Senior Systems Architect in Fairfax, Virginia

Senior Systems Architect

Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Systems Architect who lives in close proximity to the National Capital Region (NCR) to join a premier, enterprise-scale cybersecurity program supporting a major federal civilian agency.

Please Note:

This position is contingent upon contract award. Salary Range: $175,000 - $195,000. This flagship initiative unifies 24x7x365 Security Operations (SOC), proactive threat hunting, and advanced Security Engineering and Architecture into a cohesive defensive mission. As a systems architect on this program, you will drive the protection of highly sensitive, national-level financial, and personally identifiable information (PII). You will be at the forefront of modernizing the agency's cyber posture, implementing advanced automation, and ensuring continuous operational resilience across a massive, highly complex federal IT enterprise.

Position Responsibilities:

• Supports all aspects of operational, technical, and informational architecture design, ensuring alignment across enterprise domains and mission requirements.
• Discerns and interprets customer requirements, validates that architectural models accurately address those needs, and communicates findings to relevant stakeholders.
• Develops and articulates IT solutions grounded in the enterprise's strategic business and technical requirements, translating complex needs into actionable architectural direction.
• Defines the structural approach for each application, including identifying and recommending the most appropriate technology solutions based on mission objectives and enterprise standards.
• Defines, validates, and documents technical requirements and architecture quality attributes to guide consistent, high-quality solution delivery.
• Designs high-quality architectures and leads architecture activities that align with organizational requirements established by leadership, while adhering to enterprise architectural standards and governance frameworks.
• Designs, develops, implements, utilizes, and conforms to enterprise information technology, cloud architecture application solutions, strategies, processes, and standards, focusing on expertise in cloud technologies.
• Designs and maintains security to support CI/CD Dev Ops infrastructure.
• Manages Information Technology (IT) applications projects, including the design, development, and implementation of key components within the broader IT architecture.
• Develops and communicates well-structured architectural proposals for various projects and initiatives, ensuring clarity and alignment across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Develops and coordinates IT strategy and oversees implementation of integrated systems.
• Collaborates with business owners, analysts, engineers, development teams, and infrastructure services to define, establish, and communicate application and data architecture standards, policies, and strategic direction.
• Designs, validates, and implements scalable system infrastructure.
• Maintains and evaluates existing systems and equipment to identify opportunities for performance improvements, lifecycle refresh, or decommission.
• Evaluates and analyzes complex systems architecture for performance, efficiency, and security improvements, recommending and implementing enhancements as needed.
• Designs high quality architectures and drives architecture activities that are aligned to organization requirements set by leadership on behalf of stakeholders and are consistent with enterprise architectural standards.
• Provide the capabilities to design the solution for the client based on cloud technologies.
• Leads or supports cloud design efforts, ensuring the designs account for organizational requirements, federal security standards, and long-term scalability.
• Designs and validates enterprise security architectures aligned with Zero Trust and NIST SP 800-207.
• Leads the development of Engineering Design Documents (EDDs), architecture blueprints, and security control mappings.
• Supports integration of SIEM, SOAR, CDM, TDSP, EDR, AWS cloud-native services, and identity platforms across multiple cybersecurity tools.
• Advises on IT modernization strategies, cloud migration planning, and secure system design best practices.
• Participates in architecture governance boards and technical working groups.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field or equivalent professional experience.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• 12+ years of experience in supporting Cybersecurity Information Technology.
• Remote but within close proximity to the NCR.
• Active Public Trust 6c clearance, or the ability to obtain and maintain one.
• AWS Solution Architect certification - mandatory.
• 3+ years of experience supporting cloud-based solutions, with additional AWS Cloud certifications considered a plus.
• Experience with planning, management, leadership, and coordination of multiple concurrent tasks, each with strict deadlines for a large-scale cybersecurity design that is…