Systems Architect - TS/SCI with Polygraph
About The Position
Own your opportunity to support national defense. Your work will help keep critical operations secure and connected across the global enterprise—directly, contributing to a mission that protects our nation every day. CIO Infrastructure Services (CIS) is growing, and we invite both our experienced incumbents and new team members to be part of what’s next. Incumbents bring invaluable mission insight, while new talent adds fresh ideas and energy. Together, we’ll strengthen continuity and drive the next generation of innovation. As a Systems Architect supporting CIS, you will lead the design, validation, and evolution of complex enterprise architectures that drive mission critical capabilities across multinetwork environments. You will streamline engineering to operations workflows, guide technology modernization, and shape the strategic integration of new infrastructure capabilities. Your work ensures that engineered solutions transition seamlessly into stable, secure, and high availability operational environments.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI clearance with a favorable Polygraph
- Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related field, or 14+ years of relevant systems engineering, architecture, or infrastructure experience in lieu of a degree
- Meet DoD 8140 Information Assurance Workforce certification requirements (e.g. Security+ CE)
- Proven experience architecting, integrating, and validating enterprise scale systems and infrastructure services
- Strong understanding of systems engineering processes, test and evaluation practices, and lifecycle design considerations
- Experience developing alternatives analyses, cost/schedule assessments, and modernization strategies
- Ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams and work across diverse technical and operational stakeholders
- Strong documentation, communication, analytical, and cross team collaboration skills
- US citizenship required
Responsibilities
- Streamline engineering to operations transition workflows, identifying gaps and driving corrective improvements
- Lead teams of engineers to design, develop, integrate, and enhance CIS infrastructure components, including systems and applications tailored to mission objectives
- Conduct comprehensive analyses of alternatives, cost estimates, and research/development activities through collaborative technical exchanges with government, vendors, and industry partners
- Support rigorous testing, validation, and evaluation of architecture and engineering designs to ensure resilience, performance, and readiness prior to deployment
- Identify emerging and revolutionary technologies; develop implementation approaches and incorporate approved solutions as rapidly and effectively as possible
- Develop and maintain an enterprise technology refresh strategy covering lifecycle planning, modernization, deployment, and ongoing sustainment of digital engineering technologies
- Collaborate across engineering, cybersecurity, and operations teams to ensure architectural decisions aligned with enterprise standards, security requirements, and long-term roadmaps
- Produce clear architectural documentation, design artifacts, engineering guidance, and transition plans to support implementation and operational acceptance
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
- 401K with company match
- Competitive pay
- Paid time off
- Variety of medical plan options
- Health Savings Accounts
- Dental plan options
- Vision plan
- Ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars to 401k
- Full flex work weeks where possible
- Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
- Short and long-term disability benefits
- Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
