Mission-Critical Systems Architect for Government Tech

Dcode Group, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 116,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Dcode Group, Inc. is seeking a Senior Systems & Solutions Architect to lead design of secure, scalable architectures in restricted government environments based in Washington, DC. You will translate mission needs into coherent architectures and drive deployment from concept to implementation.

You will work with government clients, operators, and engineers to ensure architectures meet security, compliance, and operational requirements while enabling rapid delivery and sustainment.

Qualifications

• Experience designing architectures for government or highly regulated environments.
• Ability to translate mission needs into coherent architectures and artifacts.
• Proven track record of guiding cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Assess existing network systems, infrastructure, and security boundaries.
• Translate mission needs into current and future architectures.
• Develop deployment architectures and integration strategies.
• Define interfaces, data flows, and services with traceability to requirements.
• Identify risks and drive architecture decisions across teams.
• Create modernization roadmaps aligning long-term direction with delivery.

Skills

Systems thinking

Architectural tradeoffs

DoDAF/MBSE

AI-enabled architectures

Education

TOGAF / INCOSE / CISSP / PMP

Tools

AWS/Azure

APIs / microservices

Job description

Dcode Group, Inc. is seeking a Senior Systems & Solutions Architect to lead design of secure, scalable architectures in restricted government environments based in Washington, DC. You will translate mission needs into coherent architectures and drive deployment from concept to implementation.

You will work with government clients, operators, and engineers to ensure architectures meet security, compliance, and operational requirements while enabling rapid delivery and sustainment.