Strategic Computer Systems Architect (Mid–Expert)

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

Job summary

National Security Agency seeks Computer Systems Architects to modernize IT architectures using commercial and government tech. You will analyze research, integrate trends, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to propose and implement secure solutions supporting national security projects.

The role requires CS concentration and hands-on experience across system design, data modeling, and security architectures. U.S.

Qualifications

• Degree must be in Computer Science with core CS coursework.
• Relevant experience in design/development of computer or information systems and include engineering hardware and/or software over their lifecycle.
• Completion of military training in JCAC can count toward experience.
• Entry, Senior, Expert experience bands defined by degree + years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Modernize IT architecture through analysis of research and introducing changes based on evolving project requirements.
• Integrate industry trends, emerging technologies and standards and new vendor features.
• Collaborate with experts in technical and application teams to identify, evaluate and recommend technical solutions to support project requirements.
• Produce compliance results for established project requirements and IT architecture.
• Define and analyze data requirements, mapping legacy data stores and formats to logical and physical data models.
• Propose standard ways for information transport between IT systems and stored within corporate knowledge databases.
• Perform architectural alignment of the enterprise logical data model and physical data models.

Skills

C/C++

Java

Python

Unix/Linux

Windows

Scripting languages

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

NiFi

MongoDB

Hadoop

KAFKA

Spark

Puppet

Node.js

Job description

National Security Agency seeks Computer Systems Architects to modernize IT architectures using commercial and government tech. You will analyze research, integrate trends, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to propose and implement secure solutions supporting national security projects.

The role requires CS concentration and hands-on experience across system design, data modeling, and security architectures. U.S.