System Architect

General Responsibilities:

• Design and maintain the enterprise system architecture ensuring compatibility and interoperability across applications platforms and cloud environments.
• Develop system blueprints technical standards and configuration baselines to guide modernization automation and integration efforts.
• Oversee system design reviews data flow mapping and infrastructure optimization to improve reliability scalability and performance.
• Collaborate with GWRCs business cybersecurity and data teams to align systems with organizational goals and compliance requirements.
• Provide technical leadership in the planning development and implementation of IT systems ensuring adherence to federal and agency standards.
• Support process automation and reengineering by defining system interfaces APIs and integration logic that enable efficient data exchange.
• Lead technology assessments and feasibility studies to recommend scalable tools frameworks and modernization strategies.
• Embed security-by-design principles into system architecture and coordinate with the cybersecurity team on access control encryption and incident prevention.
• Support data management and analytics integration ensuring consistent architecture for reporting dashboards and AI/ML deployment.
• Establish and maintain DevOps/CI-CD pipelines configuration repositories and environment management practices.
• Contribute to change management and training activities by providing system documentation architecture diagrams and technical briefings.
• Monitor system performance and coordinate with IT operations for continuous optimization and lifecycle management.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience:
  • 7 10 years of progressive experience in systems design integration or enterprise IT architecture.
  • Proven record of managing cross-platform infrastructure and modernization projects in government or enterprise settings.
  • Experience integrating automation data analytics and security controls into unified architectures.

Technical Expertise:

• System Architecture & Integration: API-based integrations microservices SOA and middleware frameworks.
• Infrastructure Management: Windows/Linux servers virtualization networking storage and cloud infrastructure.
• Cloud Platforms: AWS Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) architecture and deployment.
• Automation Tools: ServiceNow UiPath Power Automate or custom workflow orchestration systems.
• Security Frameworks: NIST SP 800-53/171 FedRAMP FISMA and Zero Trust Architecture.
• Data Management: Data lakes ETL pipelines SQL/NoSQL databases BI integration (Power BI Tableau).
• DevOps & CI/CD: GitLab Jenkins Docker Kubernetes Terraform or Ansible for automated deployment and environment consistency.

Preferred Certifications:

• TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework)
• ITIL Foundation / Intermediate
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• CompTIA Security CISSP or CISM (for cybersecurity alignment)
• Lean Six Sigma (Mandatory)
• PMP or Agile Scrum Master (for project coordination and delivery)