Business Architect (Lead)

Position Title: Lead Business Architect

Evoke is seeking a Strategic Engagement Coordinator professional to join our team!

Evoke Research and Consulting is a federal management consulting firm specializing in three core services areas including management consulting, IT consulting, and Business Process Reengineering. We provide solutions to federal government agencies and entities, including the Department of Energy, Veterans Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, US Marine Corps, and USDA.

We are a diverse employee-focused firm that is committed to providing a wide range of opportunities for our employees to grow professionally and socially including mentoring, internal Communities of Practice and our "Evoke University" that provides training and preparation for PMP certifications, Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen, SCRUM and much more. Our employees are hard-working, team-oriented, and come from multiple backgrounds and experience levels. We value our employees' ideas and welcome suggestions for change and development as a firm.

Duties and responsibilities/Qualifications

Lead hands-on practical Business Architecture with experience in creating and building IT

solutions that meet business needs.

• Executive-level oral and written communications skills (briefings, presentations, and
• strategic documentation)

At least three years' experience in:

• Basic enterprise engineering practices that provide the foundation for conceiving

and communicating IT business solutions;

• Process modeling and business architecture development;
• Supporting the development of strategic roadmaps detailing IT and business

solutions;

• Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

models;

• Implementing Enterprise Architecture strategies, policies, processes, procedures,

standards and frameworks;

• Creating Enterprise Architecture roadmaps, frameworks, templates and OMB

reference models;

• Business architecture diagrams, workflows and Concept of Operations documents;
• Experience with VA Preferred or other Federal agencies in enterprise architecture

development, definition and compliance with emphasis on systems interactions,

data management and information sharing;

• Solid understanding of software development and system development life cycle;

Demonstrated and proven ability to:

• Assess the gaps between current capabilities and target business/IT needs;
• Analyze and align business and technology strategies;
• Identify, analyze and recommend high-impact alternative solutions;
• Conceptualize future-state architecture concepts and align architecture with

business needs and objectives;

• Develop business models to guide development of architectures;
• Identify and describe key strategies and approaches for realizing new IT capabilities

and associated architecture concepts;

• Ensure the strategic alignment of recommended alternative(s) with investment

plans and business needs;

• Bachelor's Degree
• 3-5 years of experience
• Proven track record for superb written and oral communications; excellent proofreading and editing skills
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain relationships with a variety of constituencies
• Demonstrated experience in advising how to communicate key messages, providing assessments with analytical rigor on how communications will be perceived by internal and external audiences
• Superior knowledge of client partnerships and audiences both internally and externally
• Experience leading complex client or program needs

Security Clearance:

• Public- Background

Work Location

Washington, DC

Evoke is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, citizenship status, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status, political affiliation, or any additional factors that are protected by law.