We are seeking a Enterprise Architect to join our team. Working at NT Concepts means that you are part of an innovative, agile company dedicated to solving the most critical challenges in National Security. We’re looking for the best and the brightest to join us in supporting this mission. If meaningful work, initiative, creativity, and continuous self-improvement are important to your career, join our growing team and discover What’s Next for you.
Mission Focus: Support the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Information Management & Technology Directorate (ITD) in providing enabling and secure technologies, applications, and services anywhere, to their workforce, mission partners, and external customers to effectively deliver relevant data, information, and situational awareness to successfully perform the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction and Emerging Threats mission.
Clearance: Active TS/SCI
Location/Flexibility: Fort Belvoir with remote flexibility
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the keyperson for Architecture, Engineering, Integration, and Advanced Capability Delivery and provide subject-matter expertise and technical oversight to of engineering-related activities throughout program
- Perform initial discovery efforts, defining data collection requirements based on inputs needed to develop a successful migration plan
- Utilize advanced data analysis techniques and benchmarks to define the future state migration plan, and the pre-migration activities necessary to close gaps
- Forecast backend infrastructure needs resulting from the migration into a single architecture
- Design solutions, integrate, configure, test and deploy numerous types of storage and data protection technologies.
- Optimize end-to-end system performance and migration workflows.
- Conduct data captures to obtain computing performance and system configuration information.
- Define migration plans that accelerate execution and minimize impact to the user community.
- Establish migration plans for complex n-tier applications and services.
- Gather needed data to forecast long-term capacity and performance requirements.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of experience; additional years of directly applicable experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
- Proficiency with enterprise-class storage and data protection technologies such as: storage and backup arrays, SAN switches, backup software, and storage replication technology.
- Experience providing enterprise-level IT engineering-related services within the scope of this Task Order for NIPRNet, SIPRNet, and JWICS environments.
- One of more DoDD 8140-01 certifications related to performance on this task.
- One or more engineering or technology-related certifications within the scope of this task, which may include cloud security (e.g. CompTIA, Cloud Security Alliance, etc.) and cloud-related technology certifications (e.g. MS Azure, Amazon Web Services, etc)
- Experience supporting high-performance computing infrastructure, modernized virtualization solutions, and DevSecOps-enabled delivery methodologies, technologies, platforms and/or pipelines.
- Experience with transition of IT systems and services to DoD enterprise or shared services, cloud environments and/or to hybrid operating environments.
- Experience delivering executive-level technical briefings and presentations.
- Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent.
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift up to 10-15 pounds at times
About NT Concepts
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in the Washington DC Metro area, NT Concepts is a private, mid-tier company with clients spanning the Intelligence and Defense communities. We deliver end-to-end data and technology solutions that advance the modernization, transformation, and automation of the national security mission—solutions with real impact developed in a strong engineering culture that encourages technical growth, leadership, and creative “big idea” problem-solving.
Employees are the core of NT Concepts. We understand that world-changing concepts happen in collaborative environments. We are a company where talented and diverse teams work together using innovation and expertise to solve our clients’ most critical challenges. Here, you’ll gain competitive benefits, opportunities to bolster your skills and develop new abilities, and a company culture dedicated to support and service. In addition to our benefits program, we encourage our employees to take part in #NTC_GivesBack, which paves the way for positive social change.
If joining a stable company with strong professional growth opportunities resonates with you, and you seek vital, mission-driven projects (for some pretty cool clients) that use your specific talents, we’d love to have you move forward with us.
Together is Better
We believe diversity and inclusion drive innovation, and that when we work together, we can accomplish anything. NT Concepts is a people-first, Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer—regardless of a person’s race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected class. If you have a disability and need accommodation, let us know. All resumes are held in confidence. NT Concepts participates in E-Verify.