Systems Architect (SME) – Cloud & On-Prem

VTG; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Byte Systems, a subsidiary of VTG, is seeking a hands-on Systems Architect (SME) with deep expertise across infrastructure, platforms, and application ecosystems spanning cloud and on-premises environments. The role emphasizes ownership of reliability, performance, scalability, and security, and requires collaboration across multiple teams to deliver end-to-end transformations.

The ideal candidate will be a technical leader who can document current state architectures, design future-state

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent technical experience.
• Minimum ten (10) years of related experience.
• Hands-on experience across infrastructure, platforms, and apps.
• Proven ability to lead and own complex modernization initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on systems engineering across network, compute, storage, OS, middleware, databases, and applications.
• Analyze and document as-is infrastructure, platform, and application architectures.
• Create detailed engineering designs for modernization and transformation.
• Lead cloud and on-prem system implementations, migrations, and upgrades.

Skills

Networking

Storage

Kubernetes

Linux

PKI

Cloud platforms

Databases

APIs

SDLC

CI/CD

Security

Monitoring

Observability

Zero Trust

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT or related technical discipline

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes

Docker

Prometheus

Grafana

Splunk

Job description

Byte Systems, a subsidiary of VTG, is seeking a hands-on Systems Architect (SME) with deep expertise across infrastructure, platforms, and application ecosystems spanning cloud and on-premises environments. The role emphasizes ownership of reliability, performance, scalability, and security, and requires collaboration across multiple teams to deliver end-to-end transformations.

The ideal candidate will be a technical leader who can document current state architectures, design future-state