Infrastructure Architect

At MetaPhase, we believe Quirky is Cool and being authentic is the only way to be! We take the work we do very seriously and do a lot of important mission-focused work for our clients. We are individuals with different passions and strengths who take as much joy in the work we do as from those we work with. Today, we have a team that is invested in creating new solutions that lean forward, challenge the status quo, but also reflect our intimate knowledge of our customers’ business. Over the years we have fostered a culture in which we are united by shared values—passion, solidarity, generosity, curiosity, and boldness—and these come alive in the work we do and how we do it. Together, we know our people are our difference—for our clients and our colleagues. Are you ready to: Work alongside a dedicated and diverse set of people to offer honest advice and practical guidance to our clients? Learn and grow by taking advantage of every opportunity available to you? Join a company which prides itself on its shared values and inclusive culture? Be the difference and make it happen? Role Summary MetaPhase is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Architect with eight or more (8+) years of experience to support a high-impact federal transportation security program. This role will design, build, modernize, and support resilient infrastructure across on-premises data centers, cloud environments, hybrid architectures, and multi-site mission platforms. The ideal candidate brings deep technical experience designing infrastructure that meets performance, reliability, scalability, security, and cost requirements. This individual will understand when on-premises, cloud, or hybrid environments are best suited to the mission, and will lead migration, modernization, disaster recovery, and multi-site architecture initiatives across complex federal environments. What You Will Be Doing Designing, building, and modernizing infrastructure architectures across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. Evaluating mission, performance, security, cost, scalability, and operational requirements to determine the best-fit infrastructure services and deployment model. Leading infrastructure migration projects from legacy or on-premises environments into government-approved cloud platforms. Designing and supporting hybrid architectures that integrate data centers, cloud services, networks, storage, compute, identity, monitoring, and endpoint environments. Designing for disaster recovery, failover, continuity of operations, backup and recovery, resilience, and mitigation of infrastructure risk. Architecting and supporting distributed systems across multi-site environments. Installing, configuring, testing, deploying, and managing multi-site infrastructure architectures. Installing, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting Dell hardware , including servers, storage, rack infrastructure, and related enterprise components. Supporting infrastructure capacity planning, performance tuning, availability planning, and lifecycle modernization. Supporting infrastructure modernization activities including virtualization, containerization, automation, configuration management, cloud migration, and environment consolidation. Developing infrastructure architecture diagrams, technical configuration documents, migration plans, disaster recovery plans, implementation plans, and operational runbooks. Coordinating with cloud, cybersecurity, network, database, application, DevSecOps, and program management teams to ensure infrastructure solutions are secure, supportable, and aligned to mission needs. Supporting development, integration, test, staging, production, and disaster recovery environments. Troubleshooting infrastructure issues across compute, storage, virtualization, networking, cloud, database platform, monitoring, and hardware layers. Providing technical recommendations to improve system performance, reduce cost, increase reliability, simplify operations, and reduce technical debt. Supporting release, deployment, and change management activities across controlled production and non-production environments. What We Need From You (Required) Minimum of eight or more (8+) years of progressive experience in infrastructure architecture, systems engineering, cloud architecture, data center engineering, network engineering, or related IT disciplines. Demonstrated experience designing and building on-premises and cloud environments to meet both performance and cost requirements. Strong understanding of cloud service models, infrastructure services, and hybrid architecture patterns, including when cloud, on-premises, or hybrid deployment is most appropriate. Experience leading or materially supporting migration projects from on-premises environments into cloud platforms. Experience with distributed systems architecture , including resilient application and infrastructure patterns across multiple environments or geographic sites. Experience designing for disaster recovery, backup and recovery, high availability, failover, continuity of operations, and risk mitigation. Hands-on experience installing and managing Dell enterprise hardware . Hands-on experience installing, configuring, testing, deploying, and managing multi-site architectures. Experience with compute, storage, virtualization, networking, firewalls, load balancing, identity/access, monitoring, patching, backup, and endpoint management. Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud, with federal or regulated cloud experience preferred. Experience developing technical documentation, architecture diagrams, implementation plans, migration plans, operational procedures, and engineering recommendations. Ability to work independently and collaboratively with infrastructure teams, cybersecurity teams, application teams, architects, federal stakeholders, and program leadership. What Sets You Apart (Preferred) Prior experience supporting DHS, TSA, transportation security, airport operations, defense, law enforcement, or national security missions. Experience with FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST 800-53, RMF, ATO support, STIG hardening, POA&M remediation, or federal cybersecurity requirements. Experience with VMware, Hyper-V, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, Linux, Windows Server, SQL Server, Oracle, or enterprise monitoring platforms. Experience with Azure Government, AWS GovCloud, or other government-approved cloud environments. Experience supporting infrastructure for operational technology, connected devices, edge environments, or mission equipment. Experience with blue/green deployments, multi-data-center replication, SQL database replication, or active/passive failover models. Certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, VMware VCP, Dell Technologies certification, CCNA/CCNP, CompTIA Cloud+, Security+, or equivalent. Work Location Washington, DC / Nations Capital Region Remote Schedule Hybrid; Remote work may be supported, with periodic onsite meetings at federal facilities or local field sites as required. Travel Limited travel may be required for stakeholder meetings, integration activities, or OEM coordination. Education Level Minimum bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Computer Engineering, or related field; equivalent experience may be considered. Clearance Level Ability to obtain and maintain federal suitability or Public Trust is required Active DHS suitability, Public Trust, Secret, or higher clearance preferred. U.S. Citizenship required (NO EXCEPTIONS) About MetaPhase Consulting MetaPhase Consulting is different with a purpose - demonstrating a new approach to the industry that puts employees and culture first! We continue to be recognized by industry as one of the fastest growing and most impactful consultancies in the nation, and are aggressively hiring to grow our team: Fastest Growing Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Company - 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Washington Technology Fast 50 Award - 2020, 2021 Financial Times America's Fastest Growing Companies – 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026 Best Places to Work USA TODAY Top Workplaces – 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Washington Post Best Places to Work – 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Washington's Business Journal’s Best Places to Work – 2021, 2022 Virginia Businesses Best Place to Work – 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Northern Virginia Technology Council Top 100 Technology Firms – 2020 Company & Individual Awards 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 Moxie Award Finalist 2022 SECAF Government Contractor Awards ($27.5 to $50 Million in Revenue) 2022 FedHealth IT and G2XChange Women in in Leadership Awards – Beth Angerman 2022 George Mason University Prominent Patriots in Business – Fred Costa 2022 TiE DC Capital ELITE Award 2023, 2024, 2025 Elev8 Engage GovCon Finalist 2023, 2024 Maryland Tech Council ICON Awards Finalist for Government Contracting Company of the Year: Over $50 Million 2023 Greater Washington Government Contractor of the Year ($25 to $75 million) Awards Finalist 2024 Consulting Magazine Tech Innovator 2025 Northern Virginia Technology Council Tech100 Company 2026 FORUM Innovation Awards – ChallengeAI by Brian Funk (CTO) 2026 FORUM Disruptive Tech Change Agent – Brian Funk (CTO) 2026 Orange Slices Elev8[X] Finalist MetaPhase Consulting is an equal opportunity employer. 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