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Proposed Work Location: Census Bureau Headquarters, Suitland, Maryland

SNAP is pursuing a contract with the U.S. Census Bureau to provide an experienced Sr. Business and Solution Architect. The preferred candidate will possess prior Census Bureau experience, excellent
people and leadership skills, and great communication and presentation skills. This position will lead and will serve as a mentor for a team of Business and Solution Architects on a large program supported by more than 100 full-time employees.

The selected candidate will perform the following duties (this is not a comprehensive list of all duties to be performed):

• Assist in the documentation and establishment of processes, templates and tools required to develop and manage business and solution architecture.

• Ensure architecture supporting major programs in the Decennial Directorate are in alignment and compliance with the Bureau's enterprise architecture.

• Ensure architecture supporting major programs in the Decennial Directorate are in alignment and compliance with the programs' business and operations plans, schedules, documentation, and governance.

• Support the development of business and solution architecture designs.

• Provide expertise in business process and analytical modeling concepts, techniques and tools.

• Develop and maintain business process models, interface data flow documentation (e.g. data exchanges and system interconnections), Integrated Operations diagrams and functional and technical diagrams.

Technical Qualifications/Requirements

Qualified candidates should have:

• Previous experience working as a Business and Solutions Architect on a similar-sized project.

• Architecture Support (requires at least one certification):

  • The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)

• Integration Knowledge:

  • Strong knowledge of SDLC (waterfall and agile).

  • Working knowledge of software methods and best practices.

  • Strong technical, analytical, and problem solving skills; Excellent verbal and written
    communication skills.

  • Understanding and experience with information security requirements and practices.

  • Expert knowledge for integration of software in commercial cloud environment.

• Experience with the following:

  • Automated tools (e.g., HP ALM/PPM, JIRA Agile etc.) for test case development and defect
    tracking; Serena Version Manager and Serena Business Manager; User Interface
    systems; Verifying requirements are testable and generate testing objectives; Conducting
    an effective requirements review; Writing SQL statements; Performing database
    queries using SQL; Viewing and updating Oracle tables.

  • Statistical sampling techniques and statistical concepts.

  • SAS; Oracle 11g or higher; PL/SQL; SQL (ANSI); Java / Java script; Microsoft .NET;

  • ERSI ARCGIS (desktop, SERVER, PORTAL); ESRI ARC SDE geo database (ORACLE); Perl Scripting; Shell Scripting.

Education/Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field plus a minimum of 5 years of related experience

• Proposed Work Location: Census Bureau Headquarters, Suitland, Maryland
• Contract Length *upon contract award*: 6 years (1 year plus 5 option years)
• Tax Terms:  W2 Only / Salary: Competitive salary with benefits package
• Clearance: Active Public Trust clearance
• Please indicate current immigration status and desired salary range when applying
• SNAP, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)

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SNAP is an employee-focused, forward-thinking technology company that delivers quality, innovative, and agile solutions to our customers. We have always believed that our success comes first and foremost through delivering on our commitments and ensuring our customers meet their business and mission objectives.

We are passionate about what we do and have cultivated a team-oriented collaborative organization with a collegial atmosphere that encourages participation, innovation, and entrepreneurship for all employees.

We recognize that in order to achieve our vision, we must attract highly qualified professionals that share our passion and spirit of excellence. To that end, we are proud to offer exciting and rewarding contract and corporate opportunities, a full and generous compensation package which includes highly competitive
salaries, 100% company paid group medical/dental insurance (employee) and 50% company-paid
for dependents, and multiple paid leave opportunities (10 holidays and 15 days PTO).

We also offer life and disability coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program, and Relocation Assistance (for qualified and pre-approved employees).

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