Senior DoD Solutions Architect - Mission Platform

System One; Fort Belvoir (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

System One is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect to shape the technical direction of a Department of Defense modernization program. You will connect mission requirements with practical architecture across commercial software, cloud, data, cybersecurity, and user-facing applications.

The role involves owning technical decisions from strategy through implementation while collaborating with customer leaders and engineering teams in an onsite hybrid setup.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years of experience in solutions architecture, software architecture, systems engineering, or technology modernization.
• Broad technical experience across SaaS products, cloud platforms, enterprise data, software delivery, and cybersecurity.
• Experience owning architecture for a complex production system or platform.
• Experience working directly with engineering teams and senior customer stakeholders.
• Active Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own the target architecture and technical roadmap for an integrated mission platform.
• Translate mission and business requirements into executable technical approaches.
• Evaluate commercial platforms and determine how they should integrate with government systems and environments.
• Lead architecture reviews and resolve cross-cutting technical decisions.
• Guide engineering teams on scalability, security, interoperability, and sustainment.
• Develop prototypes or technical validation when needed to reduce delivery risk.
• Explain complex technical decisions and tradeoffs to senior technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Skills

SaaS platforms

Cloud platforms

Cybersecurity

Stakeholder briefing

Architectural ownership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/IT or related field

Job description

System One is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect to shape the technical direction of a Department of Defense modernization program. You will connect mission requirements with practical architecture across commercial software, cloud, data, cybersecurity, and user-facing applications.

The role involves owning technical decisions from strategy through implementation while collaborating with customer leaders and engineering teams in an onsite hybrid setup.