Unified Communications Domain Architect at Leidos

Description

Leidos currently has an opening on the Service Management Integration and Transport (SMIT) Contract for a Unified Communications Domain Architect reporting to the SMIT Chief Architect.  This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience and leadership skills to successfully execute the mission of the Navy’s largest IT services program.  Under the SMIT Contract, the Leidos team is responsible for the core backbone for the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet, including cybersecurity services, network operations, network engineering, service desk, seat support services, and data transport. The Unified Communications Domain Architect applies enterprise IT capabilities across the workforce, bringing integrated business value across functional and organizational boundaries to end users at all levels of the Navy and Marine Corps. These services enhance workforce effectiveness and successful execution of the Navy’s mission.  Ultimately, Leidos supports the Navy in unifying its shore-based networks and data management to improve capability and services while reducing costs by focusing efforts under one enterprise network.

Qualified candidates will demonstrate professionalism and the ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced and mission-focused environment.  This position is highly focused on Navy Claimant voice communications capabilities that require a rich skillset in IP networking, legacy and modernized voice communications, and other related technologies.  This position requires qualified individuals already possessing an active US DoD SECRET security clearance.

Primary Responsibilities

• The Unified Communications Domain Architect (DA) is responsible for:
  • Developing UC solution architectures, including system designs, integrations, and data flows, ensuring alignment with industry best practices, security standards, and regulatory requirements.
  • Providing technical thought leadership and guidance throughout the project lifecycle, including solution design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing support.
  • Designing scalable and resilient architectures with a deep understanding of UC, security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
  • Partnering with vendors and third-party providers to evaluate and select UC technologies ensuring compatibility and scalability with existing infrastructure and future needs.
  • Responsibility for the technical architecture baseline for Navy Claimants’ Unified Communications solutions.
  • Conducting technology assessments, trade studies/analyses of alternatives, proof-of-concepts, and pilots to evaluate new solutions and validate their suitability for Navy environments.
  • Providing occasional Tier 3/Tier 4 support to Operations.
  • Identifying technology and solution roadmaps to improve mission enterprise capabilities resulting in increased contract growth and improved customer experience.
  • Participating in the Leidos SMIT Engineering Review Board
  • Collaborating with other DAs in cases of capability overlap areas and collaborating across a number of Engineering and Operations Teams.
  • Reviewing and providing input to Contract Deliverables Requirements List (CDRL) documents.
• Proposal Support
  • Providing subject matter expertise into new business for:
    • Help with defining customer requirements through collaboration to ensure all requirements are being captured in proposals.
    • Leading technical solutioning related to UC requirements
    • Providing information about required hardware/software for UC related solutions
    • Reviewing and providing information for proposal documentation
    • Developing and/or Reviewing statements of work
• Architecture
  • Collaborate with teams to develop Network Transformation approaches.
    • Research and present technologies related to improving UC capabilities for the Navy.
  • Provide subject matter expertise for analysis of alternatives, business case analyses, etc…
  • Thought leader for working with the MBSE Team to model UC solutions.
• Engineering
  • Provide guidance and oversight to the UC Engineering Team:
    • Provide strategy and guidance for integration of engineered systems into the existing environment.
    • Provide system function information to Assessment and Authorization for system accreditation.
      • Package Diagrams, SEISA/A&A Plan,
    • Resolve technical conflicts for system integration.
    • Provide Lab guidance for minimal viable products to ensure proper testing of systems and system interfaces.
• Modeling Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Architecture Support to the Modeling Team:
  • Provide subject matter expertise of UC system and subsystem functions:
    • Provide information about UC related systems to cameo system modelers.
      • Provide/Review/Verify System Requirements
      • Provide/Review/Verify HLD Structure
      • Provide/Review/Verify LLD
    • Develop and refine standardization and definition for systems being integrated into the Cameo System Modeler.
    • Review and provide network system descriptions, background, and context.
• Limited Operations Support
  • Provide subject matter expertise of the UC environment to assist in:
    • Tier 3 escalation point for UC troubleshooting.
    • Making UC decisions that are outside of the configuration baseline to resolve network issues.
    • Informing the Operations community about updates to current systems so they are aware of new functions associated with changes.
    • Provide briefings related to system changes to the Engineering and Operations communities.

Basic Qualifications

• Requires BS degree and 12 – 15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters degree with 10 – 13 years of prior relevant experience.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, presentation/briefing skills; ability to interact with internal Senior-level Managers and Senior Navy Customers
• Currently possess and ability to maintain an active DoD Secret security clearance (Top Secret preferred)
• Ability to review requirements, comprehend, and solution capabilities that satisfy customer requirements
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative, forward thinking, and innovation-driven environment
• Expert/Working Knowledge required, but not limited to:  Modern Voice/Video over IP solutions such as, but not limited to Ribbon, Cisco, and Avaya; legacy analog and digital voice PBX communications knowledge; Session Initiation Protocol (SIP); Session Border Controllers including, but not limited to Ribbon, Cisco Cube, Call Managers including, but not limited to Cisco/Avaya/Ribbon, dialing plans, Microsoft Teams voice experience, presence, soft phone applications such as Cisco Jabber, working with Voice carriers/DISA, legacy Analog/Digital PBX to VoIP migration strategies/paths, e911, and other related capabilities as they evolve.
• Minimum of DoD 8570.01 IAT Level II Certification required prior to onboarding and must maintain certification while supporting the SMIT Contract (See DoD 8570.01-M Appendix 3  for valid certifications).
• In-depth understanding of TCP/IP networking, ports, protocols, and the OSI 7 layer model.
• Working knowledge of the Risk Management Framework (RMF), DISA STIGs
• Experienced and adept at developing and maintaining technical documents, analyses, and reports
• Experience presenting to client stakeholders and company management
• Must be able to access SIPRNet from an NMCI location on short notice (local travel).
• Ability to travel up to 25% including the potential for OCONUS travel
• Must be located in or near the vicinity of one of the following locations:
  • Norfolk, VA
  • San Diego, CA
  • Washington, DC
  • Northern Virginia
  • Bremerton, WA
  • Jacksonville, FL
  • Crane, IN
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Pensacola, FL
  • New Orleans, LA
  • Great Lakes, IL
  • Millington, TN
  • Ft. Worth, TX
  • Patuxent River, MD
  • Charleston, SC

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced/Professional level vendor certifications (Cisco, Ribbon, Avaya, etc…)
• Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and SysML experience, Cameo Systems Modeler

Original Posting Date:

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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