Enterprise Architect SME

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration, and intelligence mission support services. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing supports a U.S. Government customer in onsite incident response for civilian agencies and critical asset owners experiencing cyber-attacks, delivering immediate investigation, breach severity characterization, mitigation planning, and service restoration.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end mapping of new technology identification, requirements development, and workflows across all CISA Threat Hunt.
• Identify and document inputs, outputs, and dependencies for each phase of new technology insertion.
• Develop visual diagrams (process flows, swimlanes, dependency maps) to illustrate how proposed changes impact each section/branch.
• Facilitate workshops with stakeholders to validate workflows and uncover cross-functional impacts.
• Deliver actionable visuals and documentation to support strategic planning, compliance, and operational readiness.
• Document current and define future-state workflows and processes.
• Identify inputs, outputs, and key activities for each phase.
• Map dependencies between initiatives, systems, and teams.
• Develop end-to-end workflow diagrams and swimlane diagrams to show roles and handoffs.
• Validate diagrams and maps with stakeholders and analyze impact on each subdivision/branch.
• Identify gaps and recommend process/system changes.
• Deliver final visuals and documentation to leadership.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Ability to obtain Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Entry on Duty (EOD) Suitability.
• 12+ years of direct relevant experience in systems engineering and architecture development.
• Knowledge in IT fields including systems and networking engineering, technical analytics, threat hunt incident response/hunt deployment tools, cloud technologies, and databases.
• Experience with and technical understanding of cybersecurity attack-mitigation techniques and cybersecurity architectures.
• Experience with Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC) processes and practices, Change Management practices, requirements management, traceability, and associated tools.
• Comprehensive understanding of Government Information Security policies, regulations, and guidelines.
• Ability to work collaboratively across agencies and physical locations.
• Knowledge and experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or similar lean Agile framework.
• Agile Systems Engineering and/or development experience.
• DevSecOps or DevOps experience.

Qualifications

• BS in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Cyber Security, Computer Engineering, or related degree.

Skills

• Experience and/or familiarity with architectural views including operational, technical standards, and system/services views and business, data, applications, and technology architectures using applicable standards (e.g., DODAF, FEAF).
• Experience and/or familiarity with software and system lifecycle methodologies (e.g., ISO, CMMI, ITIL, Agile, SAFe).
• Experience with requirements management tools (DOORS preferred).
• Experience and/or familiarity with the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and security and privacy controls (NIST 800-37 and NIST 800-53).
• DHS experience.

Desired Certifications

• DoD 8140 IAT Level III.
• Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP).
• SAFe certification (SA, SP, SSM/SASM, RTE, POPM, SPD, ASE, or SPC).