Senior Enterprise Solutions Architect

BigBear.ai; Riverdale (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

BigBear.ai seeks a Senior Solutions Architect for its Information Services team at Hill AFB, Utah, to drive continuous improvement on the Sentinel ISC program for the USAF. You will lead a DevOps-enabled engineering team delivering scalable, secure enterprise computing solutions across cloud and on-prem environments.

You will influence architecture decisions, design APIs, and guide cybersecurity and cloud management strategies while working in a fast-paced, high-impact government program with a

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance.
• 12+ years IT or program management experience.
• BS/MS in Engineering, CS, Software, Math, Physics, or equivalent.
• 14 years (or 12 with MS) in systems integration and analysis.
• 10 years in system design and integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and solutioning of business and technical challenges.
• Own architecture for next-gen platforms emphasizing scalability and resilience.
• Define integration patterns and APIs for interoperability.
• Advise on cybersecurity and operational efficiency best practices.
• Provide guidance on IT architecture and cloud management strategies.
• Conduct architecture reviews and present mitigation plans to leadership.
• Promote adoption of event-driven, serverless, IaC/CaC capabilities.
• Integrate on-prem networks with hybrid cloud to boost efficiency.
• Lead major data migration efforts securely and efficiently.

Skills

Solution architecture

Cloud computing

Cybersecurity

IT leadership

API design

Technical strategy

DevOps practices

Education

BS/MS in Engineering or CS or Software or Mathematics or Physics

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Residency

All applicants must currently reside in the United States

Overview

BigBear.ai is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to join our Information Services team at Hill AFB, Utah, where you'll help drive continuous improvement and innovation to support our Strategic Deterrence mission.

In this role, you'll provide technical leadership to a team of Developers/Engineers supporting a key government customer on the Sentinel Integration Support Contract (ISC) a major U.S. Air Force initiative to sustain the LGM-30 Minuteman III weapon system while enabling the transition to the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program.

You'll be part of a program delivering engineering services for sophisticated enterprise computing infrastructure, spanning endpoint devices, cloud services, virtualized applications, and storage systems. Our Enterprise Computing Engineering work includes modern application technology-containerized solutions and orchestrated workflows operating in the Cloud. This is a fast-paced, high-impact environment where you'll help deliver solutions on one of the most complex and high-profile programs in the government customer community-while growing your career alongside a team that develops top talent.

What you will do

• Lead discovery and solutioning of business and technical challenges, designing advanced technical approaches implemented across IT teams and disciplines
• Own the architecture for next-generation platforms with a focus on scalability, modularity, and resilience
• Define integration patterns and APIs that ensure seamless interoperability across platform services and third-party systems
• Advise on and help implement solutions aligned to the highest standards of cybersecurity and operational efficiency
• Provide expert guidance on IT best practices, including cybersecurity, system architecture, and cloud management strategies
• Conduct architecture reviews, identify technical risks, and present mitigation strategies to IT administrators and senior leadership
• Drive adoption of emerging capabilities, including event-driven architectures, serverless computing, AI-driven automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and Configuration as Code (CaC)
• Integrate on-premises networks with hybrid cloud infrastructures to improve efficiency and scalability
• Lead major data migration efforts, ensuring secure and efficient transfer of critical program data to new systems

What you need to have

• Active Top Secret clearance
• High School Diploma with 12+ years of related IT or Program Management experience
• BS/MS in Engineering, Computer Science, Software, Mathematics, Physics, or equivalent applicable experience
• 14 years (or 12 years with an MS) of progressive experience in systems integration and analysis of military hardware and software systems/processes (or commercial equivalent)
• 10 years of experience in system design, integration, and analytical efforts

What we'd like you to have

• DevOps/automation tooling (e.g., Terraform/Ansible/Jenkins)
• Cloud experience (AWS preferred; Azure/GCP OK), including migrations
• Enterprise-scale admin/operations support
• Strong technical analysis, documentation, and communication skills
• Certifications (AWS and/or Microsoft/Oracle) a plus

Pay transparency

Please note the targeted compensation range is provided as an estimate, and any actual compensation offer may vary depending on the needs of the company, or an applicant's skillset, competencies, experience, education, certifications, location, or other factors. The estimated range does not include the value of any benefits offered.

About BigBear.ai

BigBear.ai is a leading provider of AI-powered decision intelligence solutions for national security, supply chain management, and digital identity. Customers and partners rely on Bigbear.ai's predictive analytics capabilities in highly complex, distributed, mission-based operating environments. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, BigBear.ai is a public company traded on the NYSE under the symbol BBAI. For more information, visit https://bigbear.ai/ and follow BigBear.ai on LinkedIn: @BigBear.ai and X: @BigBearai.

BigBear.ai is an Equal opportunity employer all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.