CVP is seeking a Systems Architect / Technical Lead to provide technical authority for NIH's custom forms-based ethics system. NIH supports approximately 18,000 users and processed 16,824 ethics reports in FY25. This role requires the ability to rapidly baseline the incumbent platform and develop a modernization path for a sensitive, audit-intensive application. 

• Provide technical authority for application architecture, forms/workflow design, and data/integration patterns 
• Lead security/ATO alignment, cloud/modernization strategy, and root-cause resolution 
• Design scalable seasonal workload architecture and secure handling of sensitive financial-disclosure information 
• Develop audit trails, reporting architecture, and role-based routing/certification patterns 
• Rapidly baseline the incumbent implementation technology and develop a modernization roadmap 
• Produce ARB artifacts and technical standards; mentor the engineering team 

• Must be eligible to obtain a Public Trust clearance
• BS/BA + 10 years of relevant experience; OR MS + 5 years of relevant experience 
• 10+ years of technical leadership experience 
• 8+ years of enterprise system development/integration experience 
• 3+ years on comparable scope/complexity efforts 
• Cloud/DevSecOps modernization experience 
• Deep forms/workflow application architecture experience 
• Strong knowledge of role-based routing/certification, secure handling of sensitive financial-disclosure data, and audit trail design 
• Ability to rapidly baseline incumbent architecture 

Desired Skills

• NIH EPLC architecture/design artifacts knowledge 
• FISMA Moderate/RMF/ATO/JCAM and Public Trust Moderate (Tier 2) eligibility 
• DevSecOps/CI-CD, automated testing, and code quality proficiency 
• Cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP); containers/IaC as appropriate 
• Government-approved AI-assisted code/test workflow experience 
• On-site availability when directed 

Salary Range: $160,000 - $180,000 (depending on experience)

This role is pending program award