Product Architect
Job Category: Engineering
Time Type: Full time
Minimum Clearance Required to Start: None
Employee Type: Regular
Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%
Type of Travel: Local

CACI is currently looking for a motivated, career and customer-oriented Product Architect SME with Agile methodology experience to join our Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Land Border Integration (LBI) Integrated Traveler Initiative ITI2.1 team in Northern Virginia! Join this passionate team of industry-leading individuals supporting the best practices in Agile Software Development and hardware integration for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
As a member of the ITI2.1 Team, you will support the men and women charged with safeguarding the American people and enhancing the Nation’s safety, security, and prosperity. CBP Officers and Border Patrol agents are on the front lines, every day, protecting our national security by combining customs, immigration, border security, and agricultural protection into one coordinated and supportive activity.
CACI agile programs thrive in a culture of innovation and are constantly seeking individuals who can bring creative ideas to solve complex problems, both technical and procedural at the team and portfolio levels. The ability to be adaptable and to work constructively with a technically diverse and geographically separated team is crucial.

THESE QUALIFICATIONS WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE:

• Prior experience working with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Systems
• Ability to apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts, and contribute to the development of innovative principles and ideas
• Experience working on unusually complicated problems and providing solutions that are highly creative and ingenious, exhibiting creativity, and resourcefulness
• Experience supporting Federal government projects

The Product Architect SME provides architectural and software engineering expertise to managers and technical staff on a product team. The ideal candidate will have a deep technical understanding of Agile Development practices and experience delivering releasable software.

• Responsible for activities associated with delivery of customer-defined systems and software projects
• Collaborates with Developers, Portfolio Managers, Business Analysts, Testers, and Production Support Engineers to implement innovative technical solutions via iterative approach, reducing time to delivery
• Champions all aspects of the enterprise architecture function including architectural standards, governance processes, and provides the vision to explore and effectively utilize emerging technologies
• Collaborates with end user facing teams to define technology migration strategies and approaches
• Performs Architecture reviews as required, ensuring initiatives are aligned with future state
• Supports the Portfolio Manager and collaborates with the Product Owner to define and maintain the Product baseline, backlog, and roadmap
• Advocates effective architectural designs and optimizes current architecture and processes
• Identifies risks, opportunities, compliance issues or other architectural concerns
• Ensures that appropriate resources are brought to bear on complex production issues affecting applications
• Participates in Agile Scrum sprint planning, artifact creation, sprint testing, regression testing, demonstrations, retrospectives, and solution releases
• Analyzes project-related problems and creates innovative solutions involving schedule, technologies, methodologies, tools, and solution components
• Champions DevSecOps and test automation within a product team.
• Develops the product team’s technical skills through mentoring, coaching, and peer reviews.
• Oversees technical and agile best practices within the product team
• Reviews Cybersecurity Assessments and Static Code Analysis of developed software to perform remediation and improve software quality.
• Defines product Smoke-Test cases to ensure automated deployment tests encapsulate necessary tests to ensure successful performance
• Establishes team objectives, operational plans with measurable contribution towards the achievement of results of the job function or completion of a project.
• Leads, directs and reviews the work of a team who exercise latitude and independence in their assignments.
• Participates in various CBP meetings to provide product support, analysis, and insight

The Product Architect SME provides architectural and software engineering expertise to managers and technical staff on a product team. The ideal candidate will have a deep technical understanding of Agile Development practices and experience delivering releasable software.

• Responsible for activities associated with delivery of customer-defined systems and software projects
• Collaborates with Developers, Portfolio Managers, Business Analysts, Testers, and Production Support Engineers to implement innovative technical solutions via iterative approach, reducing time to delivery
• Champions all aspects of the enterprise architecture function including architectural standards, governance processes, and provides the vision to explore and effectively utilize emerging technologies
• Collaborates with end user facing teams to define technology migration strategies and approaches
• Performs Architecture reviews as required, ensuring initiatives are aligned with future state
• Supports the Portfolio Manager and collaborates with the Product Owner to define and maintain the Product baseline, backlog, and roadmap
• Advocates effective architectural designs and optimizes current architecture and processes
• Identifies risks, opportunities, compliance issues or other architectural concerns
• Ensures that appropriate resources are brought to bear on complex production issues affecting applications
• Participates in Agile Scrum sprint planning, artifact creation, sprint testing, regression testing, demonstrations, retrospectives, and solution releases
• Analyzes project-related problems and creates innovative solutions involving schedule, technologies, methodologies, tools, and solution components
• Champions DevSecOps and test automation within a product team.
• Develops the product team’s technical skills through mentoring, coaching, and peer reviews.
• Oversees technical and agile best practices within the product team
• Reviews Cybersecurity Assessments and Static Code Analysis of developed software to perform remediation and improve software quality.
• Defines product Smoke-Test cases to ensure automated deployment tests encapsulate necessary tests to ensure successful performance
• Establishes team objectives, operational plans with measurable contribution towards the achievement of results of the job function or completion of a project.
• Leads, directs and reviews the work of a team who exercise latitude and independence in their assignments.
• Participates in various CBP meetings to provide product support, analysis, and insight.