Solution Architect (Enterprise Architecture & Modeling Focus)

Acuityinnovationsllc; Colorado Springs, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

3 weeks paid time off

11 Federal Holidays

Flexible Hours

Benefits

Career Development/Mentorship Opportun

Company Sponsored Social Events

Job summary

Acuity Innovations LLC seeks a highly capable Solution Architect to design and deliver advanced digital ecosystems for defense and space programs. You will bridge architectural design with technical realization using model-based and simulation-driven engineering to ensure interoperability and mission alignment.

The role translates complex mission requirements into structured architectures, enabling accurate simulation, analysis, and validation of systems and digital environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of enterprise/solution architecture or model-based design experience.
• Experience with DoDAF/TOGAF and MBSE for defense or aerospace programs.
• Knowledge of MBSE, simulation, and digital engineering concepts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise/solution architectures aligned to customer mission goals and program objectives.
• Use model-based techniques (SysML/UML) to architect, visualize, and communicate system designs.
• Integrate enterprise architecture artifacts with simulation environments to ensure traceable and validated system performance outcomes.
• Collaborate with system engineers, software developers, and data modelers to translate architecture into executable capabilities and digital twins.
• Conduct architecture analysis and trade studies to optimise design and identify gaps or dependencies across mission systems.
• Provide technical leadership during system design reviews, integration planning, and digital ecosystem implementation.
• Leverage modeling and simulation outputs to inform system feasibility, performance analysis, and risk reduction.
• Support technical documentation, including architectural views, system specifications, and interface definitions.
• Stay current with emerging digital engineering, modeling, and simulation technologies to improve solution fidelity and delivery speed.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Effective communicator

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering or related field

Master’s degree in Systems Engineering or related field

Tools

Cameo

Sparx EA

Job description

Acuity Innovations LLC is a smalldefense contracting company that provides enterprise architecture, solution design, digital engineering, defensive cyberspace operations, system integration, and test and evaluation products and services that improve performance and decrease decision timelines. Our fundamental, repeatable service offering is boundinarchitecting, designing, securing, integrating, and verifying the operational readiness ofdefense systems. Acuity Innovations was named as Colorado Springs Gazette’s Best Workplaces 2024 and a Colorado Companies to Watch Winner 2025.

Do you want to be part of a unique, small business that differentiates itself by:

• Delivering the best products, integrated systems, and mission capabilities for the warfighter

• Building long-term relationships and treating its employees as family

• Deploying small but powerful High-Performance Teams, like elite Special Forces teams to each task

• Collaborating within and across the Acuity Innovations teams as well as with the customer

• Providing a growth path to partnership/ownership opportunities

If you have this type of passion and desire to be part of a collaborative team environment with the innovation, initiative, and confidence to make things better, then Acuity Innovations may be the right place to realize your personal and professional goals.

Package includes:

• Competitive salary

• 3 weeks paid time off

• 11 Federal Holidays

• Flexible Hours

• Benefits

• Career Development/Mentorship Opportunities

• Company Sponsored Social Events

We seek technical individuals who will succeed in a highly collaborative work environment.

Acuity Innovations LLC: Overview | LinkedIn

www.acuityinnovationsllc.com

Brief Job Description

Acuity Innovations seeks a highly capable Solution Architect with strong expertise in Enterprise Architecture, digital modeling, and systems integration to support the design and delivery of advanced digital ecosystems for defense and space programs. This role bridges architectural design and technical realization, leveraging model-based and simulation-driven engineering approaches to ensure solutions are viable, interoperable, and aligned with mission outcomes.

The Solution Architect will lead the translation of complex mission requirements into structured enterprise architectures, enabling accurate and effective simulation, analysis, and validation of mission systems and digital environments. This position requires both strategic systems thinking and hands‑on technical acumen to design, prototype, and optimise integrated solutions within digital ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise and solution architectures that align with customer mission goals and program objectives.

• Use model-based techniques (e.g., SysML/UML in Cameo or similar tools) to architect, visualize, and communicate system designs.

• Integrate enterprise architecture artifacts with simulation environments to ensure traceable and validated system performance outcomes.

• Collaborate with system engineers, software developers, and data modelers to translate architecture into executable capabilities and digital twins.

• Conduct architecture analysis and trade studies to optimise design and identify gaps or dependencies across mission systems.

• Provide technical leadership during system design reviews, integration planning, and digital ecosystem implementation.

• Leverage modeling and simulation outputs to inform system feasibility, performance analysis, and risk reduction.

• Support technical documentation, including architectural views, system specifications, and interface definitions.

• Stay current with emerging digital engineering, modeling, and simulation technologies to improve solution fidelity and delivery speed.

Required Skills & Experiences

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or related technical field.

• 5+ years of experience in enterprise or solution architecture, systems engineering, or model-based systems design for defense or aerospace programs.

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in enterprise and solution architecture frameworks (DoDAF, TOGAF) and modeling tools (Cameo, SparxEA, etc.).

• Experience developing model-based artifacts that inform simulation and mission analysis.

• Knowledge of system-of-systems integration and digital engineering ecosystems.

• Familiarity with distributed architectures, data integration, and interoperability standards.

• Understanding of simulation workflows, model validation, and test environments.

• Working knowledge of cybersecurity and compliance for digital environments.

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual design skills.

• Effective communicator capable of translating complex architectures for diverse technical and non-technical audiences.

• Collaborative team player with an ability to drive innovation and efficiency across disciplines.

Preferred Skills & Experiences

• Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline.

• Experience supporting Space Development Agency (SDA), Space Force, or other DoD digital engineering programs.

• Hands-on experience integrating MBSE with simulation frameworks or digital twins.

• Knowledge of Agile development practices and DevSecOps toolchains.

• Familiarity with data analytics, AI/ML integration, and model-based verification methods.

Clearance

Eligible for Top Secret w/ SCI.

All applicants selected will be subject to a background check and a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.