase integration of services delivered, and research current market technologies to design cost-effective solutions that meet current and foreseeable customer requirements.
• Ensure the codebase for the application is unclassified, with classified configuration files maintained and integrated with the codebase in a secure environment.
• Ensure the capabilities developed under this task are compatible with the network operating environment and architecture identified by the government, perform at scale with the intended user base, and prioritize high system availability.
• Conduct software development and delivery employing a development and operations model defined by the government.
• Complete all initial authority to operate (ATO) documentation and processes in accordance with DIA policies and guidance.
• Create appropriate training and communications materials in various mediums (written, print, video, other), as requested and approved by the government.

Required Qualifications:

• Active Top Secret Clearance with a CI Poly.
• Minimum of 8 years of overall relevant experience.

Preferred Additional Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in technology strategy, data analytics, or business intelligence roles, preferably within the Intelligence Community and/or DIA.
• Experience with government-specified technologies including, but not limited to:
• Front-end technologies such as JavaScript (including modern open-source libraries), Angular, HTML, CSS, XML, JSON.
• Back-end technologies including AWS, Oracle, Postgres, MongoDB, Redis, Elastic Search, Solr, SQL, Node.js with Typescript, Server-Side Languages (Java, etc.), and AI technologies.
• Analytic and visualization technologies such as Python, large language models, natural language processing algorithms, and Tableau.

Overview

TekSynap is seeking an IT Solutions Architect to join our Task Order proposal on the Defense Intelligence Agency's Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise III (SITE III) IDIQ. The successful candidate will lead teams of application developers, focusing on advanced data analytics and AI technologies. This role involves developing a new data fabric architecture to serve as a centralized repository for all data from DIA's client-facing websites, enterprise and dissemination application suites, client engagement and mobile delivery applications, and other integrated sources as appropriate.

TekSynap is a fast growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. "Technology moving at the speed of thought" embodies these principles the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers. We offer our full-time employees a competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time and holidays.

Additional Job Information

Competencies

• Customer Service
• Oral and Written Communication
• Organization and Planning
• Interpersonal Awareness
• Establish Focus
• Change Management
• Develop Others
• Build Relationships
• Analytical Thinking
• Conceptual Thinking
• Strategic Thinking
• Technical Expertise
• Initiative
• Foster Innovation
• Results Oriented
• Teamwork

Work Environment and Physical Demands

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Location: District of Columbia (DC), National Capital Region (NCR)
• Type of environment: Varies
• Noise level: Low
• Work schedule: "Normal work hours" constitute on average 8 hours a day, 40 hours per week (excluding breaks and meal periods) within standard operational hours occurring 0600-1800, Monday-Friday, excluding Federal holidays. May be requested to work evenings and weekends to meet program and contract needs.
• Amount of Travel: 20%

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle, feel, touch; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is frequently required to lift up to 25 pounds; and up to 50 pounds. The vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Authorization/Security Clearance

Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship

Clearance requirement: TS/SCI, CI Poly

Other Information

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

TekSynap is a drug-free workplace. We reserve the right to conduct drug testing in accordance with federal, state, and local laws. All employees and candidates may be subject to drug screening if deemed necessary to ensure a safe and compliant working environment.

Equal Employment Opportunity

To provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. TekSynap does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as "protected status"). This nondiscrimination policy extends to all terms, conditions, and privileges of employment as well as the use of all company facilities, participation in all company-sponsored activities, and all employment actions such as promotions, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.