Archelon Federal delivers senior enterprise architecture advisory to DoD program offices, federal civilian agencies, and their prime contractor partners — backed by 12+ years of direct program experience through KPMG Federal Advisory, Accenture Federal Services, and direct agency engagements. Active TS clearance.
What We Deliver
Senior advisory across the full federal and defense architecture stack — DoDAF, FEAF, MBSE, classified cloud, and SETA advisory. Real program experience, not framework theory.
Experience
Senior EA advisory delivered through KPMG Federal Advisory, Accenture Federal Services, and direct agency engagements spanning DoD acquisition, defense logistics, counterintelligence, HHS, federal education, and state government.
Growth Targets
The Practice
12+ years of direct program experience — not theory.
Archelon Federal is the cleared advisory practice of Archelon Advisory LLC — offering senior enterprise architecture and digital engineering advisory to DoD program offices, federal civilian agencies, and their prime contractor partners.
Principal Jay Chidarala brings 12+ years of hands-on federal EA advisory experience delivered through KPMG Federal Advisory, Accenture Federal Services, and direct engagements with the Department of the Navy (PMW 220), Defense Logistics Agency, DCSA, FDA, CMS/HHS, Department of Education, and the California Welfare Agency.
Archelon Federal is now open for new engagements — bringing that direct program experience to prime contractor teaming, government program office advisory, and cleared EA subcontracting across DoD and IC programs.
Credential Log
Investment
Cleared senior architecture advisory commands a significant premium over unclassified consulting. Rates reflect clearance level, program sensitivity, and advisory scope.
All engagements are time-and-materials or fixed-fee with clearly defined deliverable milestones.
| Engagement Type | Clearance | Rate | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
Unclassified Federal EA FEAF, DoDAF, TOGAF, FIBF | Public Trust | $150–$225/hr | 3–12 mo |
Cleared DoD EA Advisory DoDAF, MBSE, acquisition programs | Secret / TS | $200–$300/hr | 6–18 mo |
IC Architecture Advisory IC program architecture — DoDAF + IC PAG | TS/SCI | $250–$400/hr | 12–36 mo |
IC Advisory + Polygraph NSA, NRO, SAP programs | TS/SCI + Poly | $350–$500/hr | 12–60 mo |
SETA Embedded Advisory Embedded in program office | TS/SCI + Poly | $200–$350/hr | 1–5 yr |
EA Diagnostic Sprint Current-state assessment, gap analysis, roadmap | Any level | $40–$80K | 6 weeks |
Initiate Engagement
Whether you're a prime contractor building a federal proposal team, a government program office seeking cleared EA advisory, or a teaming partner — Archelon Federal is ready. All initial conversations are confidential and non-binding.