Enterprise Architect

We are seeking an Expert-level Enterprise Architect to provide services to develop, document, decompose and allocate strategic requirements to establish and enable the Arctic GeoData Cooperative. The selected candidate will provide services to develop, document, decompose and allocate strategic photogrammetry requirements to refine the Arctic GeoData Cooperative processes and products. They will collaborate/support with members of the Cooperative to ensure the goals of the Cooperative are being met. They will assist in development of future plans and will provide Cross Organization and Program Office integration services to ensure discrete program and project level solutions are compatible and adhere to required community interoperability and technical standards. They will direct development of all solutions requiring the use rigorous photogrammetry and lead testing to ensure that capabilities are operating effectively.

Duties include:

Assist in guiding the Arctic GeoData Cooperative 'Public Private Partnership' photogrammetric implementations.
• Work closely with the members of the Arctic GeoData Cooperative to ensure the goals of the Cooperative are being met and assist in development of future plans.
• Provide development expertise of the Arctic GeoData Cooperative collaboration concept, one of NGA's largest Public Private Partnership Minimum Viable Product (MVP) opportunities.
• Develop a Photogrammetry Implementation CONOPS for the Arctic GeoData Cooperative initiative.
• Work with Source Directorate and other members of the Cooperative to provide data layers necessary to develop monitoring capabilities of Foundation GEOINT data.
• Collaboratively engage the cross domain NGA Elevation office on ArcticDEM delivery for environmental public use and to solve Arctic defense problems.
• Enable Cooperative output to utilize GEOINT Services, establish a cloud solution, extract enriched data to expose on the NGA GRiD, provide a beta venue to test Machine Learning, and Big Data rich problem-solving via advanced analytics.
• Enables solutions engineering operational evaluation with mission users to iteratively develop GEOINT Value Proposition and business case (e.g. mission concepts, use cases, analysis) to enable "missionized" dual use GEOINT problem-solving addressing gaps and offset challenges.
• Perform Customer Outreach and Partner Engagement advocating GEOINT Functional Management.
• Ability to conceptualize, organize, and draw inferences from incomplete data and present a compelling analysis of findings and issue; expert ability to identify, articulate, document, and mitigate knowledge gaps or alternative approaches.

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Skills and Experience:

Required:

• Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program
• 18 years of technical experience is required. If the 18 years of experience is as an Enterprise Architect, it may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 18 years of working experience in government or industry in relevant work areas including: Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Data Architecture, Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF), or Intelligence Community's (IC) Program Architecture Guidance (PAG).
• 18 years of experience in technical collection, collection system development, requirements policy development and requirements management.
• 18 years of knowledge of the DoD/IC and its components, missions, and interrelationships, including the ability to lead broad-based teams regarding key issues.
• Knowledge of and experience with any of the following: programmatic management, strategic planning, systems analysis, evaluation techniques, or requirement and performance management.
• 18 years of knowledge and work experience in intelligence operations providing needs, capability gaps and capability requirements support to policy, planning, and/or operations strategy and development for a variety of disciplines (e.g. Geospatial Intelligence, elevation data and processes, Measurements and Signatures Intelligence, and Communication Systems).
• TS/SCI clearance adjudication or ability to obtain SCI and pass a poly.

Desired:

• Doctorate in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program.
• Expert knowledge of and experience with any of the following: programmatic management, strategic planning, systems analysis, evaluation techniques, or requirement and performance management.
• Photogrammetry, GEOINT Data Standards, or foundation GEOINT Experience applying quantitative and qualitative analytic techniques to lead teams evaluating and recommending appropriate alternatives to complex issues.
• Expertise in in the identification of alternatives, threats and scenarios, effectiveness, risk, and cost specifically related to photogrammetry development.
• Experience in tasking, collection, production, exploitation and dissemination (TCPED) of photogrammetric datasets for Foundation GEOINT to support rigorous mission applications like precise positioning.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.