IT Strategist

IT Strategist

Location:

Arlington, VA

Chenega Military, Intelligence & Operations Support (MIOS) seeks an IT Strategist who will be a key member of the IT Architecture team, translating enterprise mission priorities and leadership intent into actionable technology strategy, architectural roadmaps, and sequencing decisions. This role focuses on identifying what the organization should build, when, and why, ensuring technology investments align with mission outcomes, architectural standards, and portfolio priorities.

The IT Strategist operates ahead of execution, partnering closely with the Architecture Lead and governance bodies to shape future‑state direction, inform decision‑making, and reduce misaligned or duplicative investments. This is not a project management or delivery role.

• Develop and maintain multi‑year technology and capability roadmaps aligned to mission priorities, enterprise architecture direction, and security posture.
• Translate leadership objectives, audit findings, and operational constraints into sequenced modernization strategies.
• Define future‑state capability outcomes across domains such as:
  Identity and access management, Cloud platforms (IL2‑IL6), Cybersecurity and Zero Trust, Enterprise service delivery and observability.
• Ensure roadmaps reflect real‑world sustainment, compliance, and resiliency requirements.
• Provide decision‑quality analysis to architecture and portfolio governance bodies, including trade‑off analysis, risk reduction vs. cost avoidance, and impact of deferral or acceleration.
• Align architectural initiatives to budget cycles, security and compliance mandates (RMF, STIGs, IAVA), operational maturity targets, and identify opportunities for platform consolidation, cost optimization, and reduction of systemic operational risk.
• Partner with the Architecture Lead and domain architects to ensure target‑state architectures are technically viable, secure by design, operationally sustainable, and provide operational and security insight to logical target‑state designs, architectural sequencing decisions, risk acceptance discussions, and continuous monitoring.
• Prepare and deliver executive‑level briefs for ARB, portfolio boards, and senior leadership, framing options and consequences rather than prescriptive solutions.
• Monitor emerging technologies, federal policy shifts, and threat trends relevant to enterprise IT and cybersecurity, and recommend strategic adjustments.
• Institutionalize insights from past large‑scale operational leadership to improve future planning rigor.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.
• 8+ years of professional experience in enterprise IT operations, cybersecurity, or engineering.
• DOD IAT/IAM Level I or II Certification is required.
• DOD TS/SCI clearance required.

• Knowledge of enterprise IT strategy and architecture principles, including translating mission objectives, risk posture, and compliance requirements into forward‑looking technology roadmaps.
• Knowledge of federal and DoD IT environments, including operation and governance of IL2‑IL6 cloud platforms, Zero Trust security models, and enterprise identity and access management.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and compliance mandates, including RMF, NIST, STIGs, FISMA, and IAVA/IAVM processes.
• Knowledge of large‑scale IT service delivery models, including Tier 1‑3 operations, incident and problem management, and SLA/KPI governance.
• Knowledge of portfolio governance and investment decision processes, including how architectural sequencing, risk reduction, and cost avoidance inform executive‑level prioritization.
• Strategic analysis and roadmap development skills, enabling creation of multi‑year technology roadmaps that balance mission urgency, security posture, operational sustainability, and fiscal constraints.
• Decision‑framing and trade‑off analysis skills, presenting multiple viable options with clear articulation of risk, cost, dependency, and long‑term impact.
• Executive communication skills, translating complex technical, security, and operational considerations into…