Solution Architect

Booz Allen Hamilton; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 112,900 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Solution Architect in Lexington, MA. This role requires extensive experience in designing and implementing cloud infrastructure to support mission-critical environments. Responsibilities include overseeing a skilled team and utilizing revolutionary cloud technologies to modernize IT infrastructures. Candidates must possess a Bachelor's degree, Secret clearance, and demonstrated expertise in cloud capabilities. The position offers a competitive salary range of $112,900 to $257,000 annually as part of a comprehensive compensation package.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience designing cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with enterprise virtualization and data platform architecture.
• Experience with DevOps practices including CI/CD pipeline design.
• Secret clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a team of professionals to enhance IT infrastructure.
• Utilize cloud capabilities for modernizing client environments.
• Make sound architectural decisions in challenging conditions.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure design

Enterprise virtualization

Log management & SIEM architecture

DevOps practices

AI/ML integration

Architectural decision-making

Quick technology adaptation

Clear communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS Certification

Job description

Job Number: R0234725

Solution Architect

The Opportunity

Everyone is trying to “harness the cloud,” but not everyone knows how. As an experienced cloud computing infrastructure architect, you know how to take advantage of cloud capabilities. Here you’ll oversee our team of experienced professionals and use cutting-edge enterprise cloud platforms to guide your clients as they modernize their IT infrastructure and meet their most challenging missions. We’re looking for someone like you to help enhancing the environment for our warfighters.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience designing and owning implementation of cloud infrastructure in enterprise or mission environments, including networking, identity, compute, and storage
• Experience with enterprise virtualization, distributed infrastructure, and data platform architecture, including environments operating under degraded connectivity, air‑gap, or multi‑tenant constraints
• Experience with large‑scale log management, security monitoring, or SIEM platform architecture, including designing from scratch, consolidating existing tooling, or migrating between platforms
• Experience with DevOps practices and automation, including containerization, orchestration, and CI/CD pipeline design, including in restricted or classified environments where standard toolchains don’t apply out of the box
• Experience integrating AI/ML capabilities into engineering workflows or production environments, including surfacing LLM‑backed tooling to extend what a small team can deliver
• Experience making sound architectural decisions when the environment works against you, including restricted toolchains, contested network conditions, imposed timelines, or requirements that shift mid‑execution
• Ability to enter an unfamiliar technology, develop genuine working knowledge rapidly, and lead others through implementation
• Ability to architect under ambiguity, own the outcome alongside engineers, and communicate decisions clearly to both technical teams and senior non‑technical stakeholders
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree

Nice To Have

• Experience working across multiple cloud providers or classification levels on the same program, including navigating the translation between platforms
• Experience on a large defense program or with a major systems integrator, including delivering under bureaucratic friction without losing technical momentum
• Experience supporting DoD installations or integrating with mission or C2 systems across NIPR, SIPR, or coalition networks, including where the technical environment was inherited, undocumented, or both
• Experience building agentic workflows, automation pipelines, or custom tooling that meaningfully changed what your team could ship
• Experience in a technical lead or principal role where you were accountable for both the architecture and whether it actually got delivered
• Experience operating on a tiger team, rapid response unit, or equivalent, parachuting into a problem, delivering under compressed timelines, and moving on cleanly
• Top Secret clearance
• AWS Certification

Clearance

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

Salary range: $112,900.00 to $257,000.00 (annualized USD). The posted range is one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.