Senior Computer Systems Architect — Modern IT & Data Modeling

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

Job summary

National Security Agency (NSA) seeks Computer Systems Architects to modernize IT architecture, integrating industry trends and security requirements across projects. You will collaborate with technical teams to evaluate solutions and ensure compliance with established architectures and data models.

The role emphasizes data modeling, information transport standards, and enterprise alignment. Candidates should have CS expertise and relevant lifecycle experience, with DCIPS and security

Qualifications

• The position requires a CS degree with relevant experience across the system lifecycle.
• Experience in design and development of computer/information systems is required.
• Military training like JCAC counts towards experience where applicable.

Responsibilities

• Modernize IT architecture through analysis and changes based on project requirements.
• Integrate trends, technologies, standards, and new vendor features.
• Collaborate with technical teams to identify and recommend solutions.
• Produce compliance results for project requirements and IT architecture.
• Map data requirements from legacy stores to data models.
• Define information transport standards between IT systems and knowledge databases.
• Align enterprise logical and physical data models.

Skills

System administration

Programming & scripting

Database design

Network protocols

Virtualization

Cloud architecture

Security architectures

Firewalls

High performance computing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

NiFi

MongoDB

Job description

National Security Agency (NSA) seeks Computer Systems Architects to modernize IT architecture, integrating industry trends and security requirements across projects. You will collaborate with technical teams to evaluate solutions and ensure compliance with established architectures and data models.

The role emphasizes data modeling, information transport standards, and enterprise alignment. Candidates should have CS expertise and relevant lifecycle experience, with DCIPS and security