Distributed Systems Architect / Systems Engineering Lead (ES)
Core
Lead the design of mission-critical distributed systems spanning multiple nodes, sites, and networks for government customers, focusing on fault tolerance, scalability, and real-time data operations.
Role type
Senior IC distributed systems architect / systems engineering lead
Builds
Mission-critical distributed systems, networked real-time applications, and high-availability field systems
Domain
Government defense / space and geophysics / distributed systems engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Distributed systems architecture, fault tolerance design, high availability, horizontal scalability, consensus algorithms, replication, partitioning, messaging patterns, consistency models, formal API design, systems decomposition, trade studies, risk analysis, mentoring
Preferred skills
Containerization and orchestration, infrastructure as code, cloud platforms, streaming/messaging systems, GNSS observation and navigation data, model-based systems engineering, C++/Python development
Technologies
Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Pulsar, Jira, Structurizr, TCP/IP
Responsibilities
Elicit system scope and requirements from stakeholders; Lead the development and evaluation of distributed systems architecture; Coordinate with stakeholders throughout the system life-cycle; Perform engineering estimates and guide project schedules; Conduct engineering evaluations including trade studies and reliability analysis; Mentor junior engineering staff, technicians, and students
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities
