Senior Architect & Team Lead – Federal Systems (Hybrid)

GovCIO; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Ideal candidates have extensive Natural/ADABAS expertise, cloud/on-prem collaboration, and strong client interaction skills, with Top Secret clearance. This hybrid role requires coordinating with multiple federal agencies and teams to ensure compliant, effective solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 15+ years on large scale application design and development
• Expert proficiency programming in Natural using ADABAS
• Experienced in developing using NaturalONE Eclipse-based development environment
• 5+ years’ project management experience
• 5+ years’ experience working with customers on defining requirements
• Strong ability to design solutions across multiple systems or sub-systems
• Demonstrated experience interacting with software application program development and management personnel
• Demonstrated experience interacting with infrastructure support and management personnel in both cloud and on-premises environments
• Proficient in O365 components to include Word, Excel, etc.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of technical architects and developers
• Conduct comprehensive assessments of existing background investigation support systems and processes at DCSA and other federal agencies
• Interaction with all levels of customers and stakeholders to understand user requirements and program needs
• Design and propose scalable and efficient solution architectures
• Ensure compliance with federal regulations and standards
• Develop solution architectures that address identified requirements and align with federal regulations
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure the successful implementation of proposed solutions
• Conduct regular reviews and assessments to measure the effectiveness of implemented solutions
• Provide expertise in federal contract and grants management throughout the project lifecycle
• Use Atlassian tools including JIRA for requirements tracking
• Design solutions that efficiently and effectively meet customer’s requirements
• Interaction and support with other development team personnel
• Develop software using Natural with ADABAS
• Develop and maintain software processes to transfer files using Connect Direct software
• Develop and maintain JCL for batch processing
• Develop and maintain queues and flows using IBM MQ
• Anticipates customers and project needs and proactively identifies potential solutions

Skills

Natural programming

ADABAS

NaturalONE

Project management

Requirements gathering

Customer interaction

Top Secret clearance

O365

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

ServiceNow

Connect Direct

IBM MQ

Job description

Ideal candidates have extensive Natural/ADABAS expertise, cloud/on-prem collaboration, and strong client interaction skills, with Top Secret clearance. This hybrid role requires coordinating with multiple federal agencies and teams to ensure compliant, effective solutions.