Senior Solutions Architect

Defense Unicorns; United States; Remote; USD 149,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

HSA

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401k Retirement Plan

Stock Options

Home Office Budget

Flexible Time Off

Job summary

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Solutions Architect to lead growth engineering and cloud-native delivery across Unicorn Delivery Service projects. You will mentor engineers, articulate architectural options, and drive discovery, content creation, and PoC management.

The role emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional teams and staying ahead of industry trends. The position requires 5+ years in defense-facing engagements, strong full-stack and cloud/on-prem architecture knowledge, and a

Qualifications

• Proven experience in growth engineering, digital marketing, or related roles within a tech startup environment.
• Extensive knowledge in containerization and container orchestration, specifically Kubernetes.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate, persuade and negotiate.
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with 1+ years in a manager role.
• Proven track record of leading and developing high-performing engineering teams.
• Preferred knowledge in the CNCF ecosystem and tooling.
• Knowledge in system architecture both cloud and on-prem.
• Ability to architect solutions based on potential customer requirements and articulate those solutions.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex data for informed decision-making.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Experience with training and mentoring.
• Experience with full-stack development.
• Understanding of continuous delivery and agile principles.
• 4+ years of experience with full-stack development teams.
• 5+ years of experience with Defense-based customer-facing interactions and engagements.
• Proven experience synthesizing technical solutions and making sense of them.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and Containers.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor for customers and their technical needs, challenges, and goals.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, growth, and support of customer engagements.
• Understand and articulate the technical competency and impact of engineers on the team.
• Understand Defense Unicorns' products and philosophy.
• Assist the team in discovery and framing efforts across the industry.
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase team efficiency and effectiveness.
• Assist with demonstration and content creation on products.
• Manage the "proof of concept" work.
• Build and maintain continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Build, deploy, test, and troubleshoot UDS Bundles, Zarf packages, and UDS packages.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for brainstorming, research, and innovative growth strategies.
• Conduct market research and competitor analysis to identify growth opportunities.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to growth hacking and user acquisition.
• Experiment with new tools, techniques, and technologies to improve growth outcomes.

Skills

Growth engineering

Cloud architecture

Leadership

Communication

Full-stack development

Customer-facing engagements

Kubernetes

Helm

Containers

Security clearance

Tools

Kubernetes

Helm

Containers

CNCF tooling

Job description

EMPLOYER IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THIS POSITION REQUIRES U.S. CITIZENSHIP.

Role Description:

We are seeking a talented and motivated Solutions Architect to join our dynamic team. As a Solutions Architect, you will be responsible for delivering exceptional guidance, support, and enablement focused on our Unicorn Delivery Service projects and capabilities. You will work closely with technical groups driving towards mission impact, providing technical expertise, proactive assistance, and strategic insights to maximize mission impact. This role is instrumental in ensuring a seamless and successful customer experience throughout the initial engagement and transition to longer-term execution.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor for customers and their technical needs, challenges, and goals.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, growth, and support of customer engagements.
• Understand and articulate the technical competency and impact of engineers on the team.
• Understand Defense Unicorns' products and philosophy.
• Assist the team in discovery and framing efforts across the industry.
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase team efficiency and effectiveness.
• Assist with demonstration and content creation on products.
• Manage the "proof of concept" work.
• Build and maintain continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Build, deploy, test, and troubleshoot UDS Bundles, Zarf packages, and UDS packages.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for brainstorming, research, and innovative growth strategies.
• Conduct market research and competitor analysis to identify growth opportunities.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to growth hacking and user acquisition.
• Experiment with new tools, techniques, and technologies to improve growth outcomes.

The listed responsibilities are not exhaustive and additional responsibilities may be assigned based on the evolving needs of the organization. We are seeking a dynamic individual who is able to adapt and take on new responsibilities as they arise.

Clearance & Travel

• Travel: 25%.
• Security Clearance: Secret

Preferred Experience and Qualifications

• Proven experience in growth engineering, digital marketing, or related roles within a tech startup environment.
• Extensive knowledge in containerization and container orchestration, specifically Kubernetes.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate, persuade and negotiate.
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with 1+ years in a manager role.
• Proven track record of leading and developing high-performing engineering teams.
• Preferred knowledge in the CNCF ecosystem and tooling.
• Knowledge in system architecture both cloud and on-prem.
• Ability to architect solutions based on potential customer requirements and articulate those solutions.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex data for informed decision-making.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Experience with training and mentoring.
• Experience with full-stack development.
• Understanding of continuous delivery and agile principles.
• 4+ years of experience with full-stack development teams.
• 5+ years of experience with Defense-based customer-facing interactions and engagements.
• Proven experience synthesizing technical solutions and making sense of them.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and Containers.

Full compensation packages are based on candidate experience. Compensation ranges are established using national benchmarking data and apply across all geographic locations within the United States.

Remote - USA

$148,750 - $201,250 USD

Who We Are

Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery so our customers can focus on the most important challenges. We share a vision of freedom and security for the advancement of progress and innovation. Our commitment to this vision, and to our mission-driven customers, means a commitment to speed, user experience and optionality, without compromising security. Our team is composed of innovators, software engineers, and veterans with decades of experience delivering technology programs across the federal market.

What We Do

We create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery. Defense Unicorns consolidates the best practices for security pipelines, testing, and deployment automation in order to meet the high security requirements valued by mission owners. Our solutions are agnostic by design and we believe that growing a robust ecosystem of secure, cloud-native software solutions can help enterprise customers inside and outside the federal market buy and integrate software more easily.

Who We Serve

Defense Unicorns’ customers are mission-focused leaders across public and private enterprises. We proudly support defense and civil agencies across the U.S. government and we work closely with the creators of leading-edge software solutions to deliver value to the mission-owner by improving the security and consumability of commercial software products.

What We Work On

• Cloud Environments (AWS/GCP and Azure)
• Continuous Delivery and automation tooling
• GitOps
• Containers
• CNCF projects and open source products and packages
• Building and improving security delivery
• Building Kubernetes and cloud native applications

Benefits Our Unicorns Enjoy

Health:

• Premiums are 100% Company Paid
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Company Stock Options
• Home Office Budget

Leave:

• We offer all full-time Unicorns Flexible Time Off (FTO) plus all Federal Holidays, one week for Thanksgiving, and two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s

Learning:

• Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions
• Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)

Don’t have all the preferred experience or qualifications? Studies show that underrepresented groups like women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs if they don't meet every requirement listed.

At Defense Unicorns, we're committed to diversity. If you're enthusiastic about the role but don't match every criteria, we encourage you to apply. You could be the perfect fit for this or another role! Defense Unicorns is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.