System Architect/Engineer

Crimson Phoenix; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Crimson Phoenix seeks an experienced Systems Architect to lead the design of end-to-end software and data system architectures in a Day-ton, Ohio setting. The role involves contributing to enterprise-level requirements, selecting architecture patterns, and guiding modernization efforts.

The ideal candidate will apply robust engineering methodologies, oversee integration of microservices and cloud-native components, and support government-facing projects with strong documentation and

Qualifications

• Experience designing end-to-end system architectures for complex software and data systems.
• Ability to analyze requirements and synthesize enterprise-level solutions to individual components.

Responsibilities

• Develop, document, and maintain end-to-end system architectures and designs for complex software and data systems.
• Provide input to system design, including trade-offs, reuse, and requirements analysis from enterprise to component level.
• Design, implement, and integrate software components using microservices, event-driven, API-centric, and cloud-native patterns for interoperability and scalability.
• Apply systems and software engineering methodologies, including data models and design specifications for production environments.
• Ensure efficient delivery of architecture and engineering capabilities using industry standards and repeatable processes, aligned with baselines.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks and support modernization/migration efforts (on-premises to cloud or hybrid).
• Review and test components for adherence to requirements; participate in design/code/integration/readiness reviews.
• Contribute to DevSecOps processes across design, development, and deployment to ensure automated, validated architectures via CI/CD.

Job description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop, document, and maintain end-to-end system architectures and designs for complex and diverse software and data systems, such as processing-intensive analytics, large-scale data pipelines, real-time systems, and mission-critical business management information systems, based on documented requirements and mission objectives. Participate directly in implementation where appropriate.
• Provide specific input to system and solution design, including hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, integration of COTS/GOTS products, and requirements analysis and synthesis from the enterprise level down to individual systems and components.
• Design, implement, and integrate software and infrastructure components consistent with approved architecture patterns, such as microservices, event-driven, API-centric, and cloud-native approaches, to ensure interoperability, scalability, and security across applications and services.
• Apply systems engineering, software engineering, and architecture methodologies appropriate to the development, integration, and production environment, including the creation of system views, interface control documents, data models, and detailed design specifications.
• Ensure efficient delivery of system engineering, architecture, and software engineering capabilities using industry standards and repeatable processes, while aligning implementation with approved architectures and technical baselines.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks, manage cost and schedule impacts related to architectural and engineering decisions, and support large-scale integrated system modernization and migration efforts, including on-premises to cloud or hybrid architectures.
• Review and test system and software components for adherence to design and architecture requirements, and document test results, including participation in design reviews, code reviews, integration events, and readiness reviews.
• Participate in and help shape DevSecOps processes and practices throughout all phases of design, development, integration, and deployment to ensure architecture is consistently implemented, automated, and validated through CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop and deliver technical briefings, training, and architecture/engineering overviews as requested by the government to support application and system understanding across stakeholders and user communities.
• Analyze current in-use technologies, data flows, configurations, and system interfaces, and develop modernization steps, roadmaps, and engineering plans to improve and expand them while reducing technical debt and enhancing mission effectiveness.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, reference architectures, and tools for applicability to mission needs, and recommend adoption, prototyping, or proof-of-concept efforts where appropriate, including hands-on prototyping.