cFocus Software seeks a Security Architect to join our program supporting Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This position is remote. This position requires a Public Trust clearance. Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. - 7+ years of experience in cybersecurity architecture, engineering, or enterprise security design. - Strong experience with federal security frameworks (NIST, FISMA, FedRAMP, RMF). - Experience designing cloud security architectures (AWS, Azure, or similar). Duties: - Design, develop, and maintain enterprise and cloud security architectures supporting SOC operations. - Architect security solutions across cloud (AWS GovCloud), on-prem, and hybrid environments. - Lead security architecture validation, ensuring alignment with NIST SP 800-53, NIST RMF, FISMA, OMB, and CISA directives. - Conduct architecture reviews, system design assessments, and security engineering evaluations. - Support Zero Trust architecture design, implementation, and maturity assessments. - Define and implement security controls, segmentation strategies, and defense-in-depth architectures. - Evaluate and integrate security technologies including SIEM, SOAR, EDR, IDS/IPS, DLP, IAM, and cloud-native security tools. - Perform system fit/gap analysis of security architecture and recommend improvements or redesigns. - Support secure configuration and deployment aligned with OEM best practices and federal standards. - Architect solutions for continuous monitoring, threat detection, and automated response capabilities. - Develop and maintain architecture documentation, diagrams, and technical standards. - Collaborate with SOC, engineering, compliance, and infrastructure teams to ensure secure system integration. - Support vulnerability management, threat modeling, and risk mitigation strategies. - Ensure secure data architecture including encryption, data protection, and data loss prevention. - Provide guidance on secure system lifecycle (design, development, deployment, operations). - Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend enhancements to improve cybersecurity posture.

Think of TEKsystems Global Services (TGS) as the growth solution for enterprises today. We unleash growth through technology, strategy, design, execution and operations with a customer-first mindset for bold business leaders. We deliver cloud, data and customer experience solutions. Our partnerships with leading cloud, design and business intelligence platforms fuel our expertise. We value deep relationships, dedication to serving others and inclusion. We drive positive outcomes for our people and our business, and we stay true to our commitments and act in harmony with our words. We exist to create significant opportunity for people to achieve fulfillment through career success. Ready to join us? Here’s what the opportunity supported through our TGS Talent Acquisition Team requires: The Sr Amazon Connect Practice Architect is a leadership role responsible for strategic client engagement, AWS alliance alignment, and offering development for the Amazon Connect strategic team. This role guides and shapes end-to-end contact center modernization programs (typically $2-5M+) by defining the target architecture, delivery approach, and value narrative, while remaining hands-on enough to unblock teams and deliver critical technical outcomes. The Practice Architect partners across Sales, Solutioning, Delivery, and Engineering to ensure offerings and client strategies are technically sound, repeatable, and scalable across industries. Engagements are primarily North America focused and include executive-level advisory, solutioning, and architecture leadership across customer programs. The Practice Architect may be customer-facing on-site as needed and is expected to lead cross-functional teams through strategy, design, build, and operational readiness. This role may require up to 10% travel. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in AWS and Amazon Connect (contact flows, routing, integrations, and agent experience), along with modern cloud-native delivery (microservices, serverless, CI/CD, and DevOps). They will work with the AWS alliance and internal stakeholders to set goals for offering development, create demonstrable reference architectures, and collaborate with cross-functional agentic architecture teams to enable Agent Assist and contact-flow automation using tools such as Amazon Q in Connect and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore/MCP. Primary responsibilities: Strategic Engagement Leadership: Lead strategic client engagements by shaping contact center modernization strategy, architecture, and roadmap. Define success metrics, operating model, and governance that enable delivery teams to execute consistently across customers. Solution Architecture & Hands-On Execution: Own the technical architecture for complex Amazon Connect programs and guide implementation teams. Jump in as needed to deliver critical components (e.g., contact flows/modules, integration patterns, security/IAM, IaC pipelines) and ensure solutions meet functional, non-functional, and compliance requirements. Drive a shared architectural vision and enforce standards across teams. Alliance, Offering Development & Enablement: Partner with the AWS alliance, Sales, and Solutioning to define offering strategy, roadmaps, and GTM goals. Produce repeatable architectures, accelerators, and presales assets (demos, reference implementations, and field guides) that enable consistent sales motions and delivery outcomes. Agentic Architecture & Integrations: Collaborate with agentic architecture teams to design and implement tool-based automation that supports contact flows and Agent Assist (e.g., MCP tools, Bedrock AgentCore gateways/runtimes). Guide integrations to external enterprise systems such as CRMs (e.g., Salesforce/Dynamics), collaboration platforms (e.g., Teams/Slack), and ERPs (e.g., SAP/Oracle) using secure, scalable API and event-driven patterns. Additional Responsibilities as needed will include but not be limited to: Pre-Sales Support: Support Solution Architects and Solution Executives with technical opinions, methodology recommendations, work estimates, and solution support. Practice Support: Provide input, expertise, and hands-on contribution to the design and continuous improvement of Amazon Connect and agentic AI offerings, accelerators, and enablement artifacts. Research competing offerings and AWS roadmap direction to keep the practice current and differentiated. Create and maintain practice assets that document reference architectures, integration patterns, security standards, and repeatable delivery playbooks. Human Resources: Assist with interviewing, hiring, and on-boarding of project team members. Strategic Engagement & Delivery Governance Responsibilities Partner with Delivery, Sales, and the AWS alliance to ensure new opportunities are scoped correctly, risks are assessed early, and the engagement approach aligns to the portfolio operating model. Facilitate internal alignment and assemble cross-functional solution teams (Connect, integrations, security, data/AI) for strategic engagements and pursuits. Provide architecture leadership and solution consulting through discovery, solutioning, and transition, ensuring the implementation plan is actionable and repeatable. Participate in executive briefings, project kickoffs, architectural reviews, and steering/status forums to guide decisions and maintain stakeholder alignment. Ensure the prescribed methodology, architecture standards, and security/compliance controls are followed from opportunity assessment through go-live and operational handoff. Develop collaborative relationships with Delivery and Engineering teams to remove blockers, accelerate execution, and ensure high-quality outcomes. Help define program performance metrics aligned to KPIs/OKRs and internal offering success measures (adoption, reuse, time-to-value, ROI). Identify opportunities for service improvement through standardization, automation, agentic enablement, and operational optimization. Pre-Sales Support • Work with Solution Architects and Solution Executives, when needed, to develop scope, prepare solutioning guidelines for Amazon Connect offering development. • Work with front-office, legal, and risk and security on GRC for the offerings developed. • As needed, understand client business and technical requirements and communicate internally with Solution Architects and Solution Executives to ensure solution matches client needs • As needed, support Solution Architects and Solution Executives in process to calculate risk premium, prepare and review estimates, and prepare project pricing guidelines. Practice Support • Collect and provide input into the design, development and improvement of service offerings and internal DevOps and Cloud accelerator programs • Implement service offering changes in process and procedures • Maintain and organize Enterprise Modernization portfolio intellectual property • Work with Managers and Director to improve and implement changes to project delivery processes, methodology, and back office procedures • Stay informed with regards to developments in the application management industry and maintain current knowledge of the generally accepted best practices in service transition and management Job Type & LocationThis is a Permanent position based out of Austin, TX. Pay and BenefitsThe pay range for this position is $156000.00 - $234000.00/yr. We reserve the right to pay above or below the posted wage based on factors unrelated to sex, race, or any other protected classification. Additional earnings may be available through incentive programs like annual bonuses, profit sharing, etc. Our full-time, internal employment benefits include the following: • Medical, Dental, and Vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life and AD&D for employee and dependents) • Short and Long-Term Disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation Benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Workplace TypeThis is a fully remote position. Application DeadlineThis position is anticipated to close on Apr 16, 2026. h4>About TEKsystems: We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

• Act as the lead technical consultant on product development and implementations during the analysis, design, development, and delivery phases of the solution. • Strong ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical. • Ensure compliance with relevant standards and identify potential technical risks and devise strategies to mitigate them, ensuring the reliability and stability of software solutions. • Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, recommending and implementing improvements to enhance system performance and business value.

Role Description We are seeking a Principal API Architect to join a cross functional Emerging Technologies team responsible for designing and exposing advanced 4G and 5G network functions, capabilities, and data streams to internal and external consumers. This role will lead the API architecture that enables developers, partners, and product teams to securely and efficiently leverage network intelligence and controls. As a senior technical leader, you will define API strategy, guide implementation across teams, and provide architectural and thought leadership in a highly collaborative environment spanning network engineering, cloud platforms, security, and product organizations. TeleWorld helps customers plan, design, manage, measure, and monetize opportunities throughout the network lifecycle and across every element of their network. Come join our Veteran-Friendly Team. The Company with Great Benefits and certified as "A Great Place to Work". Responsibilities - Lead the architecture, design, and evolution of APIs that expose 4G/LTE and 5G network functions, capabilities, and real-time data streams to external services. - Design and govern NEF, SCEF, and CAMARA compliant APIs, ensuring alignment with 3GPP and GSMA standards. - Partner closely with network, platform, product, and security teams to translate complex telecom concepts into clean, developer friendly interfaces. - Define and enforce API standards for scalability, performance, security, versioning, and lifecycle management. - Drive API design decisions across REST, OpenAPI, GraphQL, gRPC, and event driven architectures. - Ensure APIs support high throughput, low latency enterprise grade workloads with strong observability and resiliency. - Provide technical thought leadership and mentorship across a diverse, cross functional engineering organization. - Review designs and implementations to ensure consistency, quality, and best practice adoption. - Evaluate emerging technologies, standards, and industry initiatives to inform long term network exposure strategy. - Represent API architecture in internal forums and external partner discussions as a subject matter expert. Qualifications - 10+ years of experience designing and building enterprise scale APIs and distributed systems. - Hands-on experience exposing 4G/LTE and 5G network functions, capabilities, and telemetry to external services. - Proven experience designing and implementing NEF, SCEF, and CAMARA APIs. - Experience working with multiple 5G core OEMs (e.g., Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung, or equivalent), including integration and abstraction across vendor platforms. - Extensive API development experience in one or more modern programming languages, such as: - Java / Kotlin - Go - Python - TypeScript / Node.js - C++ (or equivalent, where applicable to network systems) - Deep understanding of API security and access control mechanisms, including OAuth2, OpenID Connect, mTLS, JWTs, and rate limiting. - Strong architectural judgment with the ability to influence technical direction across teams and organizations. - Excellent communication skills, capable of explaining complex architecture decisions to both technical and business stakeholders. Preferred Qualifications - Strong knowledge of 3GPP standards related to network exposure and service enablement. - Experience with Aduna. - Experience with cloud-native telco platforms, including Kubernetes, containers, and service meshes. - Background in telco cloud, NFV, SDN, or edge computing. - Experience designing APIs for developer ecosystems, including onboarding workflows, documentation, SDKs, and sandbox environments. - Prior experience in emerging or innovation focused engineering teams. Leadership Expectations - Act as a principal level technical authority for API architecture and network exposure. - Influence cross-organizational decisions without direct authority. - Mentor senior and mid-level engineers in API design, standards adoption, and architectural best practices. - Foster a culture of innovation, engineering excellence, and cross team collaboration. - Lead by example through clear architectural artifacts, design reviews, and technical decision making. Join Our Veteran-Friendly Team Are you a veteran or a veteran spouse with expertise in telecommunications? Join our team at TeleWorld Solutions, where we value your military experience and provide great benefits. We invite all veterans and veteran spouses to bring their skills and dedication to our team. TeleWorld Solutions is committed to employing a diverse workforce and provides Equal Employment Opportunity for all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.