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# Senior System Architect

- **Company:** Caci Inc
- **Location:** Denver, CO, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $98,500.0 - $206,800.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Geographic Information Systems, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Cloud Computing, Data Architecture, Geospatial Intelligence, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Information Technology
- **Published:** August 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9024645/senior-system-architect

## About the Role

* TS/SCI Security Clearance with ability to obtain polygraph
 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline (equivalent experience accepted).
 * 8+ years of systems or software engineering experience, with significant architecture leadership.
 * Demonstrated experience architecting large-scale, distributed, cloud-native systems.
 * Experience leading architecture across multiple development teams in an Agile or SAFe environment.
 * Strong command of integration patterns, APIs, and data architecture.
 * Excellent communication skills with senior Government and technical stakeholders.

Desired:

 * Experience with GEOINT systems or geospatial data architectures.
 * SAFe for Architects (ARCH) certification.
 * Prior experience supporting NGA or the Intelligence Community.

## Description

* Serve as a senior technical authority for an Agile program delivering GEOINT capabilities to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).
 * Own architecture across a multi-team Agile Release Train, from strategy through implementation.
 * Partner with Government chief engineers and mission owners to drive long-range technical roadmaps.
 * Lead the architectural decisions that determine how mission-critical systems scale, integrate, and evolve., * Lead system architecture definition and governance across multiple Agile delivery teams.
 * Develop and maintain the program technical roadmap, architectural runway, and enabler backlog.
 * Chair design reviews and architecture boards; adjudicate cross-team technical decisions.
 * Direct analyses of alternatives and technology insertion assessments based on cost, risk, and mission impact.
 * Align program architecture with Government enterprise standards, security requirements, and interoperability mandates.
 * Partner with Product Management and the RTE during PI Planning to sequence architectural work.
 * Mentor architects and technical leads; raise engineering standards across the program.


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