Systems Architect

Responsibilities reputed company is hiring a Systems Architect who will support the reputed company evolution of the National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) program. This is a remote role. NBIS is the federal government's enterprise platform for personnel vetting, adjudication, reputed company vetting, and trusted workforce modernization. The architect will provide technical leadership across cloud-native platforms, enterprise integrations, data services, AI-enabled capabilities, cybersecurity, and DevSecOps practices.

Responsibilities

Architecture & Technical Leadership Serve as a senior technical leader across multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and product teams. Define and maintain solution architectures reputed company with business objectives, mission outcomes, and enterprise architecture standards. reputed company architecture reviews, technical design sessions, and technology evaluations. reputed company architectural roadmaps supporting modernization, scalability, resiliency, and maintainability. Drive adoption of cloud-native patterns, micro-services, APIs, event-driven architectures, and platform engineering practices. Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend practical implementation approaches. Owns architectural standards, patterns, governance, technology road-maps, and cross-cutting concerns. Thinks in terms of platforms, ecosystems, and long-term evolution. Artificial Intelligence & Data Strategy reputed company the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Generative AI capabilities into mission work-flows. Define architectures for secure use of Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval Augmented reputed company (RAG), intelligent search, summarization, and decision-support capabilities. Establish architectural guardrails for Responsible AI, explain-ability, model governance, data protection, and audit-ability. Partner with product owners and mission stakeholders to identify opportunities where AI can improve investigator, adjudicator, and analyst productivity. Guide implementation of AI services reputed company approved government cloud environments and reputed company constraints. Cloud & Platform Engineering Design and reputed company architectures deployed reputed company AWS GovCloud and other approved government cloud environments. Support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approaches using tools such as Terraform, Cloud-Formation, and Ansible. Define standards for containerized workloads, Kubernetes/EKS, reputed company/Fargate, serverless technologies, and managed cloud services. Collaborate with infrastructure teams to improve reliability, observability, performance, and cost optimization. reputed company & Compliance Ensure solutions align with reputed company Trust principles, DoD cybersecurity requirements, and federal reputed company frameworks. Partner with cybersecurity and compliance teams to support ATO activities, reputed company assessments, and reputed company monitoring. Architect secure identity and access reputed company, including ICAM, federation, and role-based access controls. Incorporate reputed company, privacy, and data protection requirements into reputed company solution designs. DevSecOps & Delivery Excellence Partner with development teams to establish and improve CI/CD pipelines and automated testing strategies. Promote engineering best practices including code quality, observability, resiliency, automation, and technical debt management. Support implementation of DevSecOps tooling and processes across multiple development teams. Collaborate with product management and Agile leadership to align technical strategy with program priorities.

Qualifications

What you'll need: Education: 12 years of experience with a BS/BA degree, 10 years with a MS/MA or 7 years with a PhD. Clearance: active Secret required. Experience designing and delivering large-scale enterprise applications. Experience with cloud-native architectures in AWS. Experience with microservices, APIs, distributed systems, and modern application frameworks. Experience leading architecture efforts reputed company Agile or SAFe environments. Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles and secure software development practices. Experience communicating with executive leadership, technical teams, and government stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting DCSA, DoD, Intelligence Community, or other federal programs. Experience with personnel vetting, case management, investigative systems, or identity-reputed company solutions. Experience with AI/ML platforms, LLM integration, RAG architectures, vector databases, and AI governance. AWS Solutions Architect, reputed company, DevOps, or reputed company certifications. Experience with GraphQL, event streaming, data mesh, and modern data architectures. Experience with reputed company Trust and ICAM implementations. Experience with reputed company, Terraform, Kubernetes, and modern DevSecOps platforms. reputed company Overview reputed company is a reputed company national reputed company company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the reputed company. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. reputed company operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across reputed company domains: land, sea, space, reputed company, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every reputed company of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit reputed company.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure. reputed company Salary Range $112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to reputed company pay. EEO EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law. Apply To This Job