Secret End-to-End Solutions Architect

Key notes:
This Secret cleared End-to-End Solutions Architect role requires expertise in guiding future-state solution architecture and addressing mission-critical needs while integrating systems, processes, and plans.
The core focus areas for the candidate to have skills that we are seeking to find:
• Leadership in solution architecture design and execution.
• Strong customer and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Balancing technical problem-solving with business strategy (risk mitigation, cost optimization, sustainment planning)
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Job Description:
Our client is seeking an End-to-End Solution Architect with a strong engineering background, customer-facing communication skills, and a history of experience supporting large-scale systems design and implementations. This role serves as the architectural leader for a large-scale system modernization effort for one of our Federal Civilian customers and will involve guiding the effort to develop, maintain, and implement a future-state solution architecture and roadmap to meet customer mission and operational objectives and needs.

Key Responsibilities:
• Coordinate with customers, stakeholders, program functions, and technical teams on architecture design and implementation
o Understand needs and capability gaps and develop associated architectural vision and solution strategies.
o Develop and maintain the target architecture and technology roadmap.
o Align multiple efforts and functions to effectively integrate systems, processes, and plans to meet evolving needs.
• Design and own end-to-end solution architecture that meets customer mission and operational objectives, needs, and requirements.
o Identify secure, robust, flexible, and efficient solutions.
o Define a concept of operations and the procedures and tools required to enable delivery of associated products and services.
o Integrate system architecture considerations and support activities across system lifecycle.
o Define system boundaries, interfaces, dependencies, and data flows.
o Guide and validate architecture decisions.
o Lead identification and evaluation of solution options through structured analysis of alternatives methods.
o Provide input to program risk management activities.
o Incorporate human factors, human-system-integration, and organizational change considerations into target architecture implementation planning.
• Govern architecture compliance across the project and change management processes
o Define architecture frameworks, guidance, and best practices to be used. 
o Establish and maintain an architecture governance framework, including an architecture review process.
o Provide architectural review of engineering deliverables and packages.
• Create and maintain authoritative architecture deliverables that clearly communicate architectures and implementations plans for various audiences and levels of abstraction.
o Present solutions and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders to foster shared understanding and obtain buy-in.
o Develop technical documentation and briefing materials to support engineering, operations, and other needs
o Ensure all documentation is accurate, current, and accessible to engineering and operations teams

Pay Range: $80/hr - $100/hr
Conversion Salary: Max $220,000

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Overview of Priority Qualifications:
o Azure
o Need to have understanding of IL2 – IL6 (classified environment experience)
o Management experience (of engineers or architects) but also needs to have strong technical background
o Excellent communication skills – clear and concise. Will regularly be interacting with key stakeholders.
o Wholistic solutioning perspective: Understand overarching architecture from a wholistic perspective. Not too zeroed in to one piece of the architecture. Strategic in understanding how one item can affect the various systems. Understand if the proposed solution is going to benefit the user journey since the program is a modernization and enhancement program.


Required Qualifications:
• Active Secret clearance or higher
• 12+ years of professional experience with five years or more of Architect experience
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a closely related technical field.
o Four years of professional experience may be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree.
o Master’s degree may substitute for 2 years of experience
o Doctorial degree may substitute for 3 years of experience.
• Strong customer and stakeholder engagement skills including demonstrated success in facilitating solution architecture design and planning.
• Experience partnering directly with PMO/Program Leadership to integrate architecture into budget planning, contract strategy, and vendor management approaches.
• Demonstrated ability to architect solutions that account for sustainment, O&M cost optimization, and lifecycle cost estimation.
• Strong written and oral communication and leadership skills with demonstrated success in leading technical leadership and teams.
• Experience collaborating with non-technical customers, senior leadership, and cross-functional teams including UX Design, Product Management, and other Engineering and Operations functions to design and deliver high-quality solutions.
• Experience mentoring engineering teams on architectural patterns, emerging technologies, and solution engineering best practices.
• Understanding and hands-on experience supporting federal government IT requirements including cybersecurity risk management processes and controls.
• Experience in leading development of common technical architecture documentation artifacts.
• Strong engineering background, including expertise in 3 or more of the areas below
o Software Design and Development
o Software Delivery and Operations
o System Engineering
o Cybersecurity Engineering and Assurance
o Infrastructure services and operations

Desired Qualifications:
Experience with three or more of the areas outlined below is preferred but not required:
• Deep understanding of Azure cloud services and related low-code solutions
• ServiceNow platform application development and integration
• Integrating architectural practices with agile development methodologies
• Experience with designing solutions for classified environments, including secure data integration and bidirectional transfers across different security domains
• Knowledge of DevSecOps principles and practices for secure development
• Experience with formal Enterprise and System Architecture methodologies and modeling frameworks such as UAF, TOGAF, Arcadia, ArchiMate, and SysMLv2
• Experience leading projects applying formal System Engineering practices
• Relevant certifications such as
o Azure Professional Certifications, such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert
o Enterprise Architect or Systems Engineering certifications
o SAFe® certifications
o ServiceNow certifications such as Certified Technical Architect or Certified Master Architect preferred

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.