Mid-Level Systems Architect (Active TS clearance required)

Description

Locations: Falls church/ Arlington/Pentagon/ Alexandria, VA (will be deputed in any one of these locations)

Company Description:

ASG is a Minority Woman Owned, Physician owned small business with over 14 years' experience in federal government contracting. ASG offers data collection, statistical analysis, health program evaluation, technical and health program implementation support. ASG provides a broad range of healthcare technology related services such as software development and integration, mobile apps, AI/ML, Analytics, Data Science, Bigdata, DevSecOps, Digital transformation, cloud, and cybersecurity. ASG is CMMI Level 3 certified for Development and Services, and holds ISO certifications 9001:2015, 20000-1:2011, and 27000:2015.

Job Description:

ASG is seeking a mid-level System Architect for the Department of Defense (DoD) will analyze software development and data processing requirements to identify optimal, cost-effective solutions. They will align technical requirements with business goals, translating them into architectures capable of handling complex search queries across large datasets using the Advana platform. The role involves collaborating with a hybrid team of analysts, engineers, and developers to research, build, and deploy search tools and analytical capabilities. The architect will also work closely with data scientists, UX designers, and testers to create scalable, cohesive solutions while optimizing software designs to meet performance targets.

What You Will Do:  

• Analyze and assess software development and data processing requirements and determine optimum, cost-effective solutions.
• Develop an understanding the technical requirements, aligning them to business goals, and then translating them into architectures capable of handling complex search queries across collections of large datasets, utilizing the Advana platform
• Support and work with a hybrid team of analyst, engineers, and developers to conduct research, and build and deploy complex, but easy-to-use search tools, analytical capabilities and/or devise a plan for development.
• Works with data scientists, UX designers, developers, and testers to compose cohesive and sound designs that form the basis of scalable solutions.
• Optimizes software designs and architectures to deliver desired performance targets and devises tooling and methodologies to profile execution and capture performance metrics.

Requirements

What We Need:  

• Bachelor’s degree plus 5-7 year’s experience, or a Master’s Degree plus 3 years of experience.
• Significant experience in one or more scripting languages such as Python or R, Proficient in one or more big data programming languages, such as Python, Scala, or Java.
• Analyze and decomposes activities and requirements to software designs that are allocated across systems components/sub-components.
• Experience with Elasticsearch/OpenSearch and related indexing technologies.
• Understanding of RDBMS concepts, technologies, and cloud based RDBMS services.
• AI/ML model development, containerization, and productization experience.
• Familiarity with natural language processing, the use of Large Language Models, and the use of both containerized and Apache Spark based computing environments (e.g. Databricks) for the processing of unstructured text data.
• Knowledge Graph construction and reasoning experience, to include experience with property graph model frameworks and Neo4J.
• Experience with cloud-based computing environments such as AWS or GCS, especially experience with GovCloud, C2S, SC2S, UC2S and follow-on government cloud compute environments.
• Experience in direct support of military or intelligence community customers, demonstrating progressive technical development and mission-focused outcomes.
• Experience with cyber security compliance, secure software development methodologies and the process for obtaining authority to operate (ATO) on defense and intelligence community networks.
• Experience leveraging existing COTS/GOTS/OS tools in unconventional manners.

Clearance Required:

• US Citizenship required.
• Possess a minimum of an active Top Secret (TS) security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) eligibility.

Additional Information:

At ASG, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Applicants in need of special assistance or accommodation during the interview process or in accessing our website may contact us by sending an email to careers@a2-g.com. We will treat your request as confidentially as possible. In your email, please include your name and preferred method of contact, and we will respond as soon as possible.

Perks:

At ASG, we want you to be well and thrive. Our benefits package includes:

• Healthcare Benefits
• Disability
• Life
• Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Education Assistance
• Learning and Development resources
• EOE, including Disability/Veterans