System Architect SME

The System Architect SME provides senior technical leadership for enterprise infrastructure architecture and modernization in support of the SEC ISS contract. This role translates mission and functional requirements into scalable secure technical solutions across on-premises and hybrid/multi-cloud environments. The architect leads cross-functional engineering and operations teams to improve reliability automation and service performance aligned to SEC OIT objectives. The position drives technology evaluations proofs of concept pilots and demos while ensuring designs integrate with 24x7x365 enterprise operations and observability requirements. This role ensures architecture decisions align with Zero Trust FISMA and SEC governance expectations.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Enterprise Architecture and Solution Design

• Architect and manage enterprise IT systems across multiple functional areas including server platform storage and cloud domains.

• Translate functional and operational requirements into technical architectures integration patterns and implementation roadmaps.

• Define scalable resilient target-state designs and transitional architectures for hybrid environments.

• Develop and maintain architecture documentation standards and technical decision artifacts to support execution and governance.

Technology Evaluation and Modernization

• Identify assess and recommend technologies that meet defined technical and business requirements.

• Lead and execute proofs of concept (POCs) pilots and demos to validate feasibility risk and operational fit.

• Guide modernization efforts across virtualization cloud integration and enterprise infrastructure transformation initiatives.

• Drive adoption of advanced technologies that improve efficiency interoperability and long-term maintainability.

Operations Leadership and Service Reliability

• Provide technical leadership to multi-discipline server and system operations teams in enterprise environments.

• Establish architecture requirements for monitoring alerting incident response and operational visibility for production systems.

• Support root-cause analysis corrective actions and continuous improvement efforts tied to SLA and performance objectives.

• Ensure designs are supportable in 24x7x365 operations including change/release coordination and lifecycle management.

Security Compliance and Integration Governance

• Provide technical leadership for system integration scalability and security architecture across multi-vendor platforms.

• Embed security controls and compliance requirements into infrastructure and platform designs.

• Ensure architectural approaches support FISMA-aligned controls vulnerability remediation and secure configuration baselines.

• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to align technical solutions with SEC policy risk and operational governance.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• This position is restricted to U.S. citizens only. Applicants must not hold dual citizenship with any other country to be eligible for work under this contract.

• Bachelors degree in a relevant field (e.g. Information Technology Computer Science Engineering) and 12 years of experience in engineering and architecting enterprise IT systems.

• Ability to obtain and maintain SEC Public Trust.

• Proven experience managing multi-discipline server and system operations teams.

• Demonstrated experience translating functional requirements into enterprise technical solutions and leading integration/scalability efforts.

• Must possess Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) - Server Infrastructure certification or equivalent relevant experience.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams.

• Enterprise infrastructure design and architecture.

• Multi-vendor server operating systems.

• Virtualization and cloud integration architecture.

• System integration and scalability architecture.

• Security architecture for enterprise platforms.

• Technology evaluation POC/pilot execution and solution validation.

• Cross-functional technical leadership and stakeholder communication.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional TOGAF (or equivalent enterprise architecture certification).

• Experience supporting U.S. federal IT environments with FISMA/NIST/OMB compliance requirements.

• Experience architecting or supporting observability platforms and enterprise monitoring integrations in large environments.

• Hands-on experience with container platforms and automation frameworks (e.g. OpenShift Kubernetes Ansible GitOps toolchains).

• Experience leading architecture initiatives in 24x7x365 enterprise operations organizations.

• Prior support to SEC or similarly regulated financial-sector federal agencies.

Location: Telework (subject to SEC and contract direction).
Travel: As required per contract direction with preferred candidates within 200 miles driving distance of Washinton DC.

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