Advanced Computer Systems Architect - Modernization

CNSS • National Security Systems; Middle River (MD); On-site; USD 105,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

NSA is seeking Computer Systems Architects to modernize IT architecture, analyze research, and integrate industry trends. You will collaborate with technical and application teams to identify, evaluate, and recommend solutions that support project requirements.

This full‑time role offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities to work on national security initiatives. U.S. citizenship is required; background investigations and security clearances apply.

Qualifications

• Degree must be in Computer Science or related field with foundational CS coursework.
• Relevant experience in design/development of computer or information systems lifecycle.
• Experience in requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, deployment and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Modernize IT architecture through analysis and changes based on project requirements.
• Integrate industry trends, emerging technologies and vendor features.
• Collaborate with technical teams to identify, evaluate and recommend solutions.
• Produce compliance results for project requirements and IT architecture.
• Define and analyze data requirements, mapping legacy data stores to data models.
• Propose standard information transport methods between IT systems.

Skills

System architecture

Data modeling

Programming (C/C++, Java, Python)

Security engineering

Cloud architecture

Unix/Linux admin

Networking

Education

Bachelor's CS degree

Master's CS degree

Doctoral degree (CS)

Tools

NiFi

MongoDB

Kafka

Hadoop

Windows

UNIX

Linux

Job description

NSA is seeking Computer Systems Architects to modernize IT architecture, analyze research, and integrate industry trends. You will collaborate with technical and application teams to identify, evaluate, and recommend solutions that support project requirements.

This full‑time role offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities to work on national security initiatives. U.S. citizenship is required; background investigations and security clearances apply.