Senior Enterprise Architect

Job Description

Job Description

Senior Enterprise Architect – NATO Transformation ProgramsLocation : HQ SACT, Norfolk, VA

Position Type : Full-time, Onsite

Clearance Requirement : Active NATO or National SECRET (or higher) security clearanceRole OverviewIronclad Defense Works (IDW) is seeking highly qualified Senior Enterprise Architects to join NATO’s Allied Command Transformation (ACT) in support of its Infrastructure, NC3, and Requirements & Architecture Management Programs. These positions play a pivotal role in advancing NATO’s digital transformation and capability development by designing, aligning, and governing architectures across physical infrastructure, command and control systems, and enterprise-wide capability portfolios.

The successful candidates will apply recognized architecture frameworks (TOGAF, DoDAF, Zachman, UAF, and NATO Architecture Framework – NAF) to model, analyze, and optimize NATO’s enterprise capabilities.Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise, capability, and solution architectures supporting NATO transformation programs.
• Perform architectural analysis of capabilities, identifying gaps, overlaps, and dependencies across NATO infrastructure, command & control systems, and capability portfolios.
• Produce NAF-compliant architecture views and documentation to support requirements definition, design, and portfolio management.
• Facilitate cross-domain architectural consistency across Infrastructure, NC3, and enterprise-level frameworks.
• Collaborate with military and civilian stakeholders to ensure that architectures reflect strategic and operational priorities.
• Support mission thread analysis and capability employment modeling for NATO’s NC3 modernization and integration efforts.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to requirements managers and architecture practitioners.
• Support DOTMLPFI synchronization, contributing to development and refinement of concepts, operational courses of action, and requirements traceability.
• Maintain architecture repositories, ensuring version control and alignment with NATO data governance standards.
• Deliver briefings, presentations, and architecture documentation to senior decision-makers.

Required Qualifications

Desired Skills

Application InstructionsApply directly through the posted job ad and link.

Candidates may also send a cover letter and NATO-format Resume emphasizing enterprise architecture experience and multinational project work to :

📧 jobs@idw.inc

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