Computer Scientist (Enterprise Architect)

About the role

DCSA Acquisition and Technology, National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) is seeking a Lead Software Architect to engineer enterprise-level software architectures supporting critical national security. The incumbent will drive the shift from waterfall to Agile/MVP releases, establish security controls, govern technical debt, & lead microservices initiatives using the Software Acquisition Pathway.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrated experience transitioning from waterfall development to Agile environments, focusing on defining Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) and managing iterative software releases.
• Expert ability to design and implement complex enterprise software architectures, specifically leveraging microservices and API-first initiatives for national security operations.
• Proven experience utilizing the DoD Software Acquisition Pathway (DODI 5000.87) to oversee programmatic documentation, evaluate financial inputs, and monitor project expenditures.
• Ability to establish and enforce strict security controls and technical debt governance across multidisciplinary development teams to mitigate risk and ensure system resilience.
• Experience serving as an authoritative technical advisor, delivering briefings to executive stakeholders (e.g., OSW, CDAO) to synchronize inter-agency architectural objectives.

Requirements

This announcement is open to: Current Federal employees in the competitive and excepted service; Retained Grade Preference (RGP) eligibles, and Military Reserve and National Guard Technician eligibles.

Qualifications

• Basic Requirement: Bachelor's degree in computer science or bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus.
• Specialized Experience: Experience serving as an authoritative technical advisor and lead architect responsible for the strategic planning, engineering, and execution of complex enterprise software architectures; leading multidisciplinary development teams using Agile methodologies and the Software Acquisition Pathway (DODI 5000.87) to shift from traditional waterfall methods to iterative software releases, define Minimum Viable Products (MVPs), and implement microservices and Application Program Interface -first initiatives; experience establishing technical debt governance and security controls; aligning emerging technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence and data analytics, with organizational Responsible Artificial Intelligence (RAI) policies; and evaluating combined financial and technical programmatic requirements; ability to lead technical working groups, facilitate interagency governance, and deliver authoritative technical briefings to executive-level stakeholders-such as Chief Data and Analytics Office, Office of the Secretary of War, or equivalent senior leadership-to synchronize enterprise architecture strategies with critical national security objectives.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Full Time

Other Information

• Drug Testing Designated Position
• Excepted Service Position
• Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act Practitioner certification in Engineering and Technical Management required within 5 years (60 months) after entry into this position.