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Fort Meade, MD
Top Secret/SCI Polygraph not specified
Senior Level Career (10+ yrs experience)
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Job Description
LightGrid is seeking a Senior Systems Architecture Engineer to support the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Global Command and Control System–Joint (GCCS-J) Program Management Office at Fort Meade, MD. This individual will provide senior-level systems architecture and engineering expertise supporting the sustainment and modernization of mission-critical command-and-control systems. Responsibilities include enterprise architecture development, systems integration, cloud modernization strategies, requirements analysis, and technical recommendations supporting GCCS-J and Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) initiatives.
PLEASE NOTE: This position is Contingent upon Contract Award.
Degree required
Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline OR relevant experience
Certificate / License required
• Preferred: INCOSE CSEP, TOGAF, or relevant enterprise architecture certification.
• Preferred: AWS or Azure architecture certification.
10+ years of relevant systems engineering or systems architecture experience, including demonstrated experience supporting complex DoD information systems. The SETI Senior labor category requires over 8 years of relevant experience.
• Enterprise systems architecture, including software, hardware, communications, and integration of complex information systems.
• Systems engineering, requirements analysis, architecture development, and technical documentation.
• Experience with DoD enterprise architectures, including DoDAF, open systems architecture, and systems integration standards.
• Cloud computing, virtualization, enterprise services, and modernization of legacy IT systems.
• Familiarity with IPv6 migration, cybersecurity requirements, and interoperability across distributed systems.
• Experience evaluating technical alternatives, identifying risks, and developing architecture recommendations and implementation strategies.
• Preferred: Experience with GCCS-J, Joint C2, JADC2, Global Logical Data Model (GLDM), or military command-and-control systems.
• Lead the development and evaluation of enterprise system architectures, technical strategies, and modernization recommendations supporting GCCS-J.
• Serve as a senior technical advisor to the Government Chief Engineer, independently analyzing complex engineering challenges and recommending solutions.
• Coordinate with software engineers, cybersecurity specialists, technical stakeholders, and Government personnel to ensure architecture and system integration requirements are satisfied.
• Develop architecture documentation, technical assessments, risk analyses, and implementation recommendations aligned with GCCS-J modernization objectives.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight of engineering activities, ensuring proposed solutions support operational requirements, interoperability, and long-term system sustainability.
Active DoD Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI access as required. U.S. citizenship required.
PLEASE NOTE: This position is Contingent upon Contract Award.
Degree required
Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline OR relevant experience
Certificate / License required
• Preferred: INCOSE CSEP, TOGAF, or relevant enterprise architecture certification.
• Preferred: AWS or Azure architecture certification.
10+ years of relevant systems engineering or systems architecture experience, including demonstrated experience supporting complex DoD information systems. The SETI Senior labor category requires over 8 years of relevant experience.
• Enterprise systems architecture, including software, hardware, communications, and integration of complex information systems.
• Systems engineering, requirements analysis, architecture development, and technical documentation.
• Experience with DoD enterprise architectures, including DoDAF, open systems architecture, and systems integration standards.
• Cloud computing, virtualization, enterprise services, and modernization of legacy IT systems.
• Familiarity with IPv6 migration, cybersecurity requirements, and interoperability across distributed systems.
• Experience evaluating technical alternatives, identifying risks, and developing architecture recommendations and implementation strategies.
• Preferred: Experience with GCCS-J, Joint C2, JADC2, Global Logical Data Model (GLDM), or military command-and-control systems.
• Lead the development and evaluation of enterprise system architectures, technical strategies, and modernization recommendations supporting GCCS-J.
• Serve as a senior technical advisor to the Government Chief Engineer, independently analyzing complex engineering challenges and recommending solutions.
• Coordinate with software engineers, cybersecurity specialists, technical stakeholders, and Government personnel to ensure architecture and system integration requirements are satisfied.
• Develop architecture documentation, technical assessments, risk analyses, and implementation recommendations aligned with GCCS-J modernization objectives.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight of engineering activities, ensuring proposed solutions support operational requirements, interoperability, and long-term system sustainability.
Active DoD Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI access as required. U.S. citizenship required.
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