Senior Defense Solutions Architect

Booz Allen Hamilton; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life benefits

Disability benefits

Financial benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid leave

Professional development

Tuition assistance

Work-life programs

Dependent care

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Defense Solutions Architect to lead technical solution development and architecture across capture efforts for national defense missions. This role emphasizes translating mission needs into credible architectures and differentiating proposals across digital, cyber, AI/ML, and infrastructure domains.

The position requires senior-level experience in defense architecture, DoD work, and the ability to collaborate across capture, pricing, and partners, with

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in solution architecture or systems engineering.
• Experience developing technical solutions and architectures in Undersea Autonomy, MBSE, DevSecOps, Software Engineering, Digital Infrastructure, AI, ML, Networks, or Enterprise IT.
• Experience supporting defense capture, proposals, or technical solutioning in a government or government-contracting environment.
• Experience authoring technical volumes, solution narratives, or written proposal artifacts.
• Experience supporting DoD or IC clients, including Army, Navy, or Marine Corps missions.
• Knowledge of the defense industry and the U.S. Government acquisition process.
• Ability to collaborate across capture, pricing, partner, and account leadership to deliver integrated solutions under deadline.
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical solution development and architecture visioning during capture, shaping, and pre-RFP phases.
• Translate customer mission needs into actionable, technically sound solution concepts and win themes across digital, cyber, autonomy, AI/ML, and infrastructure domains.
• Produce and refine solution narratives, technical volumes, architecture diagrams, compliance matrices, and supporting artifacts for bids.
• Evaluate competitor approaches, teaming strategies, and price-to-win considerations to ensure solutions are differentiated and winnable.
• Surge across pursuits, flexing to the highest-priority opportunities as capture demands shift.
• Partner closely with Capture Leads, Pricing, and industry and technology partners to shape end-to-end solutions, basis-of-estimate (BOE) inputs, and bills of materials.
• Bring hands-on depth in one or more focus areas: Networks, Digital Infrastructure, Undersea Autonomy, Artificial Intelligence, DevSecOps, and Software Engineering.
• Contribute to proposal development, including technical volumes, solution narratives, color-team reviews, and oral presentation preparation.
• Apply knowledge of defense acquisition pathways, such as AAF, CSOs, MITA, OTAs, or SBIR/STTR to align solutions to contracting approaches.
• Stay current on defense technology trends and the venture and partner ecosystem, with a focus on injecting COTS capabilities into government proposals.

Skills

Solutions architecture

Systems engineering

Undersea Autonomy

MBSE

DevSecOps

Software engineering

AI / ML

Networks

Digital Infrastructure

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or STEM Field or 5+ years of military experience in a technical engineering field in lieu of a degree

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Defense Solutions Architect to lead technical solution development and architecture across capture efforts for national defense missions. This role emphasizes translating mission needs into credible architectures and differentiating proposals across digital, cyber, AI/ML, and infrastructure domains.

The position requires senior-level experience in defense architecture, DoD work, and the ability to collaborate across capture, pricing, and partners, with