Senior Solutions Architect (Remote) — Cloud & Systems Lead

SMX; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 176,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid leave

Retirement benefits

Job summary

SMX is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect for the Department of War Solutions. You will lead the design of solutions to support business and client requirements, guide internal and external solution delivery, and prioritize development efforts to drive innovation across programs.

Responsibilities include architecture leadership, tech mentoring, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality applications and compelling user experiences.

Qualifications

• Clearance: Top Secret required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline or commensurate experience.
• 10+ years in corporate/government solutions environments.
• Experience in software life-cycle management and systems engineering.
• Proven technical leadership in architecture and delivery.
• Experience as Solution Architect with full lifecycle implementations.
• Proficiency with Agile, Waterfall, SAFe methodologies.
• Ability to lead design decisions and customer engagements.
• Experience with DevSecOps and cloud operations (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Excellent verbal and written communication; strong storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on customer engagements and issue resolution.
• Lead architecture and specification development for next-gen solutions.
• Advise development teams to ensure high-quality apps and UX.
• Stay abreast of new tools and industry advances through training and networks.
• Develop go-to-market strategies for software applications and solutions.
• Document and analyze software requirements, timelines, and work plans.
• Provide regular project status updates to clients and leadership.
• Lead research, design, testing of new software and tools.
• Assess commercial, open source, DoD/contractor software.
• Participate in proposals and resource planning for compliant responses.
• Assist leadership in identifying new business opportunities.

Skills

Clearance: Top Secret

Bachelor's degree in CS

10+ years experience

Software life-cycle mgmt

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Solution Architect experience

Agile/Waterfall/SAFe

Architecture design

Customer engagement

DevSecOps & cloud ops (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Visual design & data storytelling

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

SMX is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect for the Department of War Solutions. You will lead the design of solutions to support business and client requirements, guide internal and external solution delivery, and prioritize development efforts to drive innovation across programs.

Responsibilities include architecture leadership, tech mentoring, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality applications and compelling user experiences.