System Architect (Modernization)

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a lead architect supporting the PeopleSoft Modernization, defining and governing system architecture across modernization workstreams.
• Design and maintain system architectures for complex Federal Government IT systems.
• Develop and maintain the current-state and target-state architecture for a complex enterprise platform, including applications, integrations, environments, security boundaries, data flows, and operational dependencies.
• Develop system architecture artifacts, including architecture diagrams, interface control documents, and technical specifications.
• Translate modernization goals into actionable architecture strategies across key areas such as: PeopleSoft technology uplift and environment modernization, de-customization and simplification of legacy solutions, cloud readiness and cloud transition planning, DevSecOps and CI/CD enablement, data quality and data remediation architecture, low-code/no-code and governed citizen development patterns, AI, and automation integration opportunities.
• Lead system design reviews and provide architectural guidance to development and engineering teams.
• Define system integration patterns, data exchange standards, and interface requirements.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, security architects, and solution architects to ensure architectural alignment.
• Evaluate and recommend system technologies, platforms, and integration approaches.
• Support ATO activities by providing system architecture documentation and security design guidance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of system architecture, 5 years of enterprise systems.
• Experience with PeopleSoft.
• Demonstrated expertise in: Legacy system analysis, modernization strategies, and architecture transformation.
• Demonstrated expertise in: System design patterns, database architecture, integration patterns, performance optimization, and security architecture.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must possess an active Secret security clearance or be able to obtain one.

Desired Skills

• TOGAF, or equivalent system architecture certification.
• PeopleSoft certifications.
• Experience working in Agile environments, with a practical understanding of SAFe.
• Experience designing system architectures for DoD or federal agency programs.
• Familiarity with DoDAF or FEAF architecture frameworks.
• Experience with system integration using APIs, middleware, and message brokers.