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## Systems ArchitectApplylocations: US - MD, Rockville: US - Remote (Any location)time type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: 42143**Job Family:**Systems Engineering**Travel Required:**Up to 10%**Clearance Required:**Ability to Obtain Public TrustAs a System Architect, you will lead the technical architecture, modernization, and continuous improvement of the Grants.gov platform and related solutions supporting federal grant-making operations. You will collaborate with federal stakeholders, product teams, engineers, security specialists, and operations personnel to design scalable, secure, and highly available solutions that support mission-critical services for millions of users across the federal grants ecosystem. You will provide architectural leadership for system enhancements, platform modernization, cloud-based services, integrations, security compliance, and operational excellence while supporting the consolidation objectives between Grants.gov and GrantSolutions.* Lead the development and maintenance of enterprise, solution, application, integration, and platform architectures supporting Grants.gov and related services.* Design scalable, highly available, secure, and resilient application and infrastructure solutions that support continuous operations and disaster recovery requirements.* Define architecture roadmaps, modernization strategies, and technical recommendations that improve system performance, availability, maintainability, and cost efficiency.* Collaborate with development, operations, security, and cloud teams to ensure architectural alignment across platforms, applications, databases, integrations, and hosting environments.* Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies, automation capabilities, cloud services, AI-enabled solutions, and operational improvements.* Provide technical oversight for system-to-system integrations, APIs, data exchanges, forms processing, and application workflows.* Support architecture governance processes, solution reviews, technical documentation, and compliance with federal architecture standards and HHS Enterprise Performance Life Cycle (EPLC) requirements.* Participate in incident investigations, root cause analyses, capacity planning, performance optimization, and technology risk assessments.* Support cybersecurity and privacy initiatives, including Authority to Operate (ATO) activities, security documentation, POA&M management, incident response, and compliance requirements.* Present technical concepts, architecture recommendations, alternatives, and modernization plans to executive, business, and technical stakeholders.* Develop architecture artifacts, technical management plans, system documentation, and executive-ready presentations that support operational and strategic decision-making.**What You Will Need:*** Bachelor's degree . Additional Four(4) years of exp needed in lieu of degree.* Eight(8) to Ten(10)+ years of experience designing, developing, and supporting enterprise-scale application architectures.* Experience architecting cloud-hosted solutions, preferably within AWS environments.* Experience with enterprise application integration, APIs, web services, and service-oriented or microservices architectures.* Experience designing highly available, secure, and scalable systems supporting public-facing applications.* Knowledge of application lifecycle management, DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and release management.* Experience supporting federal IT systems and compliance frameworks.* Strong understanding of: + Application architecture and design patterns + Database architecture and performance optimization + Security architecture and risk management + Disaster recovery and business continuity planning + Performance and capacity management + Identity and access management* Experience developing technical documentation, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, and executive briefings.* Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.* Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.**What Would Be Nice To Have:*** Experience supporting federal grants management systems, shared service platforms, or large public-facing government applications.* Experience with Grants.gov* Experience with HHS, ACF, CMS, HRSA, NIH, or other federal grant-making agencies.* Knowledge of HHS Enterprise Performance Life Cycle (EPLC), federal IT governance, ATO processes, security assessment activities, and compliance-driven delivery environments.* Experience with Grants.gov-like capabilities, including public-facing web applications, applicant submissions, grantor user management, S2S integrations, forms processing, chatbot support, helpdesk escalations, or system status communications.* Experience supporting cloud-hosted applications, AWS environments, application platform security, certificate management, account management, logging, monitoring, backup validation, or disaster recovery planning.* Experience supporting modernization, consolidation, transition-in, or multi-vendor integration initiatives involving multiple applications and stakeholder organizations.* Relevant certifications or credentials such as: + o AWS Solutions Architect Professional o TOGAF o CISSP o Certified Federal Enterprise Architect (CFEA) o SAFe Architect or equivalent Agile architecture certificationThe annual salary range for this position is $130,000.00-$216,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.**What We Offer:**Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.Benefits include:* Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance* Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays* Parental Leave* 401(k) Retirement Plan* Group Term Life and Travel Assistance* Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance* Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts* Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits* Short-Term & Long-Term Disability* Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities* Employee Referral Program* Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach* Care.com annual membership* Employee Assistance Program* Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)* Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus #J-18808-Ljbffr