Senior Solutions Architect, Mission Platforms

LMI Consulting, LLC; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 241,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect to shape the technical direction of a U.S. Army modernization program. You will own the target architecture and translate mission needs into executable approaches across cloud, data, cybersecurity, and user-facing platforms.

Collaborate with customer leaders and engineering teams to drive architecture reviews, mitigate risk, and guide scalable, secure implementations while communicating complex tradeoffs to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 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.
• Demonstrated ownership of architecture for a complex production system or platform.
• Experience working directly with engineering teams and senior customer stakeholders.
• Experience supporting a Department of Defense customer.
• Strong technical writing, briefing, and decision-making skills.
• 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 Army 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

Solutions architecture

Cloud platforms

Data & cybersecurity

Technical writing

Stakeholder communication

Security clearance

Education

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

Tools

AWS

Palantir Foundry

Army Vantage

Job description

LMI is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect to shape the technical direction of a U.S. Army modernization program. You will own the target architecture and translate mission needs into executable approaches across cloud, data, cybersecurity, and user-facing platforms.

Collaborate with customer leaders and engineering teams to drive architecture reviews, mitigate risk, and guide scalable, secure implementations while communicating complex tradeoffs to stakeholders.