Systems Architect – SME

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the creation of innovative, technically sound, and implementable solutions for a complex Federal Government initiative.

• Act as a senior technical and strategic consultant to delivery leadership and executive stakeholders.

• Convert requirements into engaging solutions that meet evaluation standards and yield measurable results for customers.

• Collaborate within a cohesive product development team on cutting-edge projects.

• Integrate AI/ML functionalities hosted on AWS Cloud infrastructure.

• Interact directly with senior government clients and internal leaders.

• Leverage expertise in Navy weapon systems and platforms.

• Design software architectures that support extensibility, open interfaces, and cross-system integration.

• Develop AI/ML capabilities tailored for the development lifecycle and customer scenarios.

• Create cloud-native services and integration methodologies.

• Build RESTful APIs, event-driven architectures, microservices, and containerized applications.

• Execute Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and software distribution.

• Construct fault-tolerant, concurrent, high-throughput distributed services.

• Implement cloud security measures, compliance frameworks, and Zero Trust strategies.

⛳️ Requirements

• An active Secret security clearance is mandatory.

• A minimum of 16 years of experience with a BS/BA; 14 years with an MS/MA; or 10 years with a Ph.D.

• At least ten years of relevant software engineering experience, encompassing requirements analysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, maintenance, testing, and troubleshooting.

• A minimum of three years in software integration and testing, including the development and execution of test plans and scripts.

• At least four years of software development experience using modern programming languages pertinent to cloud-native services, such as Python, Go, Java, or TypeScript.

• Experience with Agile development methodologies, specifically Scrum or SAFe Agile.

• Proven track record in creating modern information management applications with complex workflows, user-friendly interfaces, and high-concurrency operations.

• Expertise in REST, JSON, HTTPS APIs, OpenAPI/Swagger, and frameworks such as FastAPI, React, and Tailwind.

• Strong executive presence along with excellent written communication, presentation, facilitation, and relationship-building skills.

• Demonstrated technical writing abilities and experience in producing technical documents for software development projects.

• Preferred: Experience with the US Navy and NAVAIR.

• Preferred: Experience in building fault-tolerant distributed systems over unreliable networks.

• Preferred: Practical application of LLM, Agentic AI, and RAG in customer use cases and solutions.

• Preferred: Experience with AI-assisted coding within the software engineering lifecycle.

• Preferred: Knowledge of lifecycle automation including Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, security compliance, deployment, and continuous monitoring.

• Preferred: Proficiency in microservices development and container orchestration technologies like Kubernetes.

• Preferred: Understanding of security and compliance best practices, RMF, and Zero Trust methodologies.

• Preferred: Expertise in cloud architecture design and development for Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure.

• Preferred: At least three years of software development experience on UNIX/Linux, with strong Linux fundamentals and proficiency in at least one scripting language like Python or Bash.

🏝️ Benefits

• Potential eligibility for overtime compensation.

• Potential eligibility for shift differentials.

• Potential eligibility for a discretionary bonus.