OverviewCVP is seeking a Systems Architect / Technical Lead to serve as the technical authority for NIH's mission-critical federal time-and-attendance system. NIH transmits approximately 512,635 timecards to HHS payroll annually and serves approximately 17,000 users, making system stability and architectural integrity paramount.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical authority for software architecture, identity lifecycle design, and data/integration patterns
- Lead security/ATO alignment, cloud/modernization strategy, and root-cause resolution
- Design and govern Active Directory integration, account provisioning, and enterprise web-service integration
- Develop technical standards, produce ARB artifacts, and mentor the engineering team
- Lead modernization patterns that protect fixed timecard submission schedules
- Assess rapidly onboarded systems' architectures as required
Qualifications
- 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 Java enterprise application expertise
- Strong knowledge of three-tier Web/Application/Database architecture, high availability/auto-failover, and HHS payroll integration
- Experience with resilient batch processing, Reporting Services Server/reporting, and performance design for payroll-critical systems
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
