Job Description
We are looking for an experienced and highly skilled Engineer / Solutions Architect to provide strategic technical leadership in designing, integrating, and optimizing secure IT solutions for government systems. This position will be on-site in Merrifield, VA. Key Responsibilities include:
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior team members, serving as a subject matter expert across multiple domains.
- Shape and influence the organization's strategic direction through visionary planning and collaboration with stakeholders.
- Design, implement, and align solution architectures with Data and Enterprise Architecture standards, ensuring compliance and modernization.
- Lead development and documentation of formalized solution methodologies, maintain architecture repositories, and promote best practices.
- Conduct research on emerging technologies to recommend cost-effective, flexible solutions that drive innovation across cloud, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, and enterprise platforms.
- Collaborate closely with delivery teams, project managers, vendors, and government stakeholders to estimate, plan, and oversee solution implementation and integration.
- Model business and system processes to provide technical artifacts such as system diagrams, detailed design documents, workflow diagrams, and project plans
- Provide ongoing technical guidance during solution implementation within Agile cross-functional teams, managing risks and communicating with senior leadership.
- Review and advise on architectural designs from other architects to ensure adherence to industry standards, SOPs, and federal compliance requirements.
- Drive modernization of legacy systems and align technology initiatives with mission objectives, fostering collaboration across development, product owners, and government teams.
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Required Skills & Experience
- 12+ years of IT experience with large integrated projects; or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 6 – 8 years of Solution Architecture experience
- Extensive experience in developing strategic systems architecture
- Experience in system and network design and development
- Ability to produce requirement artifacts: data flow diagrams, UML modeling techniques include sequence, component, deployment and domain models
- A background in software development with ability to code at some level and knowledge of APIs and SDKs
- A technical architecture background with an understanding of high-level networks, routers, switches, firewalls, servers, and operating systems
- Strong experience with, web servers, API gateways, cross-domain solutions, service-oriented architectures, web services (REST), microservice patterns, service buses and integration patterns, security practices used in federal spaces
- Proven experience with databases and data storage including NoSQL and SQL database
- Familiarity with cross-domain solution architectures, data labeling, and secure data transfer protocols.
- Experience working in secure environments, and understanding of FISMA, NIST, or RMF compliance.
- This individual will understand the vision and communicate technology solutions along with roadmaps to achieve modernization results
- Familiarity with REST, Java, and ColdFusion
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and leading cross-functional teams.
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st 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.