Strategic Computer Systems Architect — Cloud & Security

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

Job summary

NSA in Fort Meade, MD seeks Computer Systems Architects to modernize IT architecture using commercial and government hardware, software, and security products. You will collaborate across teams to evaluate and recommend solutions, ensure data standardization, and align logical and physical data models for enterprise systems.

The role emphasizes analyzing requirements, incorporating industry trends, and producing compliance results for project architectures while supporting national security

Qualifications

• Degree in CS or related field with lifecycle experience in requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, deployment and maintenance.
• Experience in design/development of computer or information systems with engineering hardware and/or software.
• Military training in JCAC counted toward experience requirements.

Responsibilities

• Modernize IT architecture by analyzing research and introducing changes based on project requirements.
• Integrate industry trends, emerging technologies and standards with new vendor features.
• Collaborate with technical teams to identify, evaluate and recommend solutions.
• Produce compliance results for project requirements and IT architecture.
• Define and analyze data requirements; map legacy data to logical/physical models.
• Propose standard methods for information transport between IT systems and stored knowledge databases.
• Align enterprise data models with physical data models.

Skills

Teamwork

Adapt to change

Communication

Problem solving

C/C++/Java

Python

Security architectures

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree in CS or related field

Doctoral degree in related field

JCAC training considered

Tools

NiFi

MongoDB

KAFKA

HADOOP

Job description

NSA in Fort Meade, MD seeks Computer Systems Architects to modernize IT architecture using commercial and government hardware, software, and security products. You will collaborate across teams to evaluate and recommend solutions, ensure data standardization, and align logical and physical data models for enterprise systems.

The role emphasizes analyzing requirements, incorporating industry trends, and producing compliance results for project architectures while supporting national security