Business Architect - Junior

CONTINGENT UPON CONTRACT AWARD

Overview:  The VA is a senior member of the Federal preparedness and disaster operations community. VA operates within the context of the National Preparedness System to achieve the National Preparedness Goal and strengthen federal mission resilience through preparedness, planning, exercises, training, and evaluation; information fusion, including predictive analysis before, during, and after an incident; and insider threat/counterintelligence program efforts. In addition to meeting the needs of veterans including those of their families and caregivers, the VA employs the National Incident Management System (NIMS) to execute its 4th Mission for sharing resources in support of interagency response through the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) and serving as the principal health care backup to the Department of Defense (DoD) during national emergencies or war.

Overarching Scope of Work:  The Chief, OSP Office, within the VA Central Office, provides policy and oversight to ensure the safety and security of Veterans, the VA workforce, and those interacting with the VA while supporting the continuity of mission critical and essential services as part of the Nation’s overall response and preparedness efforts. The Chief, OSP Office provides strategic foresight for VA’s nationwide national security operations, preparedness, security, and law enforcement portfolios and assures it integration across the Department. The Chief, OSP office coordinates with key interagency partners on national security policy. 640 Acres must provide analytical support services, subject matter expertise, and modernization of business processes for each of the Program Offices within the OSP office (OSLE/ OEMR/ OICAM) by: 

1.   Identifying and defining issues and gaps in analytical and business processes 

2.   Through problem framing, determine the relevance of the data to be accessed and identify the relevant data not currently being accessed, and the means of gathering the data. 

3.   Developing processes/methods and identifying tools required to effectively analyze data. 

4.   Developing processes/methods to interpret results and draw conclusions from data analysis.

5.   Developing processes/methods to synthesize findings and integrate the findings into problem-solving/decision-making cycles. 

6.   Designing ways to present the framework (i.e. – reports, dashboards, etc.) for specific purposes. 

Business Architect Description: Performs tasks that structure the enterprise in terms of its governance structure, business processes, and business information; align strategic goals and objectives with decisions regarding products and services, partners and suppliers, organization, capabilities, and key business and IT initiatives. Tasks may include developing a business architecture strategy based on a situational awareness of various business scenarios and motivations; applying a structured business architecture approach and methodology for capturing the key views of the enterprise; capturing the tactical and strategic enterprise goals that provide traceability through the organization and are mapped to metrics that provide ongoing governance; defining the set of strategic, core and support processes that transcend functional and organizational boundaries; identifying external entities such as customers, suppliers, and external systems that interact with the business and describe which people, resources and controls are involved in the processes; and capture the relationships among roles, capabilities and business units, and the decomposition of those business units into subunits, and the internal or external management of those units.

Requirements

• Knowledge of Emergency Management Operations and Preparedness. 
• Knowledge of Security and Law Enforcement. 
• Bachelor's degree in business, systems analysis or a related field of study with 4+ years of experience successfully developing business architecture strategy.
• PMP preferred.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Six Sigma Black Belt preferred
• Work performed with the Veterans Administration preferred.

Benefits

Full Benefits Package:

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability