IT Systems Solutions Architect-Senior

What the role needs

• Serve as the designated key person and Contract Manager; coordinate daily performance, Government communications, technical priorities, and an authorized alternate.
• Prepare and deliver the monthly Funding Balance Statement, Invoice, Invoice Reconciliation Report, and Spend Plan (CDRLs A001–A004), and maintain the Quality Control Program.
• Lead RMF planning and lifecycle reporting for ATC information systems, including ATO development, maintenance, and continuous monitoring.
• Provide system-wide architectural guidance for software baseline requirements, modernization, emerging technology, and migration of existing capabilities.
• Analyze proposed changes to hardware and software security baselines for performance, interoperability, and cybersecurity impacts.
• Support configuration management reviews, change control boards, defect tracking, and validation of incident findings.
• Support RMF system categorization, boundary identification, security-control selection, implementation, and assessment.
• Prepare and maintain RMF artifacts, security control evidence, POA&Ms, and authorization documentation.
• Conduct vulnerability-management, security audit, DISA STIG compliance, and continuous monitoring activities.
• Coordinate security-control assessment, verification and validation, and ATO sustainment activities.
• Support assigned ATC LAN, LIN, STE, and T&EN environments and document results for Government stakeholders.
• Clearance : Active Secret clearance (favorably adjudicated Tier/Type 3 investigation); must maintain clearance and eligibility for assigned SIPRNet access.

From the employer

Leading with our people, Digital Consultants’ mission is to deliver the highest level of professional solutions while being a trusted partner and advisor to our customers. With a culture of practicality, opportunity, and creativity, we remain dedicated to being honest, trustworthy, respectful, and ethical in everything we do. We are a certified SBA 8(a) small, disadvantaged business that supports multiple IT customers within the Federal, civilian, and private sectors. Digital Consultants also offers our employees growth opportunities, competitive wages, and a full benefits package. Our founding principles, Fairness and Common Sense, make working here more than a job; it’s the Digital family. Digital Consultants seeks a Senior IT Systems Solutions Architect / Contract Manager to lead cybersecurity engineering and Department of Defense Risk Management Framework (RMF) support for the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The position serves as the designated key person and daily contract manager while directing RMF lifecycle execution, system architecture and configuration reviews, security-control assessment, Authority to Operate (ATO) sustainment, and coordination with Government stakeholders across classified and unclassified ATC environments. Duties to include: • Serve as the designated key person and Contract Manager; coordinate daily performance, Government communications, technical priorities, and an authorized alternate. • Prepare and deliver the monthly Funding Balance Statement, Invoice, Invoice Reconciliation Report, and Spend Plan (CDRLs A001–A004), and maintain the Quality Control Program. • Lead RMF planning and lifecycle reporting for ATC information systems, including ATO development, maintenance, and continuous monitoring. • Provide system-wide architectural guidance for software baseline requirements, modernization, emerging technology, and migration of existing capabilities. • Analyze proposed changes to hardware and software security baselines for performance, interoperability, and cybersecurity impacts. • Support configuration management reviews, change control boards, defect tracking, and validation of incident findings. • Support RMF system categorization, boundary identification, security-control selection, implementation, and assessment. • Prepare and maintain RMF artifacts, security control evidence, POA&Ms, and authorization documentation. • Conduct vulnerability-management, security audit, DISA STIG compliance, and continuous monitoring activities. • Coordinate security-control assessment, verification and validation, and ATO sustainment activities. • Support assigned ATC LAN, LIN, STE, and T&EN environments and document results for Government stakeholders. Requirements • Clearance : Active Secret clearance (favorably adjudicated Tier/Type 3 investigation); must maintain clearance and eligibility for assigned SIPRNet access. • Certifications : Current CISSP required; applicable DoD cybersecurity workforce baseline certification requirements at contract award. • Education : Minimum of High School • Experience : At least 10 years of experience managing RMF lifecycle reporting, including at least 5 years of progressive experience with requirements for network expansion and cloud/enclaves. Demonstrated DoD RMF, risk assessment, security audits, DISA STIG, NIST guidance, FISMA, and prior experience as a Server Administrator or Network Administrator. • Technical environment : Experience managing Windows, Linux, and Apple networks in unclassified and classified (Secret) environments; excellent writing and communication skills; RMF control documentation, POA&M management, DISA STIGs, vulnerability management, and classified information safeguards. • Physical Requirements: The candidate must be able to travel to other worksites as required and with or without reasonable accommodation, be able to sit, stand, use computers and monitors, and perform duties in an office environment for extended periods. The candidate must be able to lift up to 40 lbs. on occasion (e.g., moving a case of paper or similar task) that may occur occasionally. The company offers the following benefits to permanent, full-time employees: • Paid Time Off (PTO) • Group health plans • Income protection and supplemental benefits • 401(k) plan with company matching • Health Savings Account (HSA) • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) • Pet insurance options • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Digital Consultants, an inclusive and welcoming company, is fully committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, age (40 or older), disability, veteran status or any other protected characteristic. We provide reasonable accommodation to individuals who require assistance at any stage of the employment process. If you need assistance navigating Digital Consultants' job openings or applying for a position, please email recruiting@digiconintl.com or call 571-306-3444. 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