Solution Architect (Risk & Security)

TEK Systems

United States

On-site

USD 125,000 - 190,000

Full time

6 days ago

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401(k) Retirement Plan

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Job summary

TEK Systems Global Services is seeking a Solution Architect to lead multi-opportunity programs and account teams in North America, ensuring solution design, governance, and delivery quality across complex, outsourced engagements.

Responsibilities include managing stakeholder expectations, coordinating cross-functional delivery, and driving practice health checks while maintaining strong customer relationships in a demanding, security-focused environment.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent, 15+ years in IT/service management and project delivery.
Strong analytical and communication skills (English).
Experience leading cross-functional teams on large engagements.
Experience with DoD RMF/FedRAMP, NIST, and security governance frameworks.
Certifications: CISSP/CISM/CISA preferred.

Responsibilities

Understand customer requirements and design solutions with stakeholders.
Coordinate delivery teams for engagements across regions.
Consolidate status and costing information for stakeholders.
Ensure escalation procedures are followed and knowledge is transferred to delivery.
Manage risks, changes, and opportunities within projects.
Mentor and develop team members.

Skills

Solution architecture

Analytical skills

Leadership

Communication skills

People management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in IT/related field

Tools

RMF / FedRAMP

NIST / 800-53

CMMC / DoD security frameworks

Job description

Overview

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The Solution Architect position is a leadership position in the organization that is responsible for managing multiple sales opportunities and account teams/programs. The Solution Architect provides sales and solution assurance of services for clients through a range of internal and external functions in the following areas: Solution, Account Interaction, Service Design Development and Practice pipeline responsibilities. The SA I is expected to have the experience and background to perform all the duties described below for engagements that are focused on solution management within the defined subject matter area, resource identification and allocations, contract attributes and costing, customer interaction, and other key aspects of solution-based managed services. These engagements will typically be a solution for a North America customer or at the customer location, usually North American based. They are expected to have adequate level skills required for complex deliverable-based, fully outsourced, or extremely large-scale engagements or programs and contribute input to a larger cross-functional solution. Key Accountabilities and Priorities: Solution Development Gain a clear understanding of customers’ business requirements and their technical requirements. Understand, develop, and mature the solution design by collaborating with customers and stakeholders to manage their expectations and resolve sales, stakeholder, and delivery issues in a timely manner. Facilitate internal communication and assembly of a delivery team for new engagements to include practice support, delivery (regional and/or practice), and account team members. Consolidate solution status and proposed costing information across the project stakeholders. Ensure sales/solution escalation procedures are addressed and communicated to client, consultants, and managers. Implement knowledge management strategy and communicate process and procedures for knowledge transfer from sales/solutions to delivery. Perform sales/solutions risk and opportunity issue management and facilitate issue resolution with proper notification to all affected parties. Identify and coordinate the solution change control process. Practice & Product Line Management Perform periodic practice pipeline and opportunity analysis, product line review, and solution “health checks” with practice and delivery resources. Examine customer reference-ability and establish on-going relationships with the customer and account team members. Refine practice pipeline and product line attributes based upon metrics and analysis as well as overall fit within the marketplace and technological changes. Support the development and execution of an Account Strategy in collaboration with internal stakeholders. Management Responsibilities Understand and manage customer requirements (solution and environmental factors) to ensure contract understanding and acceptance for deliverables, cost, contract type, timeline, risk and assumptions, and customer satisfaction. Ensure solution methodology is understood by team from opportunity assessment to project closeout, sales to delivery knowledge transfer. Financial and contractual responsibility for engagement profitability. Maintain awareness for additional business opportunities and support pursuit of future business through quality results and escalation to internal stakeholders when additional business opportunities may present themselves. Ensure Sales and Solutions management methodology is followed on all client opportunities. Mentor, manage and develop product/project team members.

Team size varies from 3 team members up to 8-10 team members. Key Accountability and Priorities:Subject matter expert developing organizational capability for audit, compliance and risk governanceExperience in IT and business adherence to existing compliance programsExperience in executing an audit management control framework inclusive of data governance and compliance processProvide support and integration between the IT organization and auditNegotiate the specificity of the audit issues with Internal Audit, which influence a final audit report ratingExperience in writing and the development of Management Action Plans.

Experience with HIPAA, HITRUST, CRISC and any notable accreditation in AI Governance

Experience in CMMC, CISA, DISA, IL5, IL6, STIG, NIST, COBIT, ISO and FEDRAMP environmentsProject planning for all compliance issues, including external, internal and regulatory audits

Understand Security Control Frameworks (NIST / ISO / COBIT and compliance programming including Security Operations. This is building from the ground up and must have that experience & POA&M.

Security and compliance regarding Cloud providers (general, no specific vendor)

Experience working in areas of secure systems design and analysis in support of both Network and Secure OperationsExperience in security procedures, processes, and tools Intermediary for internal auditors, IT Risk and Business and Disaster Recovery teams, Applications Development Team, and the Database Administrator Teams.

Intermediary for internal auditors, IT Risk and Business and Disaster Recovery teams, Applications Development Team, and the Database Administrator Teams.

Experience in DoD RMF/FedRAMP plans identified in NIST 800-171 / NIST SP 800-53, and the development, testing, and implementation of these plans and how they comply with DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) and FedRAMP certification goals.

Ability to document Standard Operating Procedures and procedures clearly and concisely.

Experience working in areas of secure systems design and analysis in support of both Network and Secure Operations

Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities and Priorities:

Solution Development

Gain a clear understanding of customers’ business requirements and their technical requirements.
Understand, develop, and mature the solution design by collaborating with customers and stakeholders to manage their expectations and resolve sales, stakeholder, and delivery issues in a timely manner.
Facilitate internal communication and assembly of a delivery team for new engagements to include practice support, delivery (regional and/or practice), and account team members.
Consolidate solution status and proposed costing information across the project stakeholders.
Ensure sales/solution escalation procedures are addressed and communicated to client, consultants, and managers.
Implement knowledge management strategy and communicate process and procedures for knowledge transfer from sales/solutions to delivery.
Perform sales/solutions risk and opportunity issue management and facilitate issue resolution with proper notification to all affected parties.
Identify and coordinate the solution change control process.

Practice & Product Line Management

Perform periodic practice pipeline and opportunity analysis, product line review, and solution “health checks” with practice and delivery resources.
Examine customer reference-ability and establish on-going relationships with the customer and account team members.
Refine practice pipeline and product line attributes based upon metrics and analysis as well as overall fit within the marketplace and technological changes.
Support the development and execution of an Account Strategy in collaboration with internal stakeholders.

Management Responsibilities

Understand and manage customer requirements (solution and environmental factors) to ensure contract understanding and acceptance for deliverables, cost, contract type, timeline, risk and assumptions, and customer satisfaction.
Ensure solution methodology is understood by team from opportunity assessment to project closeout, sales to delivery knowledge transfer.
Financial and contractual responsibility for engagement profitability.
Maintain awareness for additional business opportunities and support pursuit of future business through quality results and escalation to internal stakeholders when additional business opportunities may present themselves.
Ensure Sales and Solutions management methodology is followed on all client opportunities.
Mentor, manage and develop product/project team members.

Team size varies from 3 team members up to 8-10 team members.

Conduct annual reviews and provide feedback throughout the year on employee performance where required.
Ensure Human Resources policies and procedures are communicated and executed according to internal and consultant HR policies.

Key Accountability and Priorities:Subject matter expert developing organizational capability for audit, compliance and risk governanceExperience in IT and business adherence to existing compliance programsExperience in executing an audit management control framework inclusive of data governance and compliance processProvide support and integration between the IT organization and auditNegotiate the specificity of the audit issues with Internal Audit, which influence a final audit report ratingExperience in writing and the development of Management Action Plans.

Qualifications

Required Education and/or Experience: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent, relevant experience 15+ years’ experience in information technology and/or professional services, with emphasis on subject matter expertise. Experience in delivering projects/programs, delivering and administrating client professional services agreements including the change management process. Frequent interactions with external customers at the Director level or above; normal level of interactions is the CXO level; established consulting and interpersonal skills with 15+ years’ experience 15+ years in IT service management/project management delivering projects/programs and daily delivery/consulting oversight within a professional services environment or equivalent, relevant experience in managing resources in appropriate environment.
Requisite Abilities and/or Skills, and Business Acumen: Strong conceptual and analytical skills, which demonstrate out of the box problem solving Proven ability to appropriately prioritize and plan complex work in a rapidly changing environment Team player with experience leading and collaborating cross-teams to deliver successful solutions Excellent oral and written communication skills (English language). Superior people and personnel management skills.
Nice to Have: Ability to articulate an understanding of various Information Technology platforms Partner with Cybersecurity Operations and Architecture teams to create and sustain compliance measures Quality & timely deliverables, including methodologies to stakeholders ensuring progress, outcomes, and expectations Experience in security procedures, processes, and tools Intermediary for internal auditors, IT Risk and Business and Disaster Recovery teams, Applications Development Team, and the Database Administrator Teams. Project Manager / internal process review of audit and security non-compliant items, leading security-related audits and internal review projects. Review artifacts and conduct infrastructure assessment to support DoD, RMF and Fed Ramp certification
AI Governance certification
Certifications: CISSP CISM CISA

***Posting Close Date: 9/17/2026***

This includes receiving your manager approval form.

We reserve the right to pay above or below the posted wage based on factors unrelated to sex, race, or any other protected classification.

US Salary range:$125,000-$190,000 Potential bonus up to: $30,000

Compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors which may include, but are not limited to, education, experience, skills, and geographic location. As an internal Allegis Employee exploring roles within TEKsystems Global Services, hiring eligibility and maintaining existing ancillary benefits are subject to change with transfer from one role to another. Please reach out to Talent Mobility for specific questions: TGS_Talent_Ops@teksystems.com.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: