Research Systems Engineer - Mid

Why AIS?

When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.

• Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.

• Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.

• Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.

• Mission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.

 

What are we looking for?

At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.

 

Working@AIS
At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Senior Infrastructure Architect.

• Core Knowledge & Skills: Sets enterprise‑level infrastructure strategy; leads global architectures and integrations; manages worldwide environments; is recognized externally as a thought leader.

• Work & Complexity: Oversees multi‑region programs, coordinates global delivery, applies analytics to predict/mitigate issues, and steers strategic vendor partnerships.

• Quality & Independence: Establishes visionary, organization‑wide standards; ensures excellence on large‑scale initiatives; drives sustainable, future‑ready practices with full autonomy.

• Teamwork & Communication: Leads enterprise communication of strategy, aligns global stakeholders, mentors next‑generation leaders, and represents the organization in industry forums.

• Consulting & Engagement: Advises executives on strategy and vision, expands external offerings and partnerships, and shapes long‑term technology direction and market influence.

As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Research Systems Engineer - Mid. Project Summary

AIS is supporting federal customer with a program focused on architecture and infrastructure. 

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for new cloud architecture design, development and integration of new architectural features into existing cloud infrastructures while maintaining the integrity and security of enterprise-wide cyber systems and networks.

• Lead multi-disciplined teams in the design and implementation of the cybersecurity system architecture.

• Able to apply cyber security standards, directives, guidance and policies to a cloud architectural framework.

• Compile industry best practices and lessons learned into future iterations and new designs for the cloud hosting environment.

• Provide broad based experience in the systems engineering lifecycle and specific cyber security initiatives relating to cloud architectural design and development.

• Resolve cloud architecture implementation issues during integration and test.

• Interface with different entities - internal and external to the enterprise.

• Considered a recognized authority within the company.

• Works on unusually complex technical problems and provides solutions which are highly innovative.

Required For This Opportunity

• Minimum 12+ years of relevant experience supporting, designing, and engineering research, development, or experimental systems in secure or mission‑focused environments.

• Extensive experience designing, integrating, and operating complex systems across cloud, on‑premises, and hybrid environments to support research and prototyping efforts.

• Strong hands‑on experience with cloud platforms (AWS and/or others), including automation, system optimization, scalability, and secure system operations.

• Solid understanding of system and cloud security principles, including access controls, monitoring, configuration management, vulnerability mitigation, and compliance considerations.

• Active Secret clearance or higher, with ability to support classified or mission‑critical research programs.

• IAT Level II certification (DoD 8570/8140 compliant) and one or more cloud certifications (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience supporting DoD/IC programs and mission systems.

At AIS, we are committed to offering competitive and fair compensation that reflects the skills, experience, and contributions of each team member. The targeted base salary range for this role is $154,000-$232,000 per year. Please note that this range is provided as a guideline and the final offer will be based on several factors, including but not limited to, skillset and competencies, level of experience, education, certifications, and location. We value transparency in our hiring process and are happy to discuss how your unique qualifications align with our compensation structure during the interview process.

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