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This position may be the perfect fit for you! At Leidos, our mission is to be the global leader in developing and applying technology to solve our customers' most complex challenges. We are looking for a results-driven Systems Architect to join the Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) Enterprise Center (NEC) team at Fort Meade, MD.\nThis role is more than just a job-it’s an opportunity to contribute to critical national security efforts. The NC3 Enterprise Center serves as the Department of Defense’s lead organization for enterprise-level systems engineering and architecture for NC3. Under the leadership of the Commander, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), the team leverages subject matter expertise and best practices to transform mission and operational requirements into effective solutions and capabilities. This is a Mission Essential contract that must be performed under all circumstances to achieve its DoD component missions and responsibilities.\nAs a Systems Architect on the contract’s Enterprise Architecture Team, you will help develop Fit-For-Purpose enterprise level architecture viewpoints through Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) based on Authoritative Source of Truth (ASoT) to support engineering analysis and data-driven decision-making by senior leaders that enables the modernization and evolution of NC3 capabilities.\nThis is your chance to be part of a team tackling some of the most significant challenges faced by our nation's leaders. Working alongside our customer at Fort Meade, you’ll have the opportunity to apply your skills to meaningful work with far-reaching impact. Don’t wait-join our team and be part of the solution. Apply today!\nPrimary Responsibilities\nShape enterprise architecture governance - Help develop, maintain, and execute the architecture governance framework that guides how mission-critical systems evolve across the enterprise.\n\nBe the go-to architecture expert - Serve as a subject matter expert who advises senior leaders, delivers data-driven recommendations, and helps translate strategic objectives into sound architectural decisions.\n\nCollaborate across high-impact teams - Partner with architecture teams and the Data Governance Group to capture user requirements and use cases, and to shape the data standards and processes that power a modern Digital Mission Engineering Environment.\n\nDesign and publish system-of-systems architectures - Build, baseline, and continuously update enterprise architectures and detailed architecture artifacts using leading digital engineering tools and libraries.\n\nTurn authoritative data into actionable architecture - Ingest, reformat, validate, and publish \"As-Is\" architecture products, ensuring the enterprise always has an accurate, trusted picture of its systems.\n\nBasic Qualifications\nSecurity Clearance: Top Secret/SCI clearance (mandatory).\n\nEducation: BA or BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or educational equivalent.\n\nExperience: 5+ years in the following:\nEstablishing system information requirements.\n\nDesigning architecture - including software, hardware and communications - to support total requirements and provide for present and future cross-functional requirements and interfaces.\n\nEvaluating problems of workflows and organization and developing appropriate corrective actions.\n\nTechnical Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, MBSE, and collaboration tools (MS Teams, SharePoint, Confluence, and Jira).\n\nCommunication: Strong written/verbal skills for technical documentation and presentations.\n\nWork Style: Ability to manage multiple tasks in an agile, dynamic environment.\n\nDesired Qualifications\nThe Open Group Framework (TOGAF) certification.\n\nDoD Architecture Framework (DODAF) certification.\n\nExperience with systems engineering and enterprise architecture for high assurance communications systems.\n\nBackground in NC3 architecture/performance analysis and engineering design.\n\nKnowledge of National Leadership Command Capability or Senior Leader Command, Control, and Communications Systems.\n\nExperience collaborating with NC3 stakeholders including Air Force, Navy, NC3 Enterprise Center, USSTRATCOM, USCYBERCOM, Joint Staff, and OSD.\nIf you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.\nOriginal Posting:\nJuly 24, 2026For U.S. Positions: 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.\nPay Range:\nPay Range $87,100.00 - $157,450.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. 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