Solutions Architect

Solution ArchitectThe Solution Architect will establish strategic solution vision and design and create complex solution architectures, define requirements, and author design documentation and related technical artifacts that drive current and future program results, improving efficiency within the program and delivering improvements to service delivery to the customer, while working closely with the Chief Architect, engineering leads, and customer stakeholders. The Solution Architect will own solution design, engaging with all technical teams on the program, establish logical and physical architectures, lead technical designs, determine priorities, scope additional work, and oversee the planning and development of capabilities, and will lead the resolution of complex technical challenges as they arise. The Solution Architect will support new business development activities, such as engaging with stakeholders and leadership to shape new business opportunities, authoring whitepapers and RFI responses, and conducting trade studies and analyses of alternatives, while proposing new and innovative solutions that align with strategic objectives. As needed, the Solution Architect will respond to requests to estimate cost, timeline, and effort, and refine scope of work by developing relevant artifacts.Primary Responsibilities:Own the solution architecture of a large, cloud-based operations support system platform, responsible for the architecture and design, and accountable for creating and implementing innovative technical solutions for the GSM-O program.Lead architectural design and technical planning, including roadmap development and implementation of modern techniques and technologies such as Cloud (AWS), Software Defined Networking (SDN), AIOps, AI/ML, Elasticsearch, and Kafka.Develop and maintain complex solution architectures and design documentation, ensure alignment with strategic objectives and program goals, integrate new technologies into architectures, and evaluate tools for high-quality delivery. Maintain a forward-looking perspective on industry trends and emerging technologies.Support innovation planning, analytical research, architecture, and design development across the innovations portfolio, and analyze government customer requirements to develop system requirements specifications.Perform data gathering, requirements definition and analysis, use case development, gap analysis, dependency analysis and management, develop functional and design specifications, and provide measurable input to new solutions, processes, or standards to achieve functional/project objectives.Facilitate problem-solving to manage risk, remove impediments, drive program-level continuous improvement, validate system characteristics, properties and behaviors, and enable early feedback.Own the resolution of complex technical challenges as they arise, leveraging technical expertise and problem-solving skills.Perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost/risk, and supportability effectiveness analyzes for systems across the DISN and GSM-O.Support evaluation of new technologies, platforms or enhancements which could expand or enhance the GSMO-II program.Support the design, implementation, and execution of test cases and testing framework for the instantiation of infrastructure as code in environment to verify the quality of deployed code. Author and execute User Acceptance strategies, plans and scripts for the innovation's deployment.Travel and Clearance:Travel to GSM-O sites (< 15%) is required when necessary.Must possess and maintain a DoD Secret clearance or higher.Basic Qualifications:Hold an active security certification that meets DOD 8570 IAT level II or higher.Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and 12+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 8+ years or prior relevant experience. Experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.Ability to travel to customer sites (<15%) when necessary.Experience leading strategy development, architecture creation, design, development, and delivery of data driven capabilities, within a DoD environment.Demonstrated ability to drive technological innovation and serve as an agent of change within an organization.Strong technical breadth and depth in support of the government markets, particularly in government network design, implementation, operations, and modernization.Familiarity with networking fundamentals, and experience designing network-based solutions.Experience architecting large scale cloud native architecture design utilizing industry security standards.Experience with data architectures and pipelines for structured, unstructured, and semi-structured data across various data repositories and data lakes.Experience with front-end technologies, UI/UX design, and Agile DevSecOps tools, and CI/CD pipelines.Experienced professional in contract performance with demonstrated technical lead and customer relationship building in the performance and growth of contracts.Demonstrated leadership skills and attention to detail.Strong written and verbal communication skills are required to collaborate with customer representatives, domain experts, systems engineers, and architects.Ability to collaborate with people from a variety of disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience.Proficiency in multiple programming languages, cloud computing, distributed systems, and microservices architecture.Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, including Scrum ceremonies and experience with Agile work management tools such as JIRA and Confluence.Strong communication skills – able to clearly articulate status and present to both customers and Program leadership.Ability to prioritize strict deadlines across concurrent activities on a fast-paced project.Experience working with Linux operating system, and operating system commands.Familiarity with web services and REST APIsMaintain an active Secret security clearance.