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System Architect - SME (Storage)

Artech LLC
  • Anacostia, DC
  • Instant Apply
30+ days ago

Job Description

Request ID: SAIJP00039077
Title:System Architect - SME (Storage)
Locations: Remote
Duration: 6 - 12 Months Contract with Possible Extension
Clearance: Active Public Trust
 
Job Description:
The System Architect - SME (Storage) provides senior technical leadership for enterprise infrastructure architecture and modernization in support of the SEC ISS contract. This role translates mission and functional requirements into scalable, secure technical solutions across on-premises and hybrid/multi-cloud environments. The architect leads cross-functional engineering and operations teams to improve reliability, automation, and service performance aligned to SEC OIT objectives. The position drives technology evaluations, proofs of concept, pilots, and demos while ensuring designs integrate with 24x7x365 enterprise operations and observability requirements. This role ensures architecture decisions align with Zero Trust, FISMA, and SEC governance expectations.
 
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
 
Enterprise Architecture and Solution Design
  • Architect and manage enterprise IT systems across multiple functional areas, including server, platform, storage, and cloud domains.
  • Translate functional and operational requirements into technical architectures, integration patterns, and implementation roadmaps.
  • Define scalable, resilient target-state designs and transitional architectures for hybrid environments.
  • Develop and maintain architecture documentation, standards, and technical decision artifacts to support execution and governance.
  • Design, implement, and maintain enterprise SAN/NAS and storage virtualization solutions for mission-critical systems.
  • Develop storage strategies, standards, and policies aligned with organizational and federal compliance requirements.
  • Lead complex storage projects, including migrations, upgrades, and integration with cloud and on-premises environments.
  • Ensure storage platforms are engineered for high availability, data integrity, and scalability across SEC environments.
 
Technology Evaluation and Modernization
  • Identify, assess, and recommend technologies that meet defined technical and business requirements.
  • Lead and execute proofs of concept (POCs), pilots, and demos to validate feasibility, risk, and operational fit.
  • Guide modernization efforts across virtualization, cloud integration, and enterprise infrastructure transformation initiatives.
  • Drive adoption of advanced technologies that improve efficiency, interoperability, and long-term maintainability.
 
Operations Leadership and Service Reliability
  • Provide technical leadership to multi-discipline server and system operations teams in enterprise environments.
  • Establish architecture requirements for monitoring, alerting, incident response, and operational visibility for production systems.
  • Support root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement efforts tied to SLA and performance objectives.
  • Ensure designs are supportable in 24x7x365 operations, including change/release coordination and lifecycle management.
 
Technical Leadership and Cross-Functional Delivery
  • Lead storage workstreams for migrations, technology refreshes, and modernization efforts with minimal operational disruption.
  • Collaborate with infrastructure, network, security, virtualization, and cloud teams to integrate storage services end-to- end.
  • Conduct risk assessments and recommend remediation strategies for storage resiliency, security, and operational risk.
  • Mentor junior engineers and serve as the storage SME for incident response, strategic planning, and continuous improvement initiatives.
 
Storage Operations, Performance, and Capacity Management
  • Administer and optimize large-scale enterprise storage environments, including proactive monitoring and health management.
  • Perform capacity planning and forecasting to maintain service continuity and prevent resource constraints.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve advanced storage incidents, including latency, throughput, replication, and platform stability issues.
  • Establish and track operational metrics and trend analysis to support service-level performance.
 
Security, Compliance, and Integration Governance
  • Provide technical leadership for system integration, scalability, and security architecture across multi-vendor platforms.
  • Embed security controls and compliance requirements into infrastructure and platform designs.
  • Ensure architectural approaches support FISMA-aligned controls, vulnerability remediation, and secure configuration baselines.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to align technical solutions with SEC policy, risk, and operational governance.
 
Data Protection, Recovery, and Compliance
  • Architect and maintain enterprise backup and recovery strategies to protect mission-critical data.
  • Implement and validate disaster recovery and business continuity storage controls, including cross-site replication and recovery readiness.
  • Ensure retention, recovery, and data protection practices meet organizational policy and federal compliance requirements.
  • Support audit readiness by maintaining storage documentation, configuration baselines, and implementation evidence.
 
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Citizenship/Work Authorization: Must meet contract requirements.
  • Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain SEC Public Trust (or higher if required).
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
 
Experience:
  • 12+ years of experience in engineering and architecting enterprise IT storage systems.
  • Proven experience managing multi-discipline server and system operations teams.
  • Demonstrated experience translating functional requirements into enterprise technical solutions and leading integration/scalability efforts.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams.
  • Hands-on experience with enterprise storage platforms and large-scale storage administration.
  • Expertise with SAN/NAS technologies, storage virtualization, and enterprise backup/recovery solutions.
  • Experience leading complex storage migrations, upgrades, and integration with cloud and on-premises environments.
  • Experience supporting storage compliance, audit readiness, and documentation in federal IT environments.
  • Advanced expertise in storage performance tuning, capacity planning, risk assessment, and disaster recovery strategies.
  • Must have experience working with Clustered Data ONTAP software.
 
Technical Skills:
  • Enterprise infrastructure design and architecture
  • Multi-vendor server operating systems
  • Virtualization and cloud integration architecture
  • System integration and scalability architecture
  • Security architecture for enterprise platforms
  • Technology evaluation, POC/pilot execution, and solution validation
  • Cross-functional technical leadership and stakeholder communication
  • Cross-functional integration with infrastructure, network, and security teams
  • Enterprise SAN/NAS platforms and storage virtualization
  • Enterprise backup/recovery, replication, and disaster recovery operations
  • Storage performance monitoring, tuning, and capacity management methodologies
  • Advanced troubleshooting of mission-critical storage issues and operational risk assessment
 
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Experience supporting U.S. federal IT environments with FISMA/NIST/OMB compliance requirements.
  • Experience architecting or supporting observability platforms and enterprise monitoring integrations in large environments.
  • Hands-on experience with container platforms and automation frameworks (e.g., OpenShift, Kubernetes, Ansible, GitOps toolchains).
  • Experience leading architecture initiatives in 24x7x365 enterprise operations organizations.
  • Prior support to SEC or similarly regulated financial-sector federal agencies.
  • NetApp Certified Data Administrator Certification (NCDA) or equivalent
  • Proficiency in Ansible, Python, BASH
  • Experience developing and enforcing storage standards, policies, and operational best practices.

Numbers & Facts

LocationAnacostia, DC

Skills

  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Ansibleunmatched
  • Architectural Servicesunmatched
  • Automationunmatched
  • Bash Scriptingunmatched
  • Best Practicesunmatched
  • Business Operationsunmatched
  • Capacity Managementunmatched
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  • Cloud Architectureunmatched
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  • Data Administrationunmatched
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  • Data Recoveryunmatched
  • Decision Supportunmatched
  • Disaster Recoveryunmatched
  • Documentationunmatched
  • Documentation Standardsunmatched
  • Enterprise Architectureunmatched
  • FISMA - Federal Information Security Management Actunmatched
  • Federal Compliance Regulationsunmatched
  • Federal Governmentunmatched
  • Financeunmatched
  • Forecastingunmatched
  • Hardware Virtualizationunmatched
  • High Availabilityunmatched
  • Identify Issuesunmatched
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  • Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
  • Information/Data Security (InfoSec)unmatched
  • Interoperabilityunmatched
  • Leadershipunmatched
  • Management of Information Systems/Technology (MIS)unmatched
  • Mentoringunmatched
  • Metricsunmatched
  • NetApp Storage Systemsunmatched
  • Network Attached Storage (NAS)unmatched
  • Network Integrationunmatched
  • Network Securityunmatched
  • Operating Systemsunmatched
  • Operational Auditunmatched
  • Operational Improvementunmatched
  • Performance Analysisunmatched
  • Performance Tuning/Optimizationunmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Product Demonstrationunmatched
  • Production Systemsunmatched
  • Proof of Conceptunmatched
  • Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
  • Regulatory Complianceunmatched
  • Reliability Engineeringunmatched
  • Replication and Remote Mirroringunmatched
  • Requirements Managementunmatched
  • Riskunmatched
  • Risk Analysisunmatched
  • Root Cause Analysisunmatched
  • Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)unmatched
  • Security Architectureunmatched
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA)unmatched
  • Standards Strategyunmatched
  • Storage Architectureunmatched
  • Storage Area Network (SAN)unmatched
  • Storage Softwareunmatched
  • Strategic Planningunmatched
  • System Architectureunmatched
  • System Integration (SI)unmatched
  • System Operationsunmatched
  • Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
  • Systems Scalabilityunmatched
  • Team Playerunmatched
  • Technical Leadershipunmatched
  • Technology Analysisunmatched
  • Trend Analysisunmatched
  • U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)unmatched
  • Virtualizationunmatched

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