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System Architect

CHOISYS TECHNOLOGY INC
Fort Meade, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 9/10/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/9/2026

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.

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