Systems Architect - 4403

Overview

Arcfield is a leading provider of full lifecycle, mission-focused systems engineering and integration capabilities to the U.S. government and its allies. The company has more than 60 years of proven experience providing advanced engineering and analysis, IT and C5ISR capabilities to support our nation’s most critical national security missions. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA and with 16 offices around the world, Arcfield employs approximately 1,200 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals who put our customers’ missions first, helping them solve their most complex challenges through innovations in modeling, simulation and analysis, digital transformation and C5ISR. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

Systems Architect

Please Note: You must possess and have the ability to maintain a TS/SCI with Poly to be considered for this position.

Responsibilities

The Systems Architect will support the Sponsor’s Office responsible for championing data management, governance, accessibility, and quality. The selected candidate will be responsible for providing technical leadership, integration, and programmatic engineering support across multiple projects as well as architecting and designing the modernization of legacy systems. The Systems Architect will support the Customer in developing a data architecture that provides detailed architectural information in compatible formats to enable solutions, which can be repeatedly designed and deployed in a consistent, high-quality, and supportable fashion. This will consist of working with multiple stakeholders in various groups to define, develop, and institutionalize a strategic data framework across multi-fabric information environments. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Analyzing, defining, and documenting requirements for data, workflow, logical processes, hardware and operating system environment, and network connectivity, other systems interfaces, internal and external checks, and controls
• Developing architectural guidance for applications developers, defining target platforms, interface designs, development patterns and styles, and development languages and leading development of system prototypes to demonstrate application of design principles
• Monitoring industry trends and directions; develops and presents substantive technical recommendations to senior management.
• Providing technical expertise in systems architecture; participates in the formulation of software engineering practices; assesses feasibility of system plans; establishes priorities; and develops and implements plans that adhere to established strategic business and system objectives.
• Developing and presenting complex technical documents, procedures, reports, and briefings.
• Providing enterprise-wide perspective into IT-related decisions.
• Providing systems architecture knowledge and consultation to Sponsor components, and assist in technical reviews and architecture designs, assessment of technical solutions to business needs, and development of technical concepts of system operations for Sponsor components’ requirements, system designs, and system architectures.
• Defining system architectures, developing roadmaps, and identifying planned changes that impact the system.
• Identifying gaps in capabilities and strategic needs in relation to the strategic direction Identifying opportunities for strengthening, streamlining, and standardizing the architecture
• Working with multiple stakeholders in defining requirements and resolving discrepancies between proposed IT systems and enterprise quality and security standards

Qualifications

• Must possess and be able to maintain an active TS/SCI with Poly.
• Demonstrated knowledge -of and experience with C2S/AWS services and Agile methodologies
• Knowledge of Oracle databases and their migration
• Experience with design/implementation of APIs
• Knowledge of Cataloging capabilities
• Experience with development of architecture artifacts.
• Experience with/awareness of ontologies, benefits/constraints
• Experience with data modeling
• Experience with successful full life-cycle software development projects
• Ability to translate requirements into end-to-end designs for systems that involve multiple interfaces and supporting data repositories
• Expert knowledge of systems design, development, and interconnectivity
• Expert understanding of the implications of underlying infrastructure architectures and how they affect application design and development.
• Able to translate complex technical terminology, concepts and issues in terms understandable to technical and non-technical management and resources staff
• A bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience (3 years)) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a scientific or technical discipline
• BS 12-15, MS 10-13, PhD 8-10
• 15 Years’ experience, 5 years in IC

Desired

• Demonstrated knowledge in enterprise data strategy, data governance practices, data stewardship principles, data architecture principles, data standards, and metadata management best practices
• Expert knowledge of problem analysis, structured analysis and design, and programming techniques
• 20 Years’ experience, 5 years in IC

EEO Statement

Arcfield proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active-Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $108,000.00 - $260,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Chantilly, VA: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• You must possess and have the ability to maintain a TS/SCI with Poly to be considered for this position. Do you have an active and current TS/SCI with Poly?

Experience:

• IC: 10 years (Required)

Security clearance:

• Top Secret (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $108,000 - $260,000