Remote Azure Solutions Architect - Data & AI

Leidos; United States; Remote; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an IT Solutions Architect for the VA ATLAS program to modernize enterprise data and analytics via secure cloud and hybrid solutions. The role is remote within CONUS with Washington, DC metro preference for collaboration and travel as needed, and requires ET business hours alignment and occasional after-hours support.

Responsibilities include translating requirements into implementable architectures, designing end-to-end Azure and hybrid solutions, creating diagrams and designs,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field and 12+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent experience under Leidos standards.
• Experience designing and implementing complex enterprise solutions across applications and technical disciplines.
• Cloud solution architecture experience (Azure preferred), including compute, storage, networking, identity, and integration.
• Experience integrating systems through APIs, web services, messaging, or comparable technologies.
• Working knowledge of databases, data pipelines, integration, and cloud analytics platforms.
• Knowledge of secure architecture, identity/access management, encryption, and cybersecurity principles.
• Experience producing architecture diagrams, technical designs, and implementation documentation.
• Ability to assess alternatives against performance, scalability, security, cost, and operational needs.
• Effective collaboration with customers, stakeholders, and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, writing, and technical presentation skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain VA Public Trust suitability (Tier 2/Moderate Risk).

Responsibilities

• Translate VA customer and platform requirements into implementable solution architectures with product owners, analysts, and engineers.
• Design end-to-end Azure/cloud and hybrid solutions spanning applications, APIs, data integration, security, automation, and platform services.
• Produce architecture diagrams, technical designs, interface specifications, implementation guidance, and decision records.
• Evaluate approved patterns and alternatives for functionality, scalability, performance, security, maintainability, and cost.
• Design data-platform integrations covering ingestion, transformation, storage, analytics, and interoperability.
• Ensure compliance with the Summit Enterprise Reference Architecture, VA technical standards, cybersecurity, and data governance.
• Coordinate design reviews and exceptions with the Cloud Data Architect and VA architecture governance stakeholders.
• Develop technical estimates, assess dependencies, and advise on solution planning and implementation tradeoffs.
• Guide software, data, and DevSecOps engineers through design, development, deployment, and operational handoff.
• Promote reusable platform patterns and automation to reduce manual work and accelerate delivery.
• Support design reviews, testing, deployment readiness, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Maintain architecture and implementation documentation.
• Provide technical escalation support for complex production incidents, integration failures, and service restoration as needed.

Skills

Azure cloud

APIs/web services

Security architecture

Stakeholder collaboration

DevSecOps familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Azure Data Services

Databricks

Azure Data Lake Storage

Job description

Leidos is seeking an IT Solutions Architect for the VA ATLAS program to modernize enterprise data and analytics via secure cloud and hybrid solutions. The role is remote within CONUS with Washington, DC metro preference for collaboration and travel as needed, and requires ET business hours alignment and occasional after-hours support.

Responsibilities include translating requirements into implementable architectures, designing end-to-end Azure and hybrid solutions, creating diagrams and designs,