Systems Architect

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As a System Architect you will lead the technical architecture modernization and continuous improvement of the platform and related solutions supporting federal grant-making operations. You will collaborate with federal stakeholders product teams engineers security specialists and operations personnel to design scalable secure and highly available solutions that support mission-critical services for millions of users across the federal grants ecosystem. You will provide architectural leadership for system enhancements platform modernization cloud-based services integrations security compliance and operational excellence while supporting the consolidation objectives between and GrantSolutions.

• Lead the development and maintenance of enterprise solution application integration and platform architectures supporting and related services.

• Design scalable highly available secure and resilient application and infrastructure solutions that support continuous operations and disaster recovery requirements.

• Define architecture roadmaps modernization strategies and technical recommendations that improve system performance availability maintainability and cost efficiency.

• Collaborate with development operations security and cloud teams to ensure architectural alignment across platforms applications databases integrations and hosting environments.

• Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies automation capabilities cloud services AI-enabled solutions and operational improvements.

• Provide technical oversight for system-to-system integrations APIs data exchanges forms processing and application workflows.

• Support architecture governance processes solution reviews technical documentation and compliance with federal architecture standards and HHS Enterprise Performance Life Cycle (EPLC) requirements.

• Participate in incident investigations root cause analyses capacity planning performance optimization and technology risk assessments.

• Support cybersecurity and privacy initiatives including Authority to Operate (ATO) activities security documentation POA&M management incident response and compliance requirements.

• Present technical concepts architecture recommendations alternatives and modernization plans to executive business and technical stakeholders.

• Develop architecture artifacts technical management plans system documentation and executive-ready presentations that support operational and strategic decision-making.

What You Will Need:

• Bachelors degree . Additional Four(4) years of exp needed in lieu of degree.

• Eight(8) to Ten(10) years of experience designing developing and supporting enterprise-scale application architectures.

• Experience architecting cloud-hosted solutions preferably within AWS environments.

• Experience with enterprise application integration APIs web services and service-oriented or microservices architectures.

• Experience designing highly available secure and scalable systems supporting public-facing applications.

• Knowledge of application lifecycle management DevSecOps practices CI/CD pipelines configuration management and release management.

• Experience supporting federal IT systems and compliance frameworks.

• Strong understanding of:

  • Application architecture and design patterns

  • Database architecture and performance optimization

  • Security architecture and risk management

  • Disaster recovery and business continuity planning

  • Performance and capacity management

  • Identity and access management

• Experience developing technical documentation architecture diagrams operational procedures and executive briefings.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD PUBLIC TRUST; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Experience supporting federal grants management systems shared service platforms or large public-facing government applications.

• Experience with

• Experience with HHS ACF CMS HRSA NIH or other federal grant-making agencies.

• Knowledge of HHS Enterprise Performance Life Cycle (EPLC) federal IT governance ATO processes security assessment activities and compliance-driven delivery environments.

• Experience with -like capabilities including public-facing web applications applicant submissions grantor user management S2S integrations forms processing chatbot support helpdesk escalations or system status communications.

• Experience supporting cloud-hosted applications AWS environments application platform security certificate management account management logging monitoring backup validation or disaster recovery planning.

• Experience supporting modernization consolidation transition-in or multi-vendor integration initiatives involving multiple applications and stakeholder organizations.

• Relevant certifications or credentials such as:

  • o AWS Solutions Architect Professional

    o TOGAF

    o CISSP

    o Certified Federal Enterprise Architect (CFEA)

    o SAFe Architect or equivalent Agile architecture certification

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical Rx Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Parental Leave

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Group Term Life and Travel Assistance

• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance

• Health Savings Account Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Tuition Reimbursement Personal Development Certifications & Learning Opportunities

• Employee Referral Program

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

• annual membership

• Employee Assistance Program

• Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care Hospital Indemnity Accident Insurance Legal Assistance and ID theft protection etc.)

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

About Guidehouse

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