Senior Mission Solutions Architect - Front-Door Enablement

MITRE; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 182,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE's AI and Mission Enablement Department seeks a Senior Mission Solutions Architect to serve as a technical contributor and front-door partner between mission teams and Mission Computing capabilities. The role shapes solution architectures, translates customer needs into executable requirements, and crafts roadmaps for platform and service teams.

You will engage stakeholders, document architectures, evaluate tradeoffs, and steer delivery paths while navigating security, data, and

Qualifications

• Experience applying solution architecture and systems architecture to translate mission needs into architecture products.
• Experience engaging customers or mission stakeholders to translate needs into solution concepts and roadmaps.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain Top Secret/SCI clearance and US citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Engage mission customers to understand objectives, constraints, data, security, and success criteria.
• Develop and document solution architectures mapping mission needs to computing platforms and data flows.
• Produce implementation guidance and delivery roadmaps for platform and service teams.
• Evaluate options and tradeoffs, identifying risks, gaps, and practical paths forward.
• Support front-door, demand-discovery, onboarding, and feedback processes to improve adoption pathways.
• Act as trusted technical partner to mission teams, communicating complex concepts and building consensus.
• Collaborate with platform teams, security, and engineering to lead defined tasks.

Skills

Solution architecture

Systems architecture

Requirements analysis

Customer engagement

Communication

Security clearance TS/SCI

Hybrid/cloud platforms

Developer tooling

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

PhD (relevant)

Job description

MITRE's AI and Mission Enablement Department seeks a Senior Mission Solutions Architect to serve as a technical contributor and front-door partner between mission teams and Mission Computing capabilities. The role shapes solution architectures, translates customer needs into executable requirements, and crafts roadmaps for platform and service teams.

You will engage stakeholders, document architectures, evaluate tradeoffs, and steer delivery paths while navigating security, data, and