AnaVation is seeking a Lead Systems Architect with an active Secret clearance. The ideal candidate will be a technical and thought leader with a passion for modernizing legacy enterprise architectures in the Federal government space. This is a full-time position located onsite with our customer in Washington DC.
What you will be doing
- Provide technical, thought, and people leadership in the architectural redesign and modernization of a large, multi-tenant, legacy software application
- Support the Lead Developer to resolve particularly complex technical issues; provide innovative technical solutions to address environmental constraints and challenges
- Develop and maintain stakeholder relationships to support activities throughout the entire SDLC
- Ensure attainment of all SLAs/SLOs in accordance with the QASP
- Mentor cross-functional development team members to achieve collective success
- Must have the ability to work in a dynamic environment and adapt to changing conditions
- Must possess a high degree of originality, creativity, and initiative requiring minimal supervision
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Information Systems, Engineering, or related
- 11+ years in Federal IT enterprise architecture including experience with Zero Trust and NIST
- Minimum active Secret clearance; able to obtain and maintain Top Secret
- Experience leading the development of technology roadmaps and strategies
- Hands-on technical expertise designing secure, scalable, multi-tenant, cloud/on-prem/hybrid architectures including all infrastructure, data, workflows, automation, compliance, reliability, identity, and access considerations
- Experience migrating legacy, multi-tenant applications to the cloud while maintaining security posture, meeting strict uptime requirements, and significantly improving user experience (UX)
- Expert-level command of the English language (oral and written), with experience interacting effectively at the CIO and CISO levels of large organizations
- Expert-level organizational skills and ability to keep a multitude of tasks and projects on track at all times and with minimal supervision
- Washington, DC with the potential for a hybrid telework schedule upon client approval
Minimum Qualifications (Education/Certications, Experience, etc):
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Other Required Skills & Qualifications:
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Required Qualifications:
- High-level application development and cybersecurity certifications are strongly preferred
- Specific experience with JCAM, eMASS, Xacta, Archer, or similar cybersecurity GRC tools is desire
- Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
- 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
- 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance
- 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
- 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
- Competitive Pay
- Generous paid leave and holiday package
- Tuition and training reimbursement
- Life and AD&D Insurance
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in IT, Information Systems, Engineering, or related
- 11+ years in Federal IT enterprise architecture
- Active Secret clearance; able to obtain Top Secret
- Experience leading the development of technology roadmaps and strategies
- Experience designing secure, scalable, multi-tenant architectures
- Experience migrating legacy applications to the cloud
- High-level application development and cybersecurity certifications
- Experience with cybersecurity GRC tools
What We Do
AnaVation is a trusted partner that delivers high-value, cost-effective solutions to solve our customers’ most complex technical and analytical problems. AnaVation believes that the future of securing, collecting, processing, and analyzing cyber data will require the development of advanced ANAlytical technologies derived via the innoVATION of current and future technologies. AnaVation believes in the “Idea of the Possible” — that it is possible for our experts, partnering with our customers in the right environment, to create innovative technical solutions that expand our customers’ capabilities. We want to do two things for our customers. We want to resolve existing challenges and we want to prepare them for the future. Our technical expertise and innovative engineering culture enable us to do those things.









