Sr. Systems Architect Strategist - XML, data inter-operability standards with ACTIVE TS/SCI and Polygraph

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Job Description:

Are you sitting down? Ok, good. Here's that opportunity! You know, the one you've been searching for to rapidly advance your career in Intelligence! Our highly visible program supports stakeholders in National Intelligence on a great team of highly-regarded professionals. In this role you have the choice of working in Reston, VA or Bethesda, MD. This program offers very competitive pay $170-200k, and not only provides you with 5 WEEKS of PTO (paid time off), but you also have a "personal time bank" that allows you to take time off for personal appointments outside of your PTO, 10 holidays, 10 sick days on day one and each anniversary date (banked if not used), 401(k) matching of 5% with a generous 3-year full vesting schedule! Wait! There's more...we have flexible start and end work times (Mon-Fri you can work between the hours of 6am and 7pm).

The best part of all is....we really care about you and helping you grow your career! Our management communicates regularly and often with you to see how you are doing; if you need help or guidance with anything; if you're ready to take on more responsibility; be promoted; or maybe you're leaning towards trying a new program. We are BIG believers in promoting from within. So much so, we strategically go after similar programs to keep you gainfully employed and hopefully become a Leidos Life-r, as we say. In a nutshell, the opportunities for you to grow here are VAST!

Our opening is for a Sr. Systems Architect Strategist to support a large customer organization. Candidates must currently possess a TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance.

Responsibilities: Manage an end-to-end process for the publication of data exchange standards, including technical specifications, from creation to approval.
Prioritize standards and technical specifications for inclusion within an enterprise baseline and help resolve issues between agencies that may have competing requirements.
Provide outreach for and education in technical specifications, including a 10 minute executive brief, and work with developers to help them implement technical specifications.
Assist with providing service architecture, standards, and specifications to enable the enterprise to architect and implement interoperable and reusable services across the enterprise.
Evaluate and ensure that programs are adhering to technical specifications. Assist with strategy, architecture, policy recommendations, development, and configuration management of XML data encoding specification used for security, content discovery, retrieval, and audits.
Speak to internal and external customers on behalf of the organization and work on long-range programs and objectives.

Basic Qualifications:

Candidates must currently possess a TS/SCI security clearance with a CI polygraph.

Bachelor's Degree
At least 12 years of experience as a subject matter expert in one or more of the following areas: systems architecture, engineering, and integration with focus on intelligence production and dissemination, markup-based (e.g., XML) systems, data processing pipelines, content management, workflow processes, enterprise services, data interoperability standards, and data standards policy and compliance in support of DoD and IC organizations.
Experience within the IC helping to set strategic direction, develop budget and program plans, craft  technical responses to actions assigned by the CIO’s office.
Experience with XML technologies to include:
Schema development (XSD, RelaxNG)
Schematron development
XPath
Developing Extensible Stylesheet Transforms (XSLTs)
Experience with developing software tools/scripts (e.g. JAVA, Python, Bash) 
Experience with Unix command line and associated tools 
Ability to be a team player and work in a collaborative environment

Preferred Qualifications:

Degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, or Information Technology desired.
Experience using DocBook XML for creating, maintaining, and publishing documentation
Experience with using Agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum)
Experience using task management tools (e.g. JIRA)
Experience using and configuring continuous integration systems (e.g. Jenkins)
Experience using software repositories (e.g. SVN and Git)
Experience with software build tools (e.g. Ant, Maven, etc.)
Experience with translating policy (including Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs),  Intelligence Community Standards (ICSs), and Intelligence Community Policy Guidance (ICPGs)) into requirements for technical specifications
Experience with creating Microsoft PowerPoint presentations and articulating work to a multitude of audience levels: technical, developers, management, and executive/senior leaders
 

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Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500® information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company's 33,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $10.19 billion for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2018. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.