Senior Systems Architect
About The Position
DecisionPoint Corporation is seeking a Senior Systems Architect to lead architecture, integration, implementation, and sustainment of mission-critical Department of Defense (DoD)/Department of War (DoW) enterprise systems in secure AWS GovCloud environments. The role serves as the technical authority for system architecture, infrastructure strategy, cloud engineering standards, and integration approaches supporting sensitive data and operational workloads in Impact Level 4 (IL4) and Impact Level 5 (IL5) environments. The architect provides technical leadership across platform operations, infrastructure modernization, DevSecOps, configuration management, and release management, while ensuring compliance with DoD cybersecurity and interoperability standards. The role works with government customers, senior stakeholders, engineering teams, and program leadership to translate mission requirements into secure, scalable, and resilient technical solutions. This is a fully remote position.
Requirements
- Active Secret security clearance.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.
- 10 or more years of experience in systems architecture, enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or systems engineering supporting federal or DoD environments.
- Experience architecting and implementing enterprise systems in AWS GovCloud environments.
- Proven success leading enterprise modernization, systems integration, and cloud transformation initiatives.
- Experience supporting mission-critical operational systems handling sensitive or regulated data.
- Demonstrated leadership of technical teams and coordination with government customers and stakeholders.
- Expertise in enterprise architecture frameworks such as DoDAF, TOGAF, or equivalent.
- Experience designing and implementing AWS cloud-based architectures, microservices, and distributed systems.
- Strong understanding of Agile, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation practices.
- Deep knowledge of DoD cybersecurity, interoperability, and data standards, including NIST SP 800-53, the Risk Management Framework (RMF), Zero Trust Architecture, and the DoD Cloud Security Requirements Guide (SRG).
- Experience designing, integrating, and sustaining systems supporting mission-critical defense operations.
- Knowledge of system integration patterns, APIs, networking, identity management, and cloud security architectures.
- Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
- Strong customer engagement and stakeholder management abilities.
- Proven technical leadership and team collaboration skills.
- Ability to communicate complex architectural concepts to executive, operational, and technical audiences.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and systems-thinking capabilities.
- Ability to balance mission requirements, cybersecurity compliance, operational sustainment, and technology modernization.
Nice To Haves
- TOGAF 9/10 Certified.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional).
- AWS Security Specialty certification.
- DoD 8570/8140 certification, such as Security+ CE, CISSP, or CISM.
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, implementation, and sustainment of enterprise applications and infrastructure solutions hosted in AWS GovCloud IL4/IL5 environments.
- Develop and maintain logical, physical, application, data, and security architectures aligned with DoD requirements and enterprise architecture frameworks.
- Provide technical leadership for cloud engineering, platform operations, infrastructure modernization, configuration management, and release management.
- Establish architecture standards, technology roadmaps, and engineering best practices for secure, scalable, and resilient operations.
- Lead architecture reviews, technical design sessions, and stakeholder engagements with government customers and executive leadership.
- Develop and maintain architecture artifacts, system diagrams, technical documentation, and implementation plans.
- Ensure compliance with DoD cybersecurity requirements, Zero Trust principles, and cloud security standards.
- Identify and mitigate technical risks involving architecture, performance, security, data management, and system integration.
- Mentor technical staff and provide leadership across multidisciplinary engineering and operations teams.
- Communicate complex technical concepts, recommendations, and architectural decisions to technical and non-technical audiences.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
