Systems Architect
Atek · Rockville, Maryland, United States
About this role
## Systems Architect **Empower, Innovate, Impact!** At Team A-TEK, we empower people to drive innovation that impacts mission. We operate at the intersection of mission and innovation by applying deep domain expertise across federal markets—delivering digital-first capabilities in application development, digital transformation, enterprise IT, and scientific services. --- ### Role Overview The **Systems Architect** provides independent technical oversight of **infrastructure, cloud, security, and configuration management** activities. The architect advises **NIH leadership** and reviews work performed by hosting, operations, maintenance, and security teams. The architect **does not** perform routine system administration, production configuration, or code deployment. Instead, the architect evaluates technical activities, identifies risks, and recommends corrective or preventive actions. --- ### Primary Responsibilities - Review **Oracle Cloud Infrastructure** architectures, configurations, and planned changes - Assess infrastructure designs for **security, availability, performance, scalability, and maintainability** - Review cloud controls for **hosting, network, identity, access, logging, monitoring, backup, and recovery** - Evaluate configuration changes before or after implementation (as directed) - Confirm teams document **approved configurations** and **operational procedures** - Review transition of completed projects into **operations and maintenance** - Verify O&M documentation reflects **current configurations** and operating practices - Assess infrastructure and security risks affecting internal NIH applications - Review compliance with **NIH, HHS, federal, and program technical standards** - Evaluate vulnerabilities, proposed remediations, and risk-response activities - Identify architecture gaps, technical debt, unsupported components, and operational dependencies - Review incidents and root-cause analyses involving infrastructure or security - Conduct technical market research and alternatives analyses - Recommend infrastructure, security, and cloud investments - Present findings, risks, and recommendations to NIH leadership - Collaborate with Government personnel and contractors **without assuming an operational delivery role** --- ### Required Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in **computer science, information systems, engineering, cybersecurity, or related field** - **10+ years** relevant experience in infrastructure, cloud, security, or systems architecture - **5+ years** experience as a systems, infrastructure, cloud, or security architect - Experience reviewing enterprise systems hosted in **Oracle Cloud Infrastructure** - Knowledge of **cloud networking, identity management, encryption, monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery** - Knowledge of **security architecture, configuration management, and vulnerability management** - Experience evaluating contractor technical performance and deliverables - Experience preparing **architecture findings, risk assessments, and executive recommendations** - Ability to work independently and communicate with technical and nontechnical stakeholders - Experience supporting **federal or other regulated environments** --- ### Preferred Qualifications - **Oracle Cloud Infrastructure certification** - Security certification such as **CISSP, CCSP, or equivalent** - Experience with federal financial, acquisition, or administrative systems - Knowledge of **NIST publications,
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