Sr Windows & Cloud Systems Architect 3

Seeking a senior level System Engineer to lead requirements development, architecture design, integration planning, and technical assessments for complex mission systems. This role ensures technical integrity across the lifecycle and collaborates closely with Government stakeholders, IPTs, and senior program leadership to guide system development and operational alignment.


Key Responsibilities

Requirements, Architecture & Design
• Analyze user needs, CONOPS, and high level architectures to develop complete, verifiable system and functional requirements
• Allocate requirements to hardware, software, facilities, and personnel components
• Develop system architectures, operational concepts, scenario threads, and alternative design approaches
• Implement DoDAF views and SOA based solutions; conduct architecture trade studies using models and prototypes
• Define Information Assurance requirements (confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, access control)

Integration, Verification & Validation
• Provide technical direction for integration, interfacing, engineering, and testing activities
• Ensure thorough definition and coordination of system interfaces across multiple teams
• Develop verification and validation methods and criteria; support early V&V planning
• Participate in requirements, design, program, and test reviews

Configuration, Risk & Lifecycle Management
• Serve on the Configuration Control Board and maintain evolving configuration documentation
• Coordinate cross discipline CCB actions and ensure technical integrity of system baselines
• Assess and manage risks using structured methods and EVM data; recommend mitigation strategies
• Develop system design alternatives considering lifecycle cost, scalability, complexity, and risk

Compliance, Documentation & Standards
• Prepare and review SE artifacts such as SEPs, Requirements Specs, Interface Control Documents, and JCIDS documentation
• Support DoD/Government Certification & Accreditation processes
• Ensure compliance with applicable agency, national, and international standards
• Capture and maintain interface designs in accessible repositories

Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership
• Provide senior technical leadership across engineering, integration, and development teams
• Work directly with Government stakeholders to resolve technical issues and shape system direction
• Support IPTs in capability development, feasibility studies, and operational planning
• Communicate clearly with executives, managers, and technical personnel


Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph (must already be held)
• IAT Level II certification (Security+ CE, GSEC, CySA+, CCNA Security, or GICSP)
• Twenty (20) years of Systems Engineering experience supporting complex programs
• Proven experience planning and leading large scale systems engineering efforts
• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related field
o Five (5) additional years of SE experience may substitute for the degree
• Strong knowledge of cloud architectures (AWS or equivalent) and scalable cloud solution design
• Experience engineering physical and virtual VDI and VPN infrastructures
• Proficiency with network topology design for secure, reliable, high performance environments
• Ability to evaluate mission needs and architect flexible, scalable technical solutions