System Architect - (W2 position only)

This is a new opening with SAIC, a 12-month CTH. Looking for a candidate with an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility (required) to sit fully onsite in Reston, VA.

The team is flexible on years of experience, they are willing to consider candidates with 7ish-10+ years even though the JD states 10, as long as they have experience architecting. 

 

Must have:

Understand architecture and systems engineering (MBSE)/ DOD Architecture Framework (DODAF)/ Architecting space systems, air systems, or intel system (similar domain experience- not building ships or naval systems)

 

Looking for experience with

: collect aspects from architecture models, MBSE engineering background, drafting exp

• DOD Architecture Framework

  (this is a method of doing things- this may not be on their resume, but we want to ask candidates about it )

Systems of Systems Architect

 

Currently hiring a System-of-Systems Architect

to support a large federal client’s mission-critical national security program. This individual will define and evolve the end-to-end architecture for a complex ecosystem of interconnected systems, services, and platforms. The System-of-Systems Architect will work closely with government stakeholders, program leadership, systems engineers, software teams, cybersecurity specialists, and operational users to ensure diverse systems integrate into a cohesive, resilient, and scalable mission capability.

This is a 12-month contract-to-hire opportunity

supporting an Air Force software acquisition program. The position requires full-time onsite work in a classified environment in Reston, Virginia.

 

Project Details / Mission Supported:

• Support the DIFC2 project under the CBC2 program, an Air Force initiative associated with the ABMS IDIQ.
• Contribute to a software acquisition program focused on enabling and executing low-range kill chains.
• Develop and maintain system-of-systems architecture across operational, logical, physical, and data views.
• Collect, analyze, and translate information from architecture models into actionable engineering and program recommendations.
• Define end-to-end system interfaces, integration patterns, and data exchanges across multiple systems and mission domains.
• Create and maintain architecture artifacts using DoDAF, Model-Based Systems Engineering methodologies, and applicable modeling approaches.
• Lead architecture trade studies, alternatives analyses, and technology assessments to support modernization and capability evolution.
• Ensure traceability from mission objectives and operational needs through requirements, architecture, design, integration, and implementation.
• Partner with systems engineers, MBSE modelers, software teams, and cybersecurity professionals to align architecture models with implementation roadmaps.
• Develop architecture roadmaps, transition plans, technical insertion strategies, interface documentation, and supporting technical materials.
• Support technical reviews and governance activities, including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and architecture review boards.
• Provide technical leadership to small engineering teams and communicate architectural concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with government customers and multi-contractor teams in a SCIF environment.
• Participate in weekly team scrums and broader biweekly program collaboration involving approximately 27 team members.

 

Qualified candidates will have the following experience and skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Additional applicable experience may be considered in lieu of a degree based on contract requirements.
• Approximately 10 or more years of systems engineering, system architecture, enterprise architecture, or related experience. Candidates with fewer years may be considered if they possess a strong foundational background and directly relevant experience.
• Demonstrated understanding of both system architecture and systems engineering principles.
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering and architecture modeling.
• Experience using the Department of Defense Architecture Framework, or DoDAF, to develop and maintain architecture products.
• Experience collecting, interpreting, and documenting information from architecture models.
• Experience drafting architecture artifacts, technical documentation, interface documentation, models, diagrams, roadmaps, or related engineering materials.
• Experience architecting systems within relevant mission domains such as space systems, air systems, intelligence systems, C4ISR, or similar DoD or Intelligence Community environments.
• Experience defining interfaces and supporting integration across multiple independent systems, services, stakeholders, or mission domains.
• Familiarity with SysML, UML, UAF, MBSE tools, interface control documents, data models, or sequence diagrams.
• Understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture and design, integration, testing, deployment, and sustainment.
• Ability to work effectively on a small engineering team while collaborating across a larger, multidisciplinary program.