Are you seeking a highly rewarding job with global impact? This position may be the perfect fit for you! At Leidos, our mission is to be the global leader in developing and applying technology to solve our customers' most complex challenges. We are looking for a results-driven Enterprise Architect to join the Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) Enterprise Center team at Fort Meade, MD. This role is more than just a job—it’s an opportunity to contribute to critical national security efforts. The NC3 Enterprise Center serves as the Department of Defense’s lead organization for enterprise-level systems engineering and architecture for NC3. Under the leadership of the Commander, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), the team leverages subject matter expertise and best practices to transform mission and operational requirements into effective solutions and capabilities. This is a Mission Essential contract that must be performed under all circumstances to achieve its DoD component missions and responsibilities. As an Enterprise Architect on the contract’s Enterprise Architecture Team, you will help develop Fit-For-Purpose enterprise level architecture viewpoints through Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) based on Authoritative Source of Truth (ASoT) to support engineering analysis and data-driven decision-making by senior leaders that enables the modernization and evolution of NC3 capabilities. This is your chance to be part of a team tackling some of the most significant challenges faced by our nation's leaders. Working alongside our customer at Fort Meade, you’ll have the opportunity to apply your skills to meaningful work with far-reaching impact. Don’t wait—join our team and be part of the solution. Apply today! Primary Responsibilities: Shape National Security Architecture – Serve as a trusted Enterprise Architecture subject matter expert, providing data-driven recommendations and strategic architectural guidance to senior DoD leaders to modernize and evolve the nation's most critical NC3 enterprise. Lead Enterprise Governance – Develop, maintain, and help execute enterprise-level architecture governance frameworks that ensure consistent, standards-aligned architectural decision-making across a complex, multi-stakeholder system of systems environment. Drive Digital Engineering Transformation – Collaborate with cross-functional architecture teams to define user requirements and use cases that improve the NC3 Digital Mission Engineering Environment, while partnering with data governance groups to establish enterprise data standards for architectural products. Deliver Authoritative Architecture Products – Produce, publish, and maintain baseline and incremental system of systems architecture artifacts using industry-standard digital engineering tools, ensuring the NC3 Enterprise Library reflects current, accurate, and validated architectural information. Translate Complex Systems into Actionable Insight – Ingest, analyze, and transform authoritative source data into well-structured, publication-ready "As-Is" architecture views that empower engineering teams and decision-makers with a clear, reliable picture of the current NC3 enterprise landscape. Basic Qualifications: · Security Clearance: Top Secret/SCI clearance (mandatory). · Education: BA or BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or educational equivalent · Experience: 5+ years in the following: o Architecture Framework compliance within DoD environment (DoDAF, TOGAF, TAFIM). o Digital Mission Engineering Environment. o Systems modeling language (SysML). o Developing architecture artifacts per industry standards. o Aligning Enterprise Architecture with Scaled Agile Framework. · Technical Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, MBSE, and collaboration tools (MS Teams, SharePoint, Confluence, and Jira). · Communication: Strong written/verbal skills for technical documentation and presentations. · Work Style: Ability to manage multiple tasks in an agile, dynamic environment. Desired Qualifications: · Cameo Systems Modeler. · Unified Architecture Framework (UAF). · Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management (TAFIM) compliance. · The Open Group Framework (TOGAF) certification. · DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF) certification. · Experience with systems engineering and enterprise architecture for high assurance communications systems. · Background in NC3 architecture/performance analysis and engineering design. · Knowledge of National Leadership Command Capability (NLCC) or Senior Leader Command, Control, and Communications Systems (SLC3S). Experience collaborating with NC3 stakeholders including the US Air Force, Navy, and Space Force, NC3 Enterprise Center, USSTRATCOM, USCYBERCOM, Joint Staff, and OSD. If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares. Original Posting: November 4, 2026 For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above. Pay Range: Pay Range $87,100.00 - $157,450.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law. Leidos Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com. Pay and Benefits Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here. Securing Your Data Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information at any part of the employment application process. And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address. If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information, please report the email to [email protected]. Commitment and Diversity All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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