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Savan

Government-focused digital transformation and IT consulting

CPIC Enterprise Architect

IT OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeWashington, DC, USA$120k - $145k

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science, engineering, business, finance, economics, public administration, operations research, public policy, or a related discipline is required.
  • At least 10 years of relevant professional experience supporting federal IT, enterprise architecture, IT investment management, CPIC, IT portfolio management, IT financial management, PPBE, budgeting, or related CIO/OCIO functions is required.
  • At least 5 years of direct experience leading or materially supporting CPIC, IT portfolio management, IT investment management, enterprise architecture, or federal IT budget and financial-management initiatives is required.
  • Demonstrated experience supporting a federal CIO, OCIO, Chief Financial Officer organization, enterprise architecture office, IT portfolio-management office, or large federal agency IT organization is required.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of CPIC processes, IT investment lifecycle management, business-case development, investment review practices, portfolio analysis, and IT governance is required.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of PPBE concepts and federal IT budget formulation, programming, execution, spend planning, funding prioritization, budget tracking, and variance analysis is required.
  • Demonstrated enterprise architecture experience, including the ability to assess alignment among mission needs, business processes, capabilities, data, applications, infrastructure, technology standards, and IT investments is required.
  • Experience developing or assessing enterprise architecture artifacts such as capability maps, application inventories, technology roadmaps, current-state and target-state architectures, transition plans, investment roadmaps, and dependency analyses is required.
  • Experience evaluating IT investments using financial, technical, mission, operational, risk, security, schedule, and performance criteria is required.
  • Experience with federal IT investment reporting, OMB data calls, budget exhibits, investment business cases, portfolio submissions, or comparable executive-level reporting requirements is required.
  • Ability to analyze complex portfolio, budget, financial, and investment data and translate findings into practical, decision-ready recommendations is required.
  • Strong knowledge of IT cost estimation, total cost of ownership, lifecycle costs, technology refresh planning, acquisition considerations, vendor-management analysis, and financial tradeoff analysis is required.
  • Experience facilitating executive meetings, governance boards, architecture review boards, investment review boards, or cross-functional stakeholder sessions is required.
  • Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, and SharePoint is required.
  • Strong written, verbal, analytical, facilitation, and stakeholder-engagement skills, including the ability to communicate complex technical and financial concepts to nontechnical senior leaders, are required.
  • U.S. citizenship is required.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or other required Government suitability determination is required.
  • Ability to work in the Washington, DC metropolitan area and support on-site client meetings or work activities when required is required.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and support CPIC, IT portfolio management, IT investment management, and IT financial-management activities for a federal CIO/OCIO, enterprise architecture office, or comparable organization.
  • Advise Government stakeholders on the alignment of mission strategy, business capabilities, enterprise architecture, technology roadmaps, IT investments, budget priorities, and acquisition strategies.
  • Support the full IT investment lifecycle, including investment identification, business-case development, alternatives analysis, selection, control, evaluation, modernization planning, and retirement or consolidation decisions.
  • Apply enterprise architecture principles and frameworks to assess the business, data, application, technology, security, and integration impacts of current and planned IT investments.
  • Develop and maintain enterprise architecture artifacts, investment roadmaps, capability maps, transition plans, technical assessments, current-state and target-state analyses, and portfolio rationalization recommendations.
  • Lead analysis of IT investment cost, schedule, performance, risk, technical health, mission alignment, lifecycle status, dependencies, and total cost of ownership.
  • Support PPBE activities, including budget formulation, programming, execution monitoring, spend-plan development, variance analysis, funding prioritization, and fiscal-year planning.
  • Analyze IT budget and financial-management data to identify funding risks, execution issues, duplication, inefficiencies, potential cost savings, modernization opportunities, and investment tradeoffs.
  • Support development, review, and validation of IT investment business cases, budget exhibits, portfolio submissions, integrated data calls, and other required federal reporting artifacts.
  • Support the preparation and quality review of OMB-related reporting, including applicable IT portfolio, budget, performance, and investment-management submissions.
  • Provide expertise on FITARA, CPIC policy, federal IT investment-management practices, enterprise architecture guidance, technology-business-management concepts, and other applicable federal CIO/OCIO requirements.
  • Facilitate or support IT governance boards, architecture review boards, investment review boards, portfolio reviews, budget reviews, executive steering committees, and related working groups.
  • Develop decision papers, executive briefings, dashboards, portfolio reports, financial analyses, risk assessments, investment scorecards, and recommendations for senior Government leadership.
  • Coordinate with program offices, business owners, investment managers, financial-management organizations, acquisition offices, cybersecurity personnel, data offices, and technical teams to validate portfolio and investment information.
  • Establish and improve portfolio-management processes, data standards, governance procedures, reporting cadence, quality-control practices, and performance measures.
  • Identify investment duplication, technology overlap, architectural misalignment, unsupported lifecycle costs, weak business cases, and opportunities for consolidation, modernization, shared services, or improved enterprise integration.
  • Support the development and maintenance of investment inventories, portfolio roadmaps, capital plans, budget traceability matrices, crosswalks, and enterprise architecture repositories.
  • Ensure deliverables are accurate, timely, defensible, and tailored to the needs of senior executives, investment stakeholders, and governance decision-makers.
  • Mentor junior staff and provide technical leadership across CPIC, PPBE, enterprise architecture, portfolio analysis, and IT financial-management workstreams.

Desired Qualifications

  • A master's degree in information systems, business administration, public administration, finance, systems engineering, enterprise architecture, public policy, or a related field is preferred.
  • Experience supporting a cabinet-level department, federal CIO/OCIO, enterprise architecture office, IT portfolio-management office, or federal CFO organization is preferred.
  • Experience with Department of Transportation, transportation-sector IT, or large, decentralized federal enterprise environments is preferred.
  • Experience supporting FITARA implementation, federal IT modernization, cloud migration, data modernization, cybersecurity investment planning, shared services, application rationalization, or technology portfolio optimization is preferred.
  • Familiarity with the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF), The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF), or comparable architecture methodologies is preferred.
  • Experience using enterprise architecture, portfolio-management, financial-management, or reporting tools, such as ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, LeanIX, Planview, Apptio/Technology Business Management, Power BI, Tableau, SharePoint, Jira, or similar platforms is preferred.
  • Relevant certifications such as TOGAF, Certified Enterprise Architect, Federal Enterprise Architecture certification, Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), ITIL, Lean Six Sigma, Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM), or relevant financial-management and investment-management certifications are preferred.
  • Experience with firm-fixed-price task-order delivery, contract performance management, integrated project planning, risk management, and quality assurance is preferred.

About the Company

Savan

Government-focused digital transformation and IT consulting

Savan Group provides digital transformation, management, and IT consulting services to public-sector clients to solve critical management and operational challenges. It partners on federal contracts (GSA PSS, IT 70, 8(a) STARS II, Schedule 36) to deliver assessment and planning, design, implementation, and ongoing management that modernizes processes and technology. It distinguishes itself by tailoring solutions to each agency’s environment and constraints, backed by established public-sector engagements and contracting vehicles. Its goal is to help public-sector organizations operate more efficiently, effectively, and securely, achieving measurable outcomes.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Vienna, VA
Founded
2006

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