Systems Engineer - Cloud Messaging & Enterprise Integration

Arcfield; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcfield is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to provide SETA support for architecture, integration, and evolution of enterprise messaging within cloud and hybrid environments. You will advise across legacy, cloud, and emerging architectures to ensure secure, resilient, and interoperable messaging aligned with mission needs.

The role requires strong systems engineering fundamentals, cloud messaging experience, distributed architectures, and modern delivery practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering or related field with 10–12 years of experience; or a Master’s with 8–10 years; PhD with 5–7 years of experience or equivalent.
• Significant experience with cloud architectures, enterprise messaging, and distributed systems.
• Proven ability to lead complex software or cloud-based projects and communicate with government stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Guide architecture, design, and modernization of enterprise messaging services across cloud and hybrid environments.
• Translate mission needs into technical requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria, championing DevSecOps.
• Analyze API interfaces, data exchanges, and service dependencies across systems and assess impact of releases.
• Evaluate scalability, resiliency, interoperability, and security; develop mitigation strategies for decisions.
• Act as the technical liaison between government offices, architects, developers, and cybersecurity teams.
• Prepare executive technical assessments and briefings on architecture tradeoffs to leaders.

Skills

TS/SCI with Poly

Cloud architectures

Agile methodologies

DevSecOps

System integration

Stakeholder coordination

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering

Master's degree in related field

PhD (related field)

Job description

Responsibilities

Arcfield is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for the Merigold contract to provide SETA support for the architecture, integration, and evolution of enterprise messaging capabilities within cloud and hybrid mission environments.

In this role, you will serve as a trusted Government technical advisor supporting the transition and integration of messaging services across legacy, cloud, and emerging enterprise architectures. You will evaluate requirements, interfaces, data exchanges, service dependencies, and implementation approaches to ensure messaging capabilities remain secure, resilient, interoperable, and aligned with mission needs.

The ideal candidate combines strong systems engineering fundamentals with practical knowledge of cloud-based messaging, distributed architectures, and modern software delivery practices. You will work across development teams, System Program Offices, architects, cybersecurity professionals, and mission stakeholders to identify integration challenges and guide solutions from concept through operational implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Architecture & Modernization Strategy: Guide the architecture, design, and modernization of enterprise messaging services. Drive the transition and migration planning to move legacy messaging capabilities into scalable, modern cloud and hybrid environments.
• Requirements & Agile Engineering: Translate mission needs into actionable technical artifacts. Develop, refine, and evaluate system requirements, Agile features, user stories, and acceptance criteria while championing DevSecOps and Digital Engineering practices.
• Integration & Impact Analysis: Analyze complex API interfaces, data exchanges, and service dependencies across interconnected systems. Evaluate the impact of continuous software releases, infrastructure updates, and new capability introductions on the broader ecosystem.
• Risk & Resiliency Assessment: Evaluate proposed technical solutions for scalability, resiliency, interoperability, and security. Identify integration risks, technical debt, and schedule dependencies, developing actionable mitigation strategies for Government decision-makers.
• Stakeholder Orchestration: Act as the technical connective tissue between System Program Offices, enterprise architects, software developers, cybersecurity teams, and mission users. Actively participate in Agile planning, integration events, testing, and operational readiness reviews.
• Strategic Advisory: Develop executive-level technical assessments, architecture recommendations, and transition strategies. Confidently brief program status and engineering tradeoffs to senior Government stakeholders.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Clearance: Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI with Poly
• Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline with 10-12 years of relevant experience; OR a Master’s degree with 8-10 years of experience; PhD with 5-7 years of experience OR equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Domain Expertise: Significant systems engineering experience supporting complex software or cloud-based systems, with a strong background in cloud architectures, enterprise messaging, distributed systems, or service-based architectures.
• Modern Delivery & Agile: Demonstrated understanding of Agile development methodologies, modern software delivery practices, and system integration/transition processes.
• Requirements Management: Proven experience developing, managing, and tracing technical requirements and system interfaces.
• Soft Skills: Strong analytical, technical writing, and stakeholder coordination skills, with the ability to operate independently and authoritatively as a senior Government technical advisor.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting cloud capabilities and migrations within the Intelligence Community (IC) or DoD.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise messaging technologies, APIs, event-driven architectures, or data exchange services (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with DevSecOps environments, CI/CD pipelines, and automated delivery.
• Familiarity with cloud security principles, Zero Trust architecture, containerization, and microservices.
• Proven experience modernizing or migrating legacy mission capabilities into cloud-native environments.

Equal Pay Act

This is the projected compensation range for this position. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. In addition, Arcfield invests in its employees beyond just compensation. Arcfield ’s benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, Short Term and Long-Term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections.Min: $135,035.83Max: $234,801.11

EEO Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and federal government contractor. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment as protected by law.