ICF

Senior Systems Architect (Top Secret cleared)

Washington, DC · Senior · Full-time

No sponsorship$131k-$222kDetected 4 days ago

AWSTerraformCI/CDLeadershipCommunicationCompTIA

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Systems Architect to provide enterprise/system architecture oversight for a mission-critical government environment.
This role is responsible for end-to-end technical architecture, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, high-performing, and integration-ready across cloud and hybrid platforms.

Lead system and solution architecture efforts across one or more product lines or mission systems.
Establish and maintain architecture standards, reference architectures, patterns, and guardrails.
Provide technical governance through architecture reviews, design approvals, and technical decision records.
Support cloud migration/modernization strategies and trade-off analyses (cost, performance, risk).
Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to address threats, vulnerabilities, and risk mitigations in designs.

10+ years of experience in systems architecture, solution architecture, or enterprise architecture roles
US Citizenship required by federal government.

Bachelor's Degree in related field
Prior experience supporting national security programs
Demonstrated experience designing and overseeing high-scale, high-availability systems
Strong hands-on knowledge of AWS services and cloud architecture patterns
Experience enabling or integrating with CI/CD tools and DevSecOps practices
Experience with infrastructure as code and automation (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
Expertise using architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, DoDAF, Zachman, or equivalent) and producing architecture artifacts (logical/physical views, roadmaps, standards)
Strategic architectural thinking combined with hands-on technical depth

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