Junior Solution Architect - Data & Cloud Pipelines

Systems Planning & Analysis; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Intrepid, an SPA Company, seeks a Junior Solution Architect to support the Defense Health Agency and other DoD customers. The role focuses on building an enterprise data orchestration layer, creating scalable data pipelines, APIs, and data products to improve data integration and access across diverse systems.

You will work with Data Engineers and Technical Leads, translate mission needs into technical designs, and document data flows and architectures. A Secret clearance is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field.
• 1–3 years of professional experience.
• Foundational understanding of software, data, cloud, systems, or application architecture concepts.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Support the design of data and technology solutions spanning cloud, on-premises, and government-hosted environments.
• Translate mission needs into clear technical requirements and designs.
• Document current systems, data flows, integrations, constraints, and modernization opportunities.
• Create architecture diagrams, interface documentation, decision records, and other technical materials.
• Research technologies and approaches and summarize benefits, risks, and tradeoffs.
• Learn and apply established reference architectures, integration patterns, standards, and practices.
• Participate in technical discovery sessions, design discussions, demonstrations, and customer meetings.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers and Technical Leads to align implementation with solution designs.
• Communicate progress and technical concepts clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Represent SPA as a trusted technical partner within the customer ecosystem.

Skills

Communication

Analytical thinking

Documentation

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or related field

Tools

Git

Python

SQL

Tableau

Databricks

Apache Spark

Job description

Intrepid, an SPA Company, seeks a Junior Solution Architect to support the Defense Health Agency and other DoD customers. The role focuses on building an enterprise data orchestration layer, creating scalable data pipelines, APIs, and data products to improve data integration and access across diverse systems.

You will work with Data Engineers and Technical Leads, translate mission needs into technical designs, and document data flows and architectures. A Secret clearance is preferred.