We are seeking a highly accomplished Subject Matter Expert (SME) Systems Engineer to serve as a Senior Digital Transformation Architect & Strategist. In this role, you will define, integrate, and modernize the technical architecture for a centralized enterprise IT systems data ecosystem. You will serve as a strategic technical advisor to executive leadership, bridging the gap between high-level vision and engineering execution.The ideal candidate will have extensive experience designing secure, scalable architectures that support advanced threat detection, real-time monitoring, automation, predictive analytics, and compliance strategies within complex multi-network Intelligence Community (IC) environments. Specifically, you will lead the architectural evolution and integration of enterprise platform standards including Splunk, ServiceNow, and AppDynamics to drive end-to-end visibility and operational excellence.Future & Integrated Enterprise Architecture: Drive the development, evolution, and alignment of the future-state and integrated technical architecture for critical enterprise platforms, specifically ensuring seamless interoperability between Splunk, ServiceNow, and AppDynamics.Enterprise Technical Architecture: Define and maintain the end-to-end technical architecture for a centralized IT systems data ecosystem, ensuring complete alignment with strategic modernization goals and federal IT mandates.Digital Transformation Leadership: Drive mission enablement for Cyber, IT, and Insight Operations through the deployment of an AI-driven ecosystem that optimizes resources for data-driven success.Strategic Facilitation: Lead and facilitate leadership offsites, multi-agency working groups, and strategic technical discussions to identify and mitigate infrastructure gaps, platform limitations, technical debt, and disconnected workflows.Systems Integration: Lead massive-scale systems integration efforts across disparate technical teams, ensuring seamless integration of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and custom-built solutions.Data Governance & Integrity: Build and operationalize robust data governance, data classification, and access control policies across hybrid cloud and on-premise environments in compliance with ICD 503, ICD 504, and upcoming AI mandates (e.g., ICD 505).Security & Compliance Architecture: Architect secure network segmentations, zero-trust frameworks, and cross-domain solutions (CDS) within highly complex security enclaves. Ensure technical systems satisfy strict federal accreditation and assessment (A&A) standards.Technical Mentorship & Governance: Provide technical leadership, conduct comprehensive code/architecture reviews, promote DevSecOps cultures, and establish rigorous performance benchmarks for engineering teams.Program Advisory Support: Assist in managing program scope, schedules, milestones, technical dependencies, and risk mitigation strategies to optimize the return on investment (ROI) for critical technical solutions.RequirementsRequired QualificationsExperience:Minimum of 20+ years of technical experience in Systems Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Systems Integration, and Digital Transformation.Minimum of 15+ years of dedicated experience supporting the Intelligence Community (IC) and/or Department of Defense (DoD).Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Systems Engineering, Business and IT, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent combination of education and experience).Security Clearance: Must possess an active TS/SCI with Polygraph.Required Technical & Core CompetenciesEnterprise Monitoring & ITSM Integration: Deep architectural understanding and proven ability to support the development of integrated future-state architectures combining Splunk (enterprise logging/SIEM), ServiceNow (ITSM/ITOM), and AppDynamics (application performance monitoring) to deliver holistic operational observability.Architectural Frameworks: Proven expertise using enterprise architecture methodologies (e.g., JARM, Gartner Enterprise Architecture, FEAF) to manage complex system-of-systems configurations.AI/ML Strategy: Broad understanding of the notional AI stack, machine learning lifecycles, full lifecycle model management, and integrating massive enterprise datasets with machine learning tools.Cloud & Infrastructure: Deep familiarity with secure, scalable hybrid cloud engineering solutions (e.g., AWS, cloud-native architectures) and cross-domain communications.Security Standards: Expert-level knowledge of Risk Management Frameworks (RMF), A&A processes, system hardening, and IC directives (including ICD 503, ICD 504, and NIST 800-53 standards).Agile & DevSecOps Mindset: Demonstrated experience championing SecDevOps best practices (automated security testing, IaC, CI/CD pipelines) and working within or across Agile/Scrum delivery teams.Tools: Proficiency utilizing workflow tracking and documentation platforms like JIRA and Confluence to manage system requirements and backlogs.Communication: Exceptional ability to synthesize complex architectural designs and technical issues into high-impact briefings and customer-facing dashboard presentations for senior executive leadership.
We are seeking a highly accomplished Subject Matter Expert (SME) Systems Engineer to serve as a Senior Digital Transformation Architect & Strategist. In this role, you will define, integrate, and modernize the technical architecture for a centralized enterprise IT systems data ecosystem. You will serve as a strategic technical advisor to executive leadership, bridging the gap between high-level vision and engineering execution.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience designing secure, scalable architectures that support advanced threat detection, real-time monitoring, automation, predictive analytics, and compliance strategies within complex multi-network Intelligence Community (IC) environments. Specifically, you will lead the architectural evolution and integration of enterprise platform standards including Splunk, ServiceNow, and AppDynamics to drive end-to-end visibility and operational excellence.
- Future & Integrated Enterprise Architecture: Drive the development, evolution, and alignment of the future-state and integrated technical architecture for critical enterprise platforms, specifically ensuring seamless interoperability between Splunk, ServiceNow, and AppDynamics.
- Enterprise Technical Architecture: Define and maintain the end-to-end technical architecture for a centralized IT systems data ecosystem, ensuring complete alignment with strategic modernization goals and federal IT mandates.
- Digital Transformation Leadership: Drive mission enablement for Cyber, IT, and Insight Operations through the deployment of an AI-driven ecosystem that optimizes resources for data-driven success.
- Strategic Facilitation: Lead and facilitate leadership offsites, multi-agency working groups, and strategic technical discussions to identify and mitigate infrastructure gaps, platform limitations, technical debt, and disconnected workflows.
- Systems Integration: Lead massive-scale systems integration efforts across disparate technical teams, ensuring seamless integration of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and custom-built solutions.
- Data Governance & Integrity: Build and operationalize robust data governance, data classification, and access control policies across hybrid cloud and on-premise environments in compliance with ICD 503, ICD 504, and upcoming AI mandates (e.g., ICD 505).
- Security & Compliance Architecture: Architect secure network segmentations, zero-trust frameworks, and cross-domain solutions (CDS) within highly complex security enclaves. Ensure technical systems satisfy strict federal accreditation and assessment (A&A) standards.
- Technical Mentorship & Governance: Provide technical leadership, conduct comprehensive code/architecture reviews, promote DevSecOps cultures, and establish rigorous performance benchmarks for engineering teams.
- Program Advisory Support: Assist in managing program scope, schedules, milestones, technical dependencies, and risk mitigation strategies to optimize the return on investment (ROI) for critical technical solutions.
Requirements
- Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 20+ years of technical experience in Systems Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Systems Integration, and Digital Transformation.
- Minimum of 15+ years of dedicated experience supporting the Intelligence Community (IC) and/or Department of Defense (DoD).
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Systems Engineering, Business and IT, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
- Security Clearance: Must possess an active TS/SCI with Polygraph.
- Required Technical & Core Competencies
- Enterprise Monitoring & ITSM Integration: Deep architectural understanding and proven ability to support the development of integrated future-state architectures combining Splunk (enterprise logging/SIEM), ServiceNow (ITSM/ITOM), and AppDynamics (application performance monitoring) to deliver holistic operational observability.
- Architectural Frameworks: Proven expertise using enterprise architecture methodologies (e.g., JARM, Gartner Enterprise Architecture, FEAF) to manage complex system-of-systems configurations.
- AI/ML Strategy: Broad understanding of the notional AI stack, machine learning lifecycles, full lifecycle model management, and integrating massive enterprise datasets with machine learning tools.
- Cloud & Infrastructure: Deep familiarity with secure, scalable hybrid cloud engineering solutions (e.g., AWS, cloud-native architectures) and cross-domain communications.
- Security Standards: Expert-level knowledge of Risk Management Frameworks (RMF), A&A processes, system hardening, and IC directives (including ICD 503, ICD 504, and NIST 800-53 standards).
- Agile & DevSecOps Mindset: Demonstrated experience championing SecDevOps best practices (automated security testing, IaC, CI/CD pipelines) and working within or across Agile/Scrum delivery teams.
- Tools: Proficiency utilizing workflow tracking and documentation platforms like JIRA and Confluence to manage system requirements and backlogs.
- Communication: Exceptional ability to synthesize complex architectural designs and technical issues into high-impact briefings and customer-facing dashboard presentations for senior executive leadership.
KDA Consulting is a Disabled Veteran, Woman-Owned, Certified Disadvantaged Small Business. KDA emphasizes teamwork, focusing on achieving goals, using every second as an opportunity to excel and, a drive to complete deliverables efficiently, on time, and under budget. KDA is a closely-knit, diverse team of professionals driven to tackle demanding National Defense and Intelligence challenges through the IT solutions that we innovate, design, engineer, deploy and operate.We believe in continual learning, in helping our clients and teammates regardless of role or position, in supporting causes that matter to us and our customers. KDA is not just technically focused we bring a thorough understanding of our customers' mission and business goals. We use that knowledge to advise them on the latest trends affecting their problem space while innovating new solutions from existing customer capabilities.KDA strives for maximum satisfaction from our customers by providing leading-edge technologies coupled with the right skills, expertise, and practical experience to plan, analyze, design, implement, and sustain innovative, cost-effective enterprise solutions Our goal and biggest accomplishments are in achieving mission success with resilient global solutions.
KDA Consulting is a Disabled Veteran, Woman-Owned, Certified Disadvantaged Small Business. KDA emphasizes teamwork, focusing on achieving goals, using every second as an opportunity to excel and, a drive to complete deliverables efficiently, on time, and under budget. KDA is a closely-knit, diverse team of professionals driven to tackle demanding National Defense and Intelligence challenges through the IT solutions that we innovate, design, engineer, deploy and operate.We believe in continual learning, in helping our clients and teammates regardless of role or position, in supporting causes that matter to us and our customers. KDA is not just technically focused we bring a thorough understanding of our customers' mission and business goals. We use that knowledge to advise them on the latest trends affecting their problem space while innovating new solutions from existing customer capabilities.
KDA strives for maximum satisfaction from our customers by providing leading-edge technologies coupled with the right skills, expertise, and practical experience to plan, analyze, design, implement, and sustain innovative, cost-effective enterprise solutions Our goal and biggest accomplishments are in achieving mission success with resilient global solutions.
