Networking for Future, Inc. (NFF) is a Washington, DC based company offering a performance-focused approach to delivering transformational IT business solutions. We take pride in keeping users productive and engaged by providing business and IT teams with the solutions they need to improve their performance in a dynamic, connected world.

NFF is the only Cisco Gold Partner headquartered in the District of Columbia with Advanced Specializations in all major IT disciplines. In addition to Cisco, NFF holds key strategic partnerships with VMware, NetApp, Microsoft, Riverbed, Splunk and many System Integrators. NFF is an ISO 9001:2015 certified company and has been ranked in Inc. Magazine's 500/5000 Fastest Growing Companies list since 2007.

We offer expert solutions relevant to: Network Infrastructures, Data Center & Cloud, Network & Endpoint Security, Application Assurance, Collaboration & Mobility and Staff Augmentation.

NFF is seeking a full time Infrastructure Solution Architect.  The selected candidate will be responsible for the daily operations of supporting job functions in the Infrastructure Architecture team and cover Enterprise Information Systems.

Responsibilities:

• Apply concepts of application architecture and service orientation to assist customer teams responsible for developing HA application requirements in specific functional areas.
• Coordinate work to prevent overlap and ensure alignment with Enterprise Architecture Framework, IT strategy, SDLC, strategic drivers, and standards.
• Prepare as-is and to-be application architecture artifacts including system connect diagrams, application reference models, software requirements documents,  interface  descriptions,  data  dictionaries,  performance monitoring and logging specifications, high availability and scaling designs, DR concepts and designs, and application staging plans.
• Work with data and infrastructure architects and software program managers to ensure integrity, high availability, and scalability of application systems and plans within the context of the overall Enterprise Architecture; and guide the work of business systems/business case analysts and documentation specialists.
• Develop current and future state application architectures, including but not limited to business transformation, identifying potential risks and opportunities, capturing the rationale for architecture design decisions, negotiating conflicting requirements, improving architectural documentation quality, and facilitating clear articulation architectural artifacts (Business, Information, Application, Infrastructure, Integration, Security etc.) recommendations to ensure value driven sustainable Architectural perspectives
• Follow industry standards and best practices to enable effective review process for a multitude of technology paradigm within transit industry.
• Analyze and review business capability architecture and translate it into an effective information architecture, features, functionalities, etc.
• Translate user behavior into structured elements, attributes, process workflows, user scenarios, storyboards etc. for Enterprise information systems – PeopleSoft, Maximo, Kronos, Hyperion, Hastus, Trapeze, etc.
• Guide construction of architecture review question sets and conduct fact- based object review of technology paradigms to facilitate rationale for value propositions.
• Enforce business transformation and optimization through due-diligence review from architectural perspectives and viewpoints.

Required Skills: 

• Must have 15+ Years of Experience in design and development of solution experience architecture.
• Exceptional solution architecture experience and familiarity with architecture patterns and design with emphasis on performance tuning, logging, and monitoring, Micro services and Cloud, high availability/scaling solutioning, and software development skills.
• Strong analytical, verbal communication, and written communication skills.
• Experience using MS Visio or other data or application visualization software to document application architecture.
• Proven ability to plan and deploy custom COTS and middleware application programs and process improvements.
• Experience managing teams of programmers for the deployment of large, complex web and mobile applications.
• Experience performing the application architecture function, from conception to deployment, of a large government multi-agency solution.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the transit industry.
• Experience integrating legacy applications or data sources across a J2EE, MS.NET, and/or legacy mainframe or mini environment.
• At least three (3) years of experience implementing architectural patterns and designs for web and mobile applications.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing HA and scaling solutions in a complex, multi-application architecture including Cloud.
• Expertise in integrating complex, HA designs within a complex network environment supporting multiple web and mobile applications.
• Experience planning and deploying a business process management solution and/or a workflow engine within a large, enterprise software deployment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Communications, Finance, or in a related discipline.

NFF offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits and flexible paid time off options, for eligible employees:

• Medical, Dental and Vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account
• STD, LTD, Supplemental life insurance and ADD&D
• Comprehensive 401k plan
• Paid Time Off
• NFF is an Equal Opportunity Employer.