Role OverviewWe are seeking a Senior Systems Architect to provide enterprise/system architecture oversight for a mission-critical government environment. This role is responsible for end-to-end technical architecture, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, high-performing, and integration-ready across cloud and hybrid platforms. The Senior Systems Architect partners with engineering, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, and stakeholders to define target-state architecture, guide implementation, and ensure delivery aligns to program requirements and architecture standards.
Key Responsibilities- Lead system and solution architecture efforts across one or more product lines or mission systems.
- Establish and maintain architecture standards, reference architectures, patterns, and guardrails.
- Provide technical governance through architecture reviews, design approvals, and technical decision records.
- Architect and guide integrations across internal and external systems (APIs, event streaming, data exchange).
- Ensure interoperability, data flows, and interface control documentation (ICDs) align with program needs.
- Define integration patterns for legacy modernization and cloud adoption.
- Define cloud landing zone/target architectures in AWS, including network, identity, security, compute, and data services.
- Support cloud migration/modernization strategies and trade-off analyses (cost, performance, risk).
- Ensure architecture aligns with security requirements and compliance frameworks as applicable to the program.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to address threats, vulnerabilities, and risk mitigations in designs.
Required Qualifications- 10+ years of experience in systems architecture, solution architecture, or enterprise architecture roles
- Active Top Secret / SCI clearance.
- US Citizenship required by federal government.
- Active CompTIA Security+ certification
Preferred Qualifications- Bachelor's Degree in related field
- Prior experience supporting national security programs
- Demonstrated experience designing and overseeing high-scale, high-availability systems
- Strong hands-on knowledge of AWS services and cloud architecture patterns
- Experience enabling or integrating with CI/CD tools and DevSecOps practices
- Experience with infrastructure as code and automation (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Expertise using architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, DoDAF, Zachman, or equivalent) and producing architecture artifacts (logical/physical views, roadmaps, standards)
Professional Skills- Strategic architectural thinking combined with hands-on technical depth
- Ability to balance mission requirements, security, and performance
- Leadership presence and comfort owning technical decisions
- Strong communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences
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Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.
The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:
$130,687.00 - $222,169.00
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