{"id":1503056,"url":"https://alion.io/job/by-light-enterprise-architect","title":"Enterprise Architect","company":{"id":1964053,"name":"By Light","domain":"bylight.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/bylight","size_band":"11-50","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"iCIMS","truth_index":null},"role":"Solutions","role_family":"Solutions","seniority":"staff","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Tampa, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":112000,"max_usd":214000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":474},"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Active Directory","optional":false},{"name":"AWS","optional":false},{"name":"Azure","optional":false},{"name":"LDAP","optional":false},{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"Splunk","optional":false},{"name":"Windows Server","optional":false},{"name":"IAM","optional":true},{"name":"ITIL","optional":true},{"name":"Model Context Protocol","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-30T04:41:54Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-30","last_verified_at":"2026-09-30T14:00:37Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Company Overview\nBy Light Professional IT Services LLC readies warfighters and federal agencies with technology and systems engineered to connect, protect, and prepare individuals and teams for whatever comes next. Headquartered in McLean, VA, By Light supports defense, civilian, and commercial IT customers worldwide.\nPosition Overview\nThe successful candidate works on high-visibility or mission critical aspects of a given program and performs all functional duties independently; oversees the efforts of less senior staff and/or is responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job.\nThis position is Monday through Friday, normal business hours. However, employee may be required to provide after-hours and weekend support during planned or emergency events.\nResponsibilities\nConduct continuous technology assessments and market surveys to identify COTS and GOTS solutions applicable to modernization requirements.\nConduct Analyses of Alternatives (AoA) that evaluate candidate systems for security posture, SWaP advantages, and operational suitability at the tactical edge, documenting trade-off analyses and recommendations.\nDevelop and present design COAs to the Government for review and selection, documenting trade-off analyses and recommendations.\nDevelop and document both Physical Infrastructure Architecture Diagrams and Logical Software Architecture Diagrams that satisfy validated requirements. Diagrams shall define each interface’s distant-end connection, delineate the contractor’s and Government’s respective points of responsibility, and support continuous feedback. Integration points shall be captured in Interface Control Documents.\nMaintain design documentation in a Government-approved repository and update it IAW the configuration management process.\nCoordinates with leads to ensure functional designs align with operational concepts and mission requirements.\nContinuous modernization of architecture and applications of that architecture to support mission, resulting in solutions and business cases for tactical and strategic continuous improvement.\nExecution of approved plans by refining mission needs into actionable requirements, then guiding implementation and operations teams to deliver solutions.\nInitiates, supervises, and/or develops requirements from a project’s inception to conclusion for complex to extremely complex programs.\nProvides strategic advice, technical guidance and expertise to program and project staff.\nProvides detailed analysis, evaluation and recommendations for improvements, optimization development, and/or maintenance efforts for client-specific or mission critical challenges/issues.\nConsults with client to define need or problem supervises studies and leads surveys to collect and analyze data to provide advice and recommend solutions.\nRequired Experience/Qualifications\nBA/BS.\nTen (10) years or more experience.\nOne of these IAT Level II certifications: CompTIA Security + CE, CCNA-Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, CND, SSCP.\nA Computing Environment (CE) certification or certificate for the technical area of responsibility in either Network support/defense (e.g., Splunk, Cisco, McAfee, etc.) OR (e.g., Microsoft, Linux, Solaris, etc.).\nMust possess competencies in installation, service design, and support in an environment that uses Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2016.\nExperience with Azure or AWS Cloud Environments.\nExperience with Linux.\nConceptual knowledge of Storage systems (SAN/NAS).\nWorking knowledge of authentication functions and protocols such as LDAP, Kerberos, and Active Directory.\nMust be able to work independently and as part of a team.\nMust be available to participate in on-call work on a reoccurring basis.\nSolid troubleshooting skills and demonstrated ability of end-to-end problem management and ownership.\nExcellent written and oral communication skills.\nPreferred Experience/Qualifications\nMA/MS.\nDoD TS/SCI clearance.\nITIL Foundations (v4 or higher) certification.\nOne of the IAM Level II certifications: CAP, CASP+ CE, CISM, CISSP (or Associate), GSLC, CCISO, HCISPP.\nAny of the following IT certifications are also desirable for this position: MCP, CompTIA A+ / Network+ / Security+, AWS, Azure.\nSpecial Requirements/Security Clearance\nDoD Secret clearance or higher.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4288,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Cybersecurity","Military","Science & Engineering"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-30T04:41:54Z"}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":29,"reasons":["conf:15","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/by-light-enterprise-architect","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/by-light-enterprise-architect.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T10:24:12Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1524,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":3476,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}