Systems Architect
About The Position
The Systems Architect will provide technical architecture leadership for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Corporate Management Information System (CMIS), a mature enterprise application supporting approximately 20,100 military, civilian, and contractor personnel. CMIS is a large, legacy environment built on ColdFusion and Microsoft SQL Server, with more than 400 application modules. The Architect will be responsible for understanding and documenting the existing architecture, identifying technical dependencies, supporting cybersecurity and Risk Management Framework (RMF) requirements, and providing technical direction for the planned migration of CMIS functionality to the DISA Nexus environment.
Requirements
- Active Secret clearance at minimum
- At least 8 years of experience managing systems architecture in a federal environment
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or similar concentration. Experience can be substituted in lieu of degree
- Experience working in DISA Stratus or comparable DoD hosting environments.
- Experience with NIST 800-53
- Experience with Risk Management Framework (RMF)
- Experience with Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)
- Experience with Security Requirements Guides (SRGs)
- Experience with eMASS
- Experience with ATO-authorized applications
- Experience supporting enterprise application or system migrations.
- Experience with application and data migration planning.
- Experience performing architecture discovery or reverse engineering of legacy, poorly documented systems.
- Working knowledge of ColdFusion, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and Microsoft SQL Server sufficient to understand and direct analysis of existing application modules.
- Experience creating and maintaining enterprise architecture and system design documentation.
- Familiarity with Agile development environments and project management tools.
- Familiarity with application security testing and tools such as Fortify.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with HCM, HR, or other enterprise business systems is highly desirable.
Responsibilities
- Own and maintain the technical architecture for the CMIS enterprise application.
- Develop and maintain accurate “as-deployed” system architecture documentation, including: OV-1 Operational View, SV-1 Systems Interface Description, SV-2 Systems Resource Flow Description.
- Lead architecture discovery and reverse engineering of legacy CMIS modules that may have limited or outdated documentation.
- Identify application dependencies, interfaces, data flows, and technical relationships across the CMIS environment.
- Provide architectural expertise to support the CMIS-to-DISA Nexus migration, helping ensure functionality and dependencies are understood before migration.
- Support the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Authorization to Operate (ATO) process, including preparation and maintenance of documentation supporting the eMASS authorization package.
- Support compliance with applicable NIST 800-53 controls, STIGs, SRGs, and DoD cybersecurity requirements.
- Provide technical guidance to development, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and program teams.
- Support architecture and technical decisions within DISA hosting environments.
- Review system changes and enhancements to ensure they align with the established architecture.
- Maintain architecture and design documentation throughout the system lifecycle.
- Support Agile development and security activities, including use of the program’s Agile management tools and Fortify security scanning.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
