Lead Systems Engineering / Architect

Description

This is a Lead Systems Engineering Architect role supporting the Department of Defense in unifying the Air Force's cyber defense so the team can respond to threats faster, with shared insight and better decisions.

You will be the lead technical architect for the whole hybrid enterprise, which is a large DoW Defensive Cyber environment.

The requisition is a pipeline role in the IT Infrastructure and Operations job family.

You must currently hold an active Top Secret clearance and be able to obtain Top Secret/SCI. No public trust clearance is required.

The work requires daily SCIF access for hands-on work with classified architecture baselines and JCWA integration data.

Responsibilities

• Design, govern, and maintain the hybrid enterprise architecture.
• Define the physical and logical boundaries, data flows, and cloud-to-on-prem networking, such as VPN and ExpressRoute, in explicit terms.
• Run independent, objective Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) studies that combine technology assessments, cost, and trade-offs.
• Maintain the enterprise architecture artifact repository.
• Keep the architecture aligned with DoW strategic directives, including the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture (JCWA).
• Own the digital twin: build, govern, and maintain authoritative MBSE models of the hybrid enterprise in SysML or an equivalent language.
• Make sure the models accurately show physical, logical, and security boundaries and stay interoperable with JCWA.
• Update the models from deployment feedback and independent configuration audits so the repository stays close to real-time changes.
• Lead configuration control and ensure the as-built state matches across environments.
• Write cost-benefit analyses and provide technical justifications and architecture artifacts to Engineering Review Boards, Architecture Review Boards, and Change Control Boards, in an advisory role.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 8+ years of systems engineering experience.
• 8+ years of DoW enterprise architecture experience.
• 5+ years of MBSE experience using SysML or an equivalent, including leading technical programs or product leadership.
• 8+ years of related experience overall.
• Master-level skill in hybrid enterprise architecture design, AoA, system modeling, and governance.
• Advanced skill with MBSE tooling, SysML modeling, and digital twin creation, synchronization, and requirements integration.
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks such as DoWAF.
• Experience designing multi-domain hybrid cloud and on-prem networks.
• Experience with cross-domain solutions, multi-classification data flows, and secure enterprise architectures.
• Strong understanding of cloud-to-on-prem networking, data transport security, and DoW cyber architecture requirements.
• Ability to lead CCB, ERB, and ARB activities.
• Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP).
• US citizenship is required.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.

Conditions

The role is onsite, based at Lackland AFB in the San Antonio region of Texas, with additional work locations in San Antonio, TX.

The standard schedule is 40 hours per week.

Travel of 10-25% is required.

Hiring includes an identity verification step using biometrics and AI. Virtual interviews require you to be on camera, and by proceeding you consent to the collection and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security.

The company is a global technology and professional services provider to federal agencies, defense, and the intelligence community, with 26,000 staff across 50+ countries.

Equal opportunity employer, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Benefits

• Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, plus dental and vision plans.
• 401(k) with pre-tax and post-tax contributions up to IRS limits and a company match.
• Full flex work weeks where possible.
• Paid vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
• Short- and long-term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel accident insurance, provided or available.
• Paid education and certifications, and an internal mobility team to help with career moves.
• Chance to own the architecture of a flagship cyber modernization effort and work with cyber, platform, and software engineering teams.
• Work on enterprise-scale solutions at the intersection of MBSE, Zero Trust, cloud, and mission systems.
• Salary is likely to fall between $169,604 and $229,464. This is not a guaranteed figure. Pay is set by experience, location, and possibly contract terms, and may fall outside this range.