Systems Architect jobs in Springfield, MO

Customer Description

Our customer is an Intelligence Agency (IA) delivering world-class geospatial intelligence providing a decisive advantage to policymakers, war-fighters, intelligence professionals and first responders. The customer enables all of these critical actions and shapes decisions impacting our world through the indispensable discipline of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT). Our customer is a unique combination of intelligence and combat support agency. It is the world leader in timely, relevant, accurate, and actionable GEOINT. This IA enables the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) and the Department of Defense (DOD) to fulfill the President’s national security priorities to protect the nation. Although GEOINT is the most critical data within this agency, all data that is produced, collected and stored plays a supportive role in the day-to-day operations of our customer.

Program Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join a large GEOINT based contract used for search and dissemination across the Intel Community. Hosted in AWS, this system is a set of computer services that allows users to search and discover different types of GEOINT data that comes from different sources, whether it's internal to this Intel Agency or from other external sources. The system is comprised of various components that will be supported by two task orders. One of the task orders is to maintain all the existing services, the compute, the software and various components that allow the system to function. The second task order is an engineering and architecture task order that provides software engineering, devops and site reliability services to help modernize and fast-track the future of the overall system.

Team Description

Blackspoke is a trusted member of a larger team of strategic partners. This contract was just awarded and has the full 5-year contract life remaining. Work is to be performed onsite in Government and Contractor SCIF space in Springfield, VA.

Job Description

• The Systems Architect designs and defines system architecture for new or existing computer systems. Coordinates system development to include design, modeling, security, integration, and formal testing.
• Designs systems architecture for new or existing computer system
• Creates, plans, and configures highly complex engineering systems for optimal operations.
• Creates and engineers highly advanced systems design, development, and integration from the start of a systems life cycle to the end.
• Designs and engineers highly complex infrastructures including installing, configuring, testing, and maintaining operating systems, application software, and system management tools.
• Creates and designs highly complex systems modeling, simulation, and analysis.
• Performs continual maintenance and creates highly ingenious solutions for security, backup, and redundancy problems.
• Provides critical insight and guidance for the preparation and maintenance of all documentation for processes and procedures related to engineering projects.
• Maintains current knowledge of rapidly changing technology, always on the lookout for new technologies, and works with management to evolve current processes.
• Performs complex systems development and design work that may include logic design, I/O design, model formulation, computer architecture analysis and design, and digital systems engineering.
• Invents innovative ways to drive production operational efficiency.
• Drives scalability and operability of supported systems/infrastructure.
• Implements, manages, and enhances Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline tools.
• Creates, maintains, and reviews Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Desired State Configuration (DSC) and/or Puppet configuration management tools to support the provisioning infrastructure.
• Provides system/equipment/specialized training and technical guidance.
• May coach and provide guidance to less experienced professionals.
• May serve as a team or task lead.
• Recognized as an industry leader in systems engineering.

Qualifications:

• BA/BS or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
• 10 years of related systems architect experience
• Active TS/SCI clearance required and eligibility to obtain a CI poly

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. Individuals with disabilities, including disabled veterans or veterans with service-connected disabilities, are encouraged to apply. If you need assistance applying outside of the online application, please contact recruiting@blackspoke.com for more information.