Solutions Architect

Key Responsibilities:

• Define technical roadmaps and oversee the seamless transition of awarded contracts from pre-sales to operational execution, ensuring alignment with client expectations.
• Provide architectural governance to ensure solutions adhere to customer requirements, industry best practices, and compliance/regulatory standards.
• Lead the architecture and design of innovative, scalable, and secure solutions that leverage modern software technologies and align to Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) principles.
• Develop cloud-native architectures tailored for AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Design and lead implementation of robust data pipelines for data ingestion, transformation, and storage.
• Evaluate and recommend data storage solutions based on customer use cases and data.
• Drive modernization efforts, including containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), microservices, APIs, and serverless architectures.
• Act as the primary technical advisor to clients, understanding their business challenges and translating them into effective, high-value solutions.
• Lead technical discussions during pre-sales and post-sales engagements, ensuring clear communication of solution benefits and implementation plans.
• Develop strong, trusted relationships with clients, fostering long-term partnerships and ensuring high customer satisfaction.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with sales, engineering, and operations teams to align solutions with business objectives and technical feasibility.
• Champion the adoption of DevSecOps best practices, ensuring automation across the software development lifecycle (SDLC), including CI/CD pipelines, testing, monitoring, and deployment.
• Promote infrastructure as code (IaC) practices using Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation for scalable and repeatable deployments.
• Define and enforce security, compliance, and governance frameworks for cloud and hybrid solutions.
• Establish robust documentation, technology sustainment strategies, and continuous process improvement plans.
• Provide technical leadership to cross-functional teams, ensuring solution feasibility, scalability, and performance optimization.
• Mentor and develop engineering teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and technical excellence.
• Stay at the forefront of emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices to drive continuous improvement and competitive advantage.
• Influence organizational technology strategy, helping shape future solution offerings and capabilities.

Required Qualifications:

• Excellent client-facing communication and presentation skills, capable of translating complex technical concepts into business value.
• Ability to lead diverse technical teams, prioritize tasks, and drive projects to completion.
• Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach to problem-solving and execution.
• 5+ years of experience in technical leadership roles, including Solutions Architecture, Cloud Engineering, or Enterprise Architecture.
• Proven expertise in modern software architectures, containerized environments, and cloud solutions across AWS, Azure, and hybrid infrastructures.
• Deep understanding of microservices architecture, APIs, and event-driven systems
• Extensive experience with cloud-native development and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, AKS, EKS).
• Proficiency in DevSecOps automation, CI/CD pipeline implementation, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Proficiency with data pipelines, data integration, ETL processes, data governance principles, and data security best practices
• Proficiency in SQL/NoSQL database technologies and data warehousing solutions.
• Security-focused mindset, ensuring compliance with customer and industry cloud security frameworks and best practices.
• Eligibility for security clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field