System Architect

Choisys-Technology; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CVTEK seeks a System Architect to lead architectural transitions of a large-scale legacy system into a modern DoD environment with continuous cybersecurity compliance. The role covers architecture, integration, and project sustainment across multiple cycles and government sites.

You will collaborate with IA teams, document CONOPS, and drive CCB releases while guiding secure, scalable solutions and ensuring operational continuity.

Qualifications

• Active Secret security clearance required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, or related technical discipline.
• DoD 8570.01-M / 8140.01 IAT Level II baseline certification (e.g., Security+ CE) required for IT/IA access.
• Demonstrated experience in system architecture and IT engineering mission areas.
• Ability to support classified/unclassified work at Government locations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain DoDAF-based system architecture diagrams and release narratives.
• Document SOX and CONOPS for system operations and modernization initiatives.
• Architect and support multi-cycle testing and deployment strategies for legacy-to-modern transitions.
• Collaborate with IA teams to ensure security architecture and PPSM documentation for ATO renewals.
• Guide DevSecOps through CCB releases and provide Tier III escalation for outages.
• Oversee decommissioning plans and map legacy data to target environments.
• Contribute architectural input to IMS, ISCP, and technical training materials.

Skills

System architecture

Cybersecurity

DevSecOps

Architecture governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

eMASS

DoDAF

Job description

Job Description:

Our MPJV, CVTEK, is potentially seeking a System Architect to oversee the technical engineering, infrastructure blueprinting, and architectural transition of a large-scale legacy business system. You will be instrumental in analyzing hundreds of software modules, defining system dependencies, and architecting transition pathways to a modern DoD environment while ensuring continuous cybersecurity compliance. This position is contingent upon contract award.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain \"as deployed\" System Architecture Diagrams (including DoDAF OV-1, SV-1, and SV-2 views), comprehensive release narratives, and Interface Design Documents.


• Provide system engineering oversight by documenting Service Operations Annexes (SOX) and Concepts of Operations (CONOPS).


• Architect and support multi-cycle testing and deployment strategies for transitioning critical legacy features to the modernized target environment.


• Collaborate with Information Assurance (IA) teams to ensure security architecture, hardware, software, and Ports, Protocols, and Services Management (PPSM) are correctly documented in eMASS for ATO renewals and enclave compliance.


• Ensure systems are compatible with open systems architectures, guiding the DevSecOps pipeline through formal CCB releases.


• Serve as a Tier III escalation point for complex, architecture-level system outages, diagnosing root causes and providing restoration plans within mandated SLAs.


• Provide technical oversight for module decommissioning plans, mapping legacy data structures to modernized target environments.


• Contribute to overarching project management and sustainment tasks, including providing architectural inputs for the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), updating the Information Systems Contingency Plan (ISCP), and supporting technical training curricula.

Requirements

Job Requirements:

• Location: Primary performance at the Contractor Site, with requirements to support classified/unclassified work at Government locations (Ft. Meade, MD).


• Security Clearance: Must possess an active Secret security clearance. This position requires IT-I and IT-II eligibility for SIPRNet/administrative access and the ability to successfully pass enterprise-level background suitability screening. U.S. Citizenship is required.


• Experience: Demonstrated professional experience in relevant system architecture and IT engineering mission area.


• Degree Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline (equivalent professional experience may be considered).


• Certifications: DoD 8570.01-M / 8140.01 compliant IAT Level II baseline certification (e.g., CompTIA Security+ CE, or equivalent) for IT/IA access required.