Systems Architect

Core4ce • Springfield, VA

7h • $160,000 - $185,000

About The Position

Core4ce is seeking a Systems Architect to design, optimize, and integrate complex system architectures that enable effective data flow, interoperability, and mission performance. The role defines architectural interfaces, data-sharing strategies, and output requirements across multiple systems and components, with a focus on how systems connect, communicate, and exchange data.

The Systems Architect works with stakeholders to translate mission or customer requirements into architectural designs, data needs, and integration specifications while ensuring solutions meet technical, schedule, security, and cost constraints. The position collaborates with engineers, program managers, and external partners on system-of-systems integration and provides architectural guidance through development, testing, and deployment. Responsibilities may evolve to meet business needs and support individual growth. Travel may be required for meetings and imaging system field tests.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Poly.
• MA/MS with 13+ years of relevant experience, or BA/BS with 15+ years of relevant experience in a related discipline.
• Experience with remote sensing systems, including satellite and airborne platforms.
• Expertise designing, integrating, and optimizing complex system architectures.
• Strong knowledge of system interoperability, interface design, and system-to-system communications.
• Experience defining data-sharing requirements, system outputs, and performance metrics.
• Ability to analyze and optimize architecture performance, reliability, and resiliency.
• Senior systems engineering experience across requirements, solutions, integration, test and evaluation, and lifecycle analysis.
• Experience supporting NSG, ASG, and Federal Agency systems.
• Senior DoD/IC programmatic management experience focused on systems architecture or engineering.
• Skill in requirements capture, traceability, and translating mission needs into technical solutions.
• Experience allocating requirements across architecture components and executing programs.
• Hands-on systems integration experience.
• Strong communication and documentation skills, including diagrams and interface documentation.
• Willingness to travel to support meetings and imaging system field tests.
• Knowledge of end-to-end lifecycle delivery of information technology capabilities.
• Experience designing, integrating, testing, or sustaining security network systems in complex mission environments.
• Knowledge of enterprise network architecture concepts and networking protocols.
• Knowledge of cloud, hybrid, virtualized, or software-defined network environments.
• Experience with network monitoring, telemetry logging, or analytics capabilities used to assess performance, availability, and operational health.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity and mission assurance principles as applied to network design, including secure architecture, vulnerability mitigation, access control, encryption, and logging.

Responsibilities

• Determine how to interconnect systems to improve architecture performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Design and define system interfaces, integration pathways, and communication mechanisms.
• Identify data to share across systems to support mission needs, analytics, and operational decision-making.
• Define required architecture outputs, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and alignment with user or mission requirements.
• Develop data flow diagrams, interface control documents (ICDs), and architecture models.
• Evaluate existing architectures for opportunities to improve performance, reduce latency, and increase resilience.
• Recommend architectural enhancements or system changes based on technical analysis and best practices.
• Work with stakeholders to translate mission or customer requirements into architectural designs, data needs, and integration specifications.
• Ensure architectural solutions meet technical, schedule, security, and cost constraints.
• Collaborate with engineers, program managers, and external partners to support coherent system-of-systems integration.
• Provide architectural guidance during development, testing, and deployment.
• Support meetings and imaging system field tests as needed.

Benefits

• 401(k) with 100% company match on the first 6% deferred and immediate vesting.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with the employee portion paid 100% by Core4ce.
• Unlimited access to training and certifications, with no preset cap on eligible professional development.
• Tuition assistance for job-related degrees and courses.
• Paid parental leave.
• PTO that grows with tenure.
• Generous holiday schedules.
• Opportunity to propose innovations through The Forge, with internal backing.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior