SysOps Software Architect

Architecture and Technical Leadership

SysOps Solution Definition

Interfaces and Integration

Security and Mission Assurance

Deployment and Operational Readiness

Program Delivery and Governance

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 10 years of experience in software or systems engineering, including significant experience in software or solution architecture.
• Demonstrated experience architecting large-scale, distributed, mission-critical operational systems.
• Strong understanding of microservices, APIs, event-driven architecture, messaging, data integration, and distributed-system design.
• Experience with cloud-native applications, containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and observability.Experience defining highly available, resilient, secure, and supportable production architectures.
• Demonstrated ability to translate system and operational requirements into implementable software architectures.
• Experience supporting architecture reviews, system integration, verification, deployment, and operational readiness.
• Strong technical documentation, stakeholder communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to lead technical decisions across multiple engineering and operational teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with satellite communications, telecommunications, defense systems, government programs, or other mission-critical environments.
• Knowledge of Military Ka-band or satellite network operations.
• Experience with OSS/BSS platforms, network management systems, service orchestration, provisioning, assurance, and operational data platforms.Familiarity with REST/OpenAPI, NETCONF/YANG, message brokers, telemetry, and modern systems-integration patterns.
• Experience working with military or government security requirements and formal accreditation processes.
• Experience with geographically distributed teams and external delivery partners.
• Familiarity with requirements traceability, CONOPS development, CDR processes, and system-level verification.
• Key Competencies
• End-to-end systems thinking
• Software and solution architecture
• Technical leadership and decision-making
• Requirements interpretation and traceability
• Mission-critical system design
• Security and resilience by design
• Integration and interface governance
• Stakeholder and customer communication
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Risk identification and mitigation
• Clear technical documentation

Key Competencies

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the end-to-end SysOps software architecture for the ESCP-P program.
• Translate ESCP-P operational concepts and system requirements into software architecture, interfaces, services, workflows, and deployment requirements.
• Identify which existing Lightspeed SysOps capabilities can be reused and where ESCP-P-specific functionality is required.
• Establish architectural principles, design patterns, and technical standards across participating SysOps applications.
• Lead architecture reviews and document key technical decisions, assumptions, dependencies, and risks.
• Ensure alignment between the ESCP-P solution and the broader Lightspeed system architecture.
• Define the SysOps capabilities needed to provision, configure, monitor, control, and support Mil-Ka services.
• Develop application-level and cross-application architecture covering operational workflows, service management, fault management, performance monitoring, reporting, and system administration.
• Define the required enhancements and integrations across relevant SysOps platforms and other operational systems.
• Ensure that operational tools provide appropriate visibility into service status, network performance, alarms, events, logs, and customer-impacting conditions.
• Support the definition of automation required for dependable and efficient military service operations.
• Define and govern APIs, data models, messaging interfaces, and integration patterns between SysOps and adjacent systems.
• Coordinate integration architecture with BSS, user terminal, network engineering, cybersecurity, Network Operations, Satellite Operations, and Systems Engineering teams.
• Ensure traceability from ESCP-P requirements to architectural components, interfaces, and planned software deliveries.
• Identify integration dependencies and risks early and establish practical mitigation plans.
• Support integration, system test, and operational-readiness activities.
• Incorporate security-by-design principles into the ESCP-P SysOps software architecture.
• Work with cybersecurity and program stakeholders to translate DND security requirements into application, interface, identity, access-control, audit, logging, and monitoring capabilities.
• Define architectural requirements for system resilience, availability, recoverability, redundancy, and continuity of operations.
• Support security assessments, design reviews, accreditation activities, and remediation planning.
• Ensure that sensitive operational and customer information is handled in accordance with applicable program and organizational requirements.
• Define deployment architecture for applicable cloud, on-premises, edge, and hybrid environments.
• Establish architectural requirements for containerization, Kubernetes, configuration management, CI/CD, observability, backup, disaster recovery, and high availability.
• Collaborate with DevOps, IT, Network Operations, and support teams to ensure that the solution is deployable, supportable, and maintainable.
• Define production monitoring, diagnostic, troubleshooting, and support requirements.
• Support capacity planning, performance engineering, release planning, and production-readiness reviews.
• Support CONOPS development, requirements analysis, architecture documentation, program planning, and technical baselining.
• Participate in PI planning, milestone planning, design reviews, CDRs, customer reviews, and technical working groups.
• Provide architecture input to scope, estimates, sequencing, staffing, and delivery commitments.
• Present architecture status, decisions, risks, and recommendations to technical and program leadership.
• Mentor technical leads and developers and provide guidance throughout design, implementation, integration, verification, and deployment.
• Promote consistency and reuse across ESCP-P and the broader Lightspeed SysOps portfolio.