Systems Architect - Geospatial

Overview
ERT is in search of a systems architect to play a crucial role in designing and implementing the architecture for enterprise-level systems. You will help define system and application architecture, providing a strategic vision and problem-solving abilities to ensure the organization’s goals are met efficiently. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of data, processing workflows, development, databases, and system administration, all on a variety of tools and platforms to manage large-scale data and operational environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with existing IT and project teams to:
  • Understand and document the existing geospatial data, metadata, workflows, and code.
  • Understand and document the requirements for data management and security.
  • Understand and document the existing IT infrastructure.
• Establish short-term recommendations for improved data throughput and integrity, and work with the team to implement these changes.
• Develop, define and document system and application architecture that optimizes the system for better data throughput, cost, operational insight, development environments, system support, and system administration. Propose a strategy to move from existing systems to optimized systems and workflows, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. These recommendations shall include:
  • IT infrastructure to support data processing system.
  • GIS environment and business intelligence dashboards for staff scientists to review data.
  • Development environment for project team to support and maintain the workflow through building, testing, and deploying solutions, including continuous integration and continuous delivery workflows.
  • Processing and storage environments for data to be processed and displayed using geospatial web services.

Required Skills
A minimum of 4 years' relevant technical architecture experience to include:

• Code development, to include but not exclusive to python and SQL, including best practices for doing code development
• Data management
• Transactional database configuration and administration, preferably with Postgres
• Analytic databases, such as DuckDB
• Hypervisors, preferably Microsoft HyperV
• Containerized systems, preferably using Podman
• Container orchestration
• Experience with Local and Hybrid, and hosted Cloud
• Experience with Windows, Windows Server, and Linux (Redhat preferable)
• System Administration, Cybersecurity and cybersecurity principles
• Geospatial data, geospatial processing, and geospatial web services
• Open-Source Software and systems
• Continuous integration and continuous delivery
• Networking protocols and architectures
• Business intelligence software
• Development of IT infrastructure and transition plans, including presentation of data and workflows through infographics and other visual tools
• Ability to work under general supervision and rely on limited experience and judgment to accomplish goals

Must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident who has lived in the United States at least 3 out of the last 5 years and be able to pass a background investigation to obtain a security badge to access applicable government facilities and systems.

Education
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Location
This position is eligible for onsite work in Silver Spring, MD, a hybrid schedule, or fully remote.

Work Environment
Collaborative team environment working closely with both federal employees and contractors. Dynamic work setting with a focus on continuous improvement and adapting to new challenges.

Salary
The salary range for this role is $110,000 - 293,000/year. This range is a good faith estimate based on similar roles across the organization. ERT considers several factors when extending an offer of employment, including the location, scope, and associated responsibilities of the specific position, as well as a candidate’s work experience, education/training, and key skills.

Benefits
All full-time employees are eligible to participate in our flexible benefits package, which includes:

• Medical, Rx, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company-matching
• 11 Paid Federal Government Holidays
• Basic Life & Supplemental Life
• Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
• Skills Development & Certifications
• Professional Membership Reimbursement
• Employee Referral Program
• Competitive compensation plan
• Discretionary variable incentive bonuses based on factors such as individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance
• Publication and Conference Presentation Awards with bonuses

ERT is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer - All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.