Systems Architect - Senior | TS/SCI w / Poly

Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph required. U.S. citizenship required. Location: On-site in Mc. Lean, VA (Full-Time). Own the architecture that consolidates how a federal national-security mission runs its applications and systems. You'll plan the phased rollout, stand up design-system and documentation standards, and drive Agile adoption so product teams ship with less O&M drag.

What you'll do

Build a phased project plan (roles and resource projections) to consolidate IT technical support and development across applications and systems Develop an Agile methodology implementation plan with clear roles for sponsor adoption Create a document-management plan covering required docs, storage locations and versioning for applications and systems Produce a service-management plan for tiered support across applications and systems Define a reference architecture for adoption across applications and systems Coordinate design, engineering and product stakeholders; drive adoption initiatives across product teams Lead quality assurance for technical documentation (usage guidelines, API docs, migration guides, changelogs, user support materials) Manage design-system or component-library work and propose UX/UI improvements that reduce O&M and speed delivery Analyze and document web applications, systems, services and interfaces (including databases and APIs) to guide future development Manage user-support processes (triage, escalation, knowledge base) and brief SOPs, workflows, architectural diagrams and system security plans Work core hours 0900–1500 on site What you bring (required) Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph Coordinating design, engineering and product stakeholders QA for technical documentation (usage guidelines, API docs, migration guides, changelogs, support materials) Driving adoption initiatives across product teams Managing design-system or component-library projects Project management (waterfall and Agile), including leading software development teams Accessibility standards and Agile delivery practices Recommending UX/UI improvements that reduce O&M and increase quality and delivery speed Analyzing and documenting web applications, systems, services and API/database interfaces User-support process management (triage, escalation, knowledge base) Writing and briefing IT support docs: SOPs, workflows, knowledge bases, deployment checklists, architecture diagrams, system security plans Nice to have Working with partner IT organizations Design-tool governance (Figma libraries, design tokens or similar) Cloud technologies Integrating AI into existing business workflows Why Falls A 9% retirement contribution, 100% of family medical premiums paid, and 4 weeks of PTO.

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