GG Resident Architect

Probity; Virginia; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Probity seeks an experienced architect to deliver architectural excellence and hands-on leadership for enterprise cloud solutions within public sector programs. You will guide concept-to-delivery efforts, evaluate tradeoffs with client engineers, and shape robust cloud-based infrastructures to modernize legacy systems.

The role requires 5 years advising enterprise or government customers in cloud architectures, plus 3 years coding in C++ or Python.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience advising enterprise or government customers in cloud solutions architecture, technical project management, stakeholder management, professional services, or technical consulting.
• 3 years of experience with object-oriented programming languages (e.g., C++ or Python) acting as a hands-on contributor on technical delivery.
• Ability to obtain a US Government Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Preferred: familiarity with Cloud Platform (Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Cloud Networking, Kubernetes Engine) and experience supporting large-scale deployments.

Responsibilities

• Provide embedded architectural excellence and hands-on leadership within the client's technical team to ensure project success from concept to completion.
• Collaborate with client engineers to evaluate tradeoffs and recommend integration strategies, architectures, and robust infrastructure for cloud solutions.
• Engage cross-functional internal partners to identify and manage project risks, issues, and schedules to meet timelines.
• Manage relationships with executives as a trusted technical advisor and translate analyses into actionable recommendations and product roadmaps.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Stakeholder management

Public sector consulting

Executive communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

C++

Python

Kubernetes

GCP/AWS

Job description

PLEASE NOTE: This position requires an ACTIVE Top Secret/SCI Clearance (with Polygraph). To be considered for this position, you MUST have an ACTIVE Clearance Level of Top Secret/SCI (with Polygraph)

Position Code: 05-SE1002-2

Role Summary:

Deliver architectural excellence, provide hands-on technical leadership, and design robust enterprise infrastructures that help public sector customers modernize legacy systems, accelerate cloud adoption, and scale critical capabilities that serve the American people.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide embedded architectural excellence and hands-on leadership within the client's technical team to ensure project success from initial concept to completion.
• Collaborate with client engineers to evaluate product technical tradeoffs and recommend integration strategies, enterprise architectures, and robust application infrastructure required to implement complete cloud solutions.
• Engage cross-functional internal partners and cloud engineering resources to identify and proactively manage project risks, issues, and schedules to meet expected timelines.
• Manage key and executive stakeholder relationships as a trusted technical advisor, translating complex technical analyses into actionable recommendations and designing comprehensive product goals and strategic roadmaps.

Qualifications:

• United States citizen that will work from the United States (required to meet customer and compliance requirements, including potential access to classified information).
• 5 years of experience advising enterprise or government customers in cloud solutions architecture, technical project management, stakeholder management, professional services, or technical consulting.
• 3 years of experience with object-oriented programming languages (e.g., C++ or Python) acting as a hands-on "keyboard engineer" on technical delivery.
• Ability to obtain a US Government Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time as needed.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Preferred: Technical familiarity with Cloud Platform (Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Cloud Networking, and Kubernetes Engine) and experience supporting at-scale deployments, migrations, or cloud transformations.

Characteristics:

• Equally comfortable explaining complex analyses and recommendations to C-suite executives as they are discussing software and architectural tradeoffs with client engineers.
• Proven "trusted advisor" mindset with the ability to navigate the unique compliance, security, and networking requirements of complex U.S. Government organizations.
• Collaborative, hands-on keys focus with a strong commitment to team success and embedded technical delivery.
• Deep understanding of cloud computing concepts (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and a proactive approach to evaluating emerging cloud, edge computing, and AI technologies.