Platform Architect
Job Location:
Bethesda, MD - USA
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Job Summary
Analytica has been recognized by Inc. Magazine as the fastest-growing private US small business. We work with U.S. government customers in health civilian and national security missions. As a core member youll work with a diverse team of professionals to solve matters architect nuisances and come up with alternatives. We offer competitive compensation with opportunities for bonuses employer paid health care training and development funds and 401k match.
Key Responsibilities
- Define target and transition architectures for development test staging and production environments.
- Design modular boundaries among ingestion centralized data storage analytic signals open-source LLM services APIs and the end-user application.
- Align architecture with OMB preferences for Linux PostgreSQL or Microsoft SQL Server Java Kubernetes/Rancher Jenkins and self-hosted Azure DevOps.
- Ensure the AI model remains replaceable without rebuilding the durable data infrastructure or ingestion logic.
- Incorporate scalability observability resilience records management accessibility security and Government ownership requirements.
- Produce architecture diagrams decisions standards interface guidance and transition documentation.
- 8 years of experience in enterprise solution platform software data or systems architecture preferably supporting complex Federal or other highly regulated environments.
- Demonstrated experience designing end-to-end enterprise platforms spanning applications APIs data infrastructure integration security and DevSecOps.
- Strong experience architecting on-premises and/or hybrid environments including containerized applications and distributed services.
- Hands-on architectural knowledge of:
- Linux
- PostgreSQL and/or Microsoft SQL Server
- Java and/
- RESTful APIs and service-oriented architectures
- Docker/containerization
- Kubernetes and/or Rancher
- Jenkins and/or self-hosted Azure DevOps
- CI/CD and DevSecOps practices
- Demonstrated experience designing modular loosely coupled architectures with well-defined service and data interfaces.
- Experience architecting data platforms including data ingestion transformation storage APIs analytics and downstream data consumption.
- Experience with AI/ML or LLM-enabled architectures including integration of open-source models model-serving approaches or AI services into enterprise applications.
- Understanding of database architecture including schema design indexing performance availability backup/recovery and data lifecycle considerations.
- Experience designing secure APIs and integrations including authentication authorization encryption API versioning and service-to-service communication.
- Experience designing for scalability high availability resilience observability and disaster recovery.
- Strong understanding of application and infrastructure security within Federal or regulated environments.
- Ability to evaluate competing technologies and make architecture decisions based on security scalability maintainability interoperability performance cost and mission requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality architecture documentation and communicate technical decisions to both engineering teams and senior stakeholders.
- Ability to work effectively in an Agile/iterative delivery environment balancing long-term architecture with incremental implementation.
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret eligibility as required for contractor personnel supporting the effort. Active Top Secret clearance highly preferred
- Experience supporting Federal financial management budget execution grants management payment systems award oversight financial reporting or financial stewardship.
- Experience architecting platforms supporting Federal grants payments awards financial data or oversight missions.
- Experience with Federal data and application modernization initiatives involving legacy-system integration and incremental migration to modern architectures.
- Experience implementing or architecting open-source AI/LLM platforms in secure or disconnected/on-premises environments.
- Experience with model-serving technologies AI gateways vector databases RAG architectures or other enterprise AI integration patterns.
- Familiarity with FedRAMP-authorized environments FISMA Moderate NIST SP 800-53 and Federal security authorization processes.
- Experience with Federal accessibility requirements including Section 508.
- Experience designing systems subject to Federal records management audit data retention and Government data ownership requirements.
- Relevant cloud Kubernetes security architecture or enterprise technology certifications.
AboutANALYTICA:Analytica is a leading consulting and information technology solutions provider to public sector organizations supporting health civilian and national security missions. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Bethesda MD the company is an establishedSBAsmall businessthat hasbeen recognized byInc. Magazineeach of the past three years as one of the 250 fastest-growingcompanies in theU.S. Analytica specializes in providing software and systems engineering information management analytics & visualization agile project management and management consulting companyis appraised by theSoftware Engineering Institute (SEI) atCMMI Maturity Level 3and is anISO 9001:2008 certifiedprovider.
Analytica LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law. As a federal contractor we comply with the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans. We ensure that all employment decisions are based on merit qualifications and business needs. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. Analytica LLC also provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.
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Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Analytica is an award-winning federal consulting & IT solutions firm supporting federal health, civilian, & national security missions.
