Solutions Architect Location: 50% Remote and Sterling VA or Rockville, MD Salary: 130-180Kish * ACTIVE SECRET CLEARANCE REQUIRED * Long-term contract Responsibilities: Solution planning and engineering, defining security requirements, target architecture, interoperability and integration, system testing, Verification and Validation, Modeling and Simulation, studies and analysis, post-deployment security validation (PDSV), and project risk management. Part of a team, contribute to the architecture and engineering of current and emerging cybersecurity systems, policies, and processes to enforce standards and identify vulnerabilities and capability gaps, and reduce cybersecurity risk of our customer networks. Required Education, Experience, & Skills: At least 8 years of experience with performing systems engineering/architecture for large systems-of-systemExperience in design and development of system architecture to include interface models, system behavior models (including use case and sequence diagrams), network diagrams, data flow models, and traceability of requirements and standards to enterprise architecture models.Hands on experience in developing architecture artifacts following an architecture framework (ie DoDAF, TOGAF, FEAF)Hands on experience with architecture tools such as UNICOM System Architect, NoMagic Cameo Enterprise Architecture/MagicDraw/Cameo Systems Modeler, or other equivalent enterprise architecture toolsExperience in systems engineering requirements and concept development, systems hardware and software design and development, and system integration.Experience working with multiple teams and ability to interface with technical and non-technical stakeholders at various levels within and outside of the organization to bring together the solution.Must have at least an active Secret clearanceMust be able to obtain DHS EOD Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills: Expertise in developing UML and SysML models to support architecture, design, and development for large-scale programExperience with Model Based System Engineering (MBSE).Experience using MBSE tools and methodology to develop architecture and integrating requirements, standards, and security controls to generate system-engineering products.Experience with transitioning requirements and specifications from DOORS into a model-based environmentExperience with transitioning architecture and design data from Unicom System Architect into a model-based environment For immediate consideration, please apply directly or contact Sunita Mehta at Smehta@altaits.com or (301) 461- 3235