Solution Architect Security Clearance Required

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Description

Leidos is looking for an experienced Solution Architect to provide technical leadership for FS2's Earth Modeling Task Order in support of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

The Solution Architect must have a background in successfully collaborating with a variety of customers and stakeholders, helping to fill the communication gap between technical and non-technical specialists. The candidate will provide leadership to invigorate technical innovation and must be willing to drive smart change to support a collaborative and innovative culture to provide our customer with optimal solutions that meet their strategic goals. By collaborating with and being a part of the project management team, the candidate will provide strategic recommendations and ensure that the solution fits the defined purpose and aligns with NGA policies and FS2 program objectives. The candidate will demonstrate both managerial and technical capabilities and experience. The qualified candidate will work hand-in-hand with technical and program management leadership along with various external stakeholders, to lead architectural designs and drive implementation for all technical solutions across FS2's Earth Modeling Task Order. This position will require experience across multiple System Engineering and architecture domains with a focus on standing, maintaining, and optimizing cloud environments, and the deployment of custom code, COTS, and GOTS to those environments with a Geospatial focus.

Primary Responsibilities

The primary duties involve leading systems engineering activities that support integrating, modernizing and deploying IT capabilities using remote desktop and cloud technologies.

• Become a subject matter expert (SME) for the baseline, with the ability to communicate the system's features, architecture, roadmap, and limitations to a variety of audiences
• Collaborate with other program technical leadership on the system architecture roadmap and backlog aligned to customer's technology strategy and vision
• Decompose requirements, use cases, and need statements into epics and features with clearly defined acceptance criteria that will be assigned to agile development teams
• Provide hands-on technical support to the team (systems engineering, software development, testing)
• Execute analysis of alternatives (AoA) and prototypes to determine the design of new system features and capabilities
• Participate and provide subject matter expertise in technical exchange meetings and other customer or stakeholder forums
• Manage the system requirements and maintain technical requirement documents
• Create and communicate design artifacts to the team to ensure applications and services are built to support the business and architecture objectives
• Provide subject matter expertise and support agile development teams in the continuous integration of epics and features
• Communicate architectural decisions, plans, goals, and strategies to executive management and the team

Basic Qualifications

Experience with various AWS capabilities and services

Experience optimizing and managing AWS/cloud infrastructure cost including storage, compute, and database

Experience with Windows and Linux

Experience with System (hardware, software and networking) Design and Architecture

Understanding of agile SW development methodologies

Experience developing a backlog and technical roadmap

Ability to lead and prioritize systems engineering and architecture requirements for several systems

Database experience such as PostgreSQL and SQL Server

Web Application and application workflow experience

Experience using Citrix Workspace to deliver virtual applications and desktops

Experience as a product owner, systems engineer or architect

Preparing presentations and leading/attending technical exchange meetings

Excellent communication skills

Experience briefing stakeholders at all levels

Team Collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence, RocketChat)

Must possess an active Top Secret Security Clearance with ability to obtain SCI post hire

Requires BS degree and 12 - 15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10 - 13 years of prior relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting the NGA customer

Experience writing, maintaining, and describing architecture diagrams

Experience optimizing Software deployments and reducing downtime

Technical certifications including AWS

This position has a target range for compensation of $168,000 - $180,000. This is a firm fixed price contract and does not allow for negotiations outside of this target range.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.