Senior Applications Architect: Cloud & Security Integration

Attainx Inc

Arlington (VA)

Hybrid

USD 188,000 - 197,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

AttainX, Inc. is seeking an experienced Application Architect to support DHS CISA’s Critical Infrastructure Collaboration Platform (CICP). You will design secure, scalable architectures and guide modernization, integration, and workflow automation across enterprise services.

The role requires 7+ years in enterprise architecture, cloud/hybrid systems, and strong knowledge of security standards. Remote/Hybrid work is available with federal sector collaboration and potential clearance requirements.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in CS, IS, or related field preferred; equivalent education, training, and relevant experience considered.
7+ years designing enterprise application architectures and guiding modernization and integration.
Experience with cloud-native or hybrid architectures, microservices, APIs, and SaaS integration.
Experience planning data migration and integration with data integrity, continuity, validation, and rollback controls.
Working knowledge of secure application design, Zero Trust, IAM, OAuth 2.0 and SAML authentication.
Ability to translate requirements into architecture plans, interface specs, and implementation guidance.
Experience with agile delivery, code/design reviews, automated deployment pipelines, and lifecycle testing.
Familiarity with data pipelines, ETL processes, data lakes, and analytics platforms.
Ability to incorporate Federal security, privacy, accessibility, and ATO requirements (FISMA, FedRAMP, 508).
Excellent analytical, documentation, and communication skills; explain architecture options to varied audiences.
Experience with Federal or DHS/CISA systems, geospatial/risk analytics, and AI/ML integration preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess architecture, data models, interfaces, and dependencies; identify technical debt, modernization opportunities, security risks, and performance limitations.
Develop target-state architectures aligned with DHS security requirements for scalability, resilience, and interoperability.
Define components, APIs, service boundaries, and integration patterns; guide developers in implementing approved designs through Agile delivery.
Evaluate cloud services and SaaS offerings; document security, governance, maintainability, performance, and cost trade-offs.
Design migration strategies with validation, rollback, and transition procedures to protect data integrity and continuity.
Develop architecture plans, interface specifications, transition roadmaps, and implementation inputs covering milestones and testing.
Conduct design reviews covering integration, security, logging, cost, health monitoring, identity management, and interoperability.
Guide integration with ServiceNow, Elastic, Power BI; address authentication compatibility and data exchange standards.
Collaborate on secure data pipelines, ETL interfaces, storage, data quality checks, and data lakes/analytics integration.
Define infrastructure requirements with CISA IT engineering; support cloud performance and capacity planning.
Incorporate cybersecurity, privacy, Zero Trust, FedRAMP, FISMA, and PCII controls; support ATO documentation.
Review code and deployment pipelines for architecture conformance and secure development practices.
Define test criteria and support test plans, modeling, simulation, and government acceptance.
Guide UI enhancements for usability and Section 508 accessibility.
Design AI/ML integration for workflow automation and risk analytics under approved controls.
Maintain architecture diagrams, decision logs, workflows, and SOPs; support knowledge transfer.