Sr. Systems Architect - DHS

cFocus Software seeks a Sr. Systems Architect to join our program supporting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This position is remote. This position requires a Public Trust Clearance. Qualifications: - Bachelor’s or master’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Geography or a related field. - 12+ years of progressively responsible systems, software, or enterprise architecture experience, including at least eight years supporting GIS/geospatial platforms and five years leading architecture for complex enterprise or cloud solutions. - Demonstrated architecture and engineering experience with Esri Portal/ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, geospatial services, enterprise geodatabases, custom web applications, and AWS or comparable cloud environments. - Strong knowledge of systems engineering, requirements, integration, verification/validation, configuration management, DevSecOps, networking, identity/access, databases, APIs, observability, backup/recovery, and lifecycle operations. - Experience evaluating and integrating COTS/GOTS products and leading proofs of concept, alternatives analyses, technical reviews, modernization roadmaps, and architecture governance. - Working knowledge of .NET/C#, Python, JavaScript/web technologies, Esri APIs/SDKs, REST, SQL, Git-based workflows, automated testing, and infrastructure/configuration practices. - Ability to produce clear architecture diagrams, technical specifications, decision records, test evidence, executive briefings, SOPs, and lifecycle documentation. - Excellent technical leadership, analytical, communication, facilitation, mentoring, and stakeholder-management skills; ability to satisfy DHS suitability, background-investigation, EOD, security, and access requirements. - TOGAF, AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Professional, INCOSE CSEP/ESEP, Esri enterprise system design/administration certification, CISSP, or comparable credential. - Experience supporting DHS or another federal homeland-security, public-safety, emergency-management, critical-infrastructure, defense, or intelligence mission. - Experience with DHS enterprise architecture and SELC governance, FISMA/ATO and continuous monitoring, IPv6 transition, Section 508, privacy, and federal records requirements. - Experience architecting highly available public/private cloud integrations, large-scale geospatial information sharing, situational-awareness platforms, and automated data pipelines Duties: - Develop, maintain, and communicate current-state, target-state, transition, logical, physical, data, application, integration, security, and deployment architecture products for enterprise and operational geospatial capabilities. - Assess geospatial business objectives and existing environments; perform gap analyses; identify business and technical requirements; evaluate alternatives, technical trends, constraints, costs, risks, dependencies, and lifecycle impacts. - Recommend technology standards, reference architectures, modernization roadmaps, reusable services, and practical implementation approaches aligned with DHS mission goals and enterprise architecture. - Advise on network processing, client/server and relational database structures, storage, access, system integration, application interfaces, cloud services, and resilient network solutions - Lead requirements analysis and management, system design, integration, verification and validation, configuration management, deployment, operations, maintenance, enhancement, and decommissioning activities. - Establish technical baselines, interface definitions, traceability, architecture decision records, design reviews, acceptance criteria, and engineering evidence across the Systems Engineering Life Cycle (SELC). - Identify architecture and engineering risks early; coordinate mitigations and trade studies; ensure designs support scalability, reliability, maintainability, availability, continuity, and operational suitability. - Provide senior tech