Mission Systems Architect: AI, Data & Secure Ops

NT Concepts; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 244,000; Full time

Job summary

NT Concepts seeks a System Architect to lead the technical direction of a mission-focused program, blending software, data, and AI-enabled services.

The role partners with mission stakeholders and engineering teams to translate challenges into practical system capabilities, from concept through prototyping, integration, and deployment, in Chantilly/Tysons, VA, on-site four days a week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field and 10+ years in architecture or related delivery.
• Experience designing software-intensive systems for mission users.
• Ability to translate ambiguous problems into executable technical approaches.
• Experience presenting technical concepts in reviews and customer exchanges.
• Knowledge of APIs, distributed services, data platforms, cloud-native deployment.

Responsibilities

• Own and communicate the technical vision and systems architecture for mission capabilities from concepts to deployment.
• Engage mission users to understand workflows, constraints, and outcomes.
• Translate mission needs into system concepts and engineering requirements.
• Define and maintain architecture across applications, data services, and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Guide prototypes to secure, scalable, and sustainment-ready solutions.
• Establish patterns for modular development and rapid integration.
• Evaluate tradeoffs in value, performance, security, cost, and maintainability.
• Partner with software engineers on boundaries, APIs, and deployment patterns.
• Define data ingestion, organization, and exploitation approaches.
• Collaborate with data scientists to integrate AI/ML models.

Skills

System architecture

Software engineering

Data analytics

AI/ML concepts

Agile teams

Communication skills

Security awareness

Cloud-native technologies

DevSecOps

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Systems Engineering/Data Science

Advanced degree in related field

Job description

NT Concepts seeks a System Architect to lead the technical direction of a mission-focused program, blending software, data, and AI-enabled services.

The role partners with mission stakeholders and engineering teams to translate challenges into practical system capabilities, from concept through prototyping, integration, and deployment, in Chantilly/Tysons, VA, on-site four days a week.