Senior Enterprise IT Architect — SCIF & Cross‑Domain

Gtscts; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation and holidays

Flex Spending Account

401(k) with employer match

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Tuition assistance and professional 개발

Job summary

GTSC Bowen Group seeks an Enterprise IT Architect to lead the target-state architecture across secure facilities, ensuring interoperability and compliance with security requirements. The role requires strong systems thinking, prior SCIF infrastructure experience, and a track record of guiding cross-site teams.

Applicants should have Top Secret with SCI-eligibility and SAP-eligibility, an engineering background, and the ability to balance cost, risk, and performance in a fast-paced prototype

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise IT architecture, including in classified environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Strong understanding of network, systems, and security architecture principles.
• Demonstrated experience leading large, geographically dispersed teams.
• Experience architecting IT infrastructure for SCIF or other accredited classified environments, including multi-enclave network design.
• Working knowledge of the Risk Management Framework (NIST SP 800-37 / 800-53) and the security authorization process.
• Experience architecting solutions for SCIF or other classified facility environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead enumeration and documentation of the technical baseline across multiple geographically dispersed sites, including classified and unclassified network enclaves, transport, security boundaries, and cross-domain transfer capabilities.
• Design and develop target-state network and systems architectures for new secure facilities and an existing operational site, ensuring interoperability and compliance with federal security requirements.
• Develop security authorization roadmaps in accordance with the Risk Management Framework (NIST SP 800-37 / 800-53) in partnership with ISSO and security engineering leads.
• Define architecture for enterprise services, including end-user computing, classified and unclassified VTC/AV integration, and 24x7 network and security operations center (NOC/SOC) monitoring.
• Produce design documentation, technical sections of milestone deliverables, and cost and feasibility inputs supporting a priced follow-on proposal.
• Clearly articulate design decisions, alternatives considered, and associated tradeoffs - cost, schedule, security, and operational impact - to government sponsors and non-technical stakeholders, and support sponsor decision briefings and technical reviews.
• Develop current-state, transition-state, and target-state architectures across infrastructure, networking, cloud, data, applications, identity, cybersecurity, and operations.
• Provide technical governance while enabling engineering teams to make timely decisions within established architectural boundaries.
• Establish an enterprise automation strategy that standardizes repeatable processes, reducing manual effort to enable operational efficiency and enabling secure, scalable, and modern technology capabilities.

Skills

Enterprise IT Architecture

Security Architecture

Team Leadership

SCIF Experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Technology or related field

TOGAF

CISSP

AWS/Azure architecture certifications

Job description

GTSC Bowen Group seeks an Enterprise IT Architect to lead the target-state architecture across secure facilities, ensuring interoperability and compliance with security requirements. The role requires strong systems thinking, prior SCIF infrastructure experience, and a track record of guiding cross-site teams.

Applicants should have Top Secret with SCI-eligibility and SAP-eligibility, an engineering background, and the ability to balance cost, risk, and performance in a fast-paced prototype