Senior Technical Lead / Solution Architect

Guidehouse Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidehouse Inc. seeks a Senior Technical Lead / Solution Architect to provide hands‑on technical leadership for a large federal platform modernization program and agile software development effort.

Working with the integrated architecture team, translate approved architectures into actionable guidance for multiple workstreams, vendors, and Scrum teams. You will ensure implementations follow established design decisions, data standards, security requirements, and engineering practices, while

Qualifications

• Must have a Federal or DoD Public Trust clearance or ability to obtain one.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of TEN (10) years of progressive experience in software engineering, solution implementation, systems integration, platform modernization, or cloud‑enabled application delivery, including at least

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical implementation of a platform modernization program across multiple workstreams.
• Translate architectures into actionable guidance for delivery teams and vendors.
• Ensure adherence to architecture decisions, data standards, security requirements, and development practices.
• Mentor engineers and provide day‑to‑day technical leadership to APIs, data exchanges, cloud‑native solutions, and DevSecOps.
• Review designs, code, configurations, interfaces, and technical deliverables for architectural compliance.

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Job Family :

IT Architecture/Cloud

Travel Required :

None

Clearance Required :

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

Job Description Summary

The Senior Technical Lead / Solution Architect will provide senior, hands‑on technical leadership for a large-scale agile software development and platform modernization program supporting a large Federal contract. Working under the architectural direction of the integrated architecture team, this role will translate approved architectures, designs, patterns, and standards into actionable implementation guidance for multiple workstreams, vendors, and delivery teams. The Senior Technical Lead / Solution Architect will collaborate with the architects on solution design, ensure teams implement solutions as intended, verify adherence to architectural and engineering standards, and identify and elevate deviations or risks. The role will help ensure delivered capabilities are secure, scalable, maintainable, interoperable, and aligned with the program's target architecture.

What You Will Do :

• We are seeking a seasoned Senior Technical Lead / Solution Architect to lead the technical implementation of a platform modernization effort.
• Working within the direction and guardrails established by the integrated architecture team, this individual will collaborate on solution designs, communicate approved designs to delivery teams, provide day‑to‑day technical guidance, and oversee implementation across multiple workstreams, vendors, and Scrum teams while supporting continuity of critical legacy operations throughout the transition.
• The Senior Technical Lead / Solution Architect will be accountable for turning approved architecture into consistent, high‑quality implementation. This leader will partner with the integrated architecture team to clarify designs, assess implementation options, and surface delivery considerations while ensuring engineering teams follow established architecture decisions, interface contracts, data standards, security requirements, and development practices.
• Serve as the senior implementation‑focused technical lead for a large‑scale platform modernization program delivered through iterative agile execution.
• Work under the direction of the integrated architecture team and collaborate with them to refine solution designs, evaluate implementation considerations, and translate approved architecture into actionable technical guidance.
• Communicate approved solution designs, reference architectures, design patterns, data standards, interface contracts, and engineering guardrails to development and vendor teams.
• Provide day‑to‑day technical leadership to engineers implementing APIs, data exchanges, shared services, workflow automation, cloud‑native solutions, DevSecOps capabilities, and incremental migrations.
• Review detailed designs, code, configurations, interfaces, and technical deliverables to verify that implementation aligns with approved architecture and established engineering standards.
• Establish practical implementation checkpoints, code and design review practices, technical acceptance criteria, and traceability mechanisms that reinforce architectural compliance throughout delivery.
• Identify architectural deviations, implementation risks, technical debt, and standards violations; work with teams on remediation and elevate exceptions to the integrated architecture team for decision and approval.
• Coordinate technical implementation across Scrum teams and vendors to maintain consistency in service boundaries, interfaces, data handling, security controls, reusable components, and shared platform capabilities.
• Resolve complex implementation issues and cross‑team dependencies while protecting the intent of the approved architecture and engaging the architects when design‑level decisions are required.
• Mentor technical leads and engineers, strengthen engineering discipline, and promote consistent use of approved patterns, tools, and development practices.
• Provide clear implementation status, risks, compliance concerns, and recommended corrective actions to the Enterprise and Data Architects, program leadership, Product Owners, and delivery stakeholders.

What You Will Need :

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of TEN (10) years of progressive experience in software engineering, solution implementation, systems integration, platform modernization, or cloud‑enabled application delivery, including at leas