Senior Director, Remote Solutions & Architecture

SMX; United States; Remote; USD 176,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

SMX is seeking a Senior Director, Department of War (DoW) Solutions to drive design and execution of innovative software solutions for government clients. You will lead architectural decisions, mentor teams, and ensure high-quality delivery across complex engagements.

The role demands ten-plus years in tech leadership, strong DoD architecture experience, and expertise in cloud operations (AWS/Azure/GCP). Strong communication and strategic thinking are essential.

Qualifications

• Clearance Required: Top Secret.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, a related discipline or commensurate work experience.
• At least ten (10) years of experience in software life-cycle management or systems engineering.
• Prior, progressively increasing experience in a technical leadership position.
• Experience as Solution Architect with multiple full life-cycle customer implementations.
• Experience with various software development methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, SAFe).
• Experience with architectural and implementation-level design.
• Experience with customer engagement and project management.
• Experience with modern IT practices, DevSecOps, and cloud operations (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise on customer engagements to address complex solution architecting and project issue resolution.
• Provide technical expertise on capture and growth development activities, supporting business development customer engagements.
• Lead architecture and specification development for next generation solutions for our customers. Advise development teams throughout delivery and assist with design decisions to ensure delivery of high-quality applications, and enhancement of the user experience.
• Provide technical leadership to teammates and client service delivery through coaching and mentorship.
• Stay abreast of innovation and advances in development tools, programming techniques, and computing systems through participation in training programs and professional networks.
• Develop and institutionalize go-to-market strategies for software applications and solutions.
• Assist in the collection, documentation and development of software requirements, system integration activities and user stories.
• Ensure project procedures and controls are identified, communicated, and followed.
• Provide regular project status updates to internal and external clients regarding project progress, resource allocation, risk and issues.
• Lead research and design activities in the development and testing of new software and tools.
• Conduct analysis of commercially available, open source, government furnished, and contractor furnished software.
• Take responsibility in making strategic decisions that will help ensure the implementation of initiatives.
• Lead and contribute to proposal as author and reviewer and identify technical resource needs to support compliant proposal responses.
• Assist SMX leadership in the development of new work through identification of new business opportunities.

Skills

Top Secret clearance

Solution Architect

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

DevSecOps

Data analysis

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

SysML

UAF

DoDAF

Architecture frameworks

Job description

SMX is seeking a Senior Director, Department of War (DoW) Solutions to drive design and execution of innovative software solutions for government clients. You will lead architectural decisions, mentor teams, and ensure high-quality delivery across complex engagements.

The role demands ten-plus years in tech leadership, strong DoD architecture experience, and expertise in cloud operations (AWS/Azure/GCP). Strong communication and strategic thinking are essential.