Senior Systems Architect

Senior Systems Architect — Nex Gen Data Systems

Nex Gen Data Systems is seeking a visionary Senior Systems Architect to design secure cloud reference architectures, implement hardened container orchestration platforms, and engineer enterprise Zero Trust boundaries for USTRANSCOM. The scope of this project involves providing high-level engineering oversight for secure Dev Sec Ops  software pipelines and designing micro-segmentation architectures across combatant command enclaves.

The Systems Architect - Senior will serve as the premier technical authority evaluating cloud platform integrations, triaging application vulnerabilities, and designing the migration roadmaps for complex network enclaves.

• Conduct detailed security impact assessments for cloud-native applications, developing secure reference architectures for complex multi-tenant enclaves.
• Analyze and triage code-level security vulnerabilities generated by automated static (SAST) and dynamic (DAST) testing tools within Dev Sec Ops  CI/CD pipelines.
• Execute secure container vulnerability scans, validate pre-hardened base images (such as Iron Bank), and conduct rigorous Kubernetes (K8s) cluster configuration reviews.
• Map legacy multi-tenant network transaction flows and engineer precise micro-segmentation boundaries to enforce least-privilege data path access.
• Perform comprehensive technical Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) evaluations for emergent cloud orchestrators and commercial security tool options.
• Validate that complex infrastructure deployments comply strictly with the DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (SRG) and Container Security standards.
• Provide Tier 3 technical integration engineering support for enterprise-wide Zero Trust orchestration tools and software-defined networks.

• Clearance Required:
  
  Active Department of Defense Top Secret/SCI (Tier 5 Investigation) required.
• Location:
  
  On-site at Scott Air Force Base (AFB), IL.
• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cloud Engineering, Systems Architecture, or equivalent high-level technical training.
• Required Cyber Baseline:
  Active DoD 8570.01-M / DoDM 8140 IAT Level III or IASAE Level II baseline qualification (e.g., CISSP, CASP+, or CSSLP).
• Required Computing Environment:
  Active Kubernetes Administrator (CKA/CKAD), AWS/Azure Solutions Architect, or Fortify Application Security expert certification.
• Required Foundational
  
  Qualification:
  
  Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) Cyber 101 course completion.
• 6–9 years’ advanced cloud systems engineering, Dev Sec Ops  automation, or enterprise network architecture experience.
• Deep technical mastery of containerization mechanics (Docker, Podman), Kubernetes clusters, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) configuration manifests (Terraform, Ansible).
• Expert knowledge of application security vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10), software composition analysis (SCA), and secure code testing paradigms.

• Company covers 100% of premiums for the employee’s medical, dental, and vision insurance and subsidizes premiums for spouse and dependents.
• Company provides short and long term disability plans.
• 401(k) match up to 10% of the employee’s salary contributions to 401(K) plan.
• Comprehensive training and development program.
• 11 paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) accrual level starts at 15 days annually.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

NOTE:

US Citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. To be qualified for this position, you must be able to obtain and maintain a United States Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance. We are unable to sponsor Visas at this time. Nex Gen Data Systems provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.