Solutions Architect

Booz Allen Hamilton; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 113,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Solutions Architect to translate client IT needs into complex, scalable solutions. You’ll lead design efforts, mentor developers, and drive modernization of enterprise systems across cloud platforms.

You will collaborate with teams to align with government evaluation criteria, contribute to business development, and shape future technology strategies within a DoD context.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience designing large-scale enterprise solutions
• 8+ years of experience in the analysis and design of complex IT solutions
• 5+ years of cloud computing experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience authoring technical artifacts: diagrams, specifications, procedures
• Experience implementing modern system architecture including microservices
• Experience in business development and aligning with government criteria
• Experience modernizing enterprise software delivery and digital transformation
• Experience managing technical delivery in DoD/federal or commercial contexts
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree and 3+ years in software engineering, or 8+ years in lieu of a degree

Responsibilities

• Translate customer IT needs into a plan by crafting complex IT solutions
• Mentor junior developers and grow tomorrow's solutions architects
• Lead technical delivery and modernization efforts in DoD, federal, or commercial spaces
• Identify opportunities for growth and shape the digital solutions business
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet client goals

Skills

Enterprise design

IT solution analysis

Cloud platforms

Technical artifacts

Modern system architecture

Business development

Digital transformation

Technical delivery management

Security clearance

Software engineering experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in software engineering or related field

8+ years software engineering experience in lieu of degree

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Solutions Architect

At a certain point, experience-based system design can start to look like clairvoyance. When you’ve developed so many systems that you can not only orchestrate the best solution for any technology-based challenge, but you can also anticipate and preempt future issues, you’re a solutions architect. You’ve evolved your skills into strategy through a long path of software development accomplishments and the curiosity to understand how all the pieces of an IT ecosystem fit together.

Are you ready to use your combination of knowledge, skill, and experience to take on the client's toughest challenges? As a solution architect on our team, you'll translate your customer’s IT needs and future goals into a plan by crafting complex IT solutions. Through your leadership, we’ll help transform the way the Army uses technology, including cloud migration, integrating advanced technology, and modernizing legacy systems. And what do you do next in a career where you’ve reached this level? You mentor the next set of developers to help them grow into tomorrow’s solutions architects. As a technical leader, you’ll shape the digital solutions business and identify opportunities for growth. Work with us and build the future of technology in the DoD for the better. Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have

• 8+ years of experience designing large-scale enterprise solutions, integrating disparate technologies, and implementing security controls
• 8+ years of experience in the analysis and design of complex IT solutions, including integrating or interfacing between multiple software applications, processing platforms, and software products
• 5+ years of experience working with cloud computing platforms, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Experience authoring technical artifacts, including logical and physical network diagrams, technical specifications, and system installation procedures, to articulate complex concepts to non-technical audiences
• Experience implementing solutions using modern system architecture principles, including microservices
• Experience in business development, including architecting enterprise systems and aligning them with government evaluation criteria and statements of work
• Experience modernizing enterprise software delivery in support of digital transformation
• Experience managing technical delivery, including forward-leaning modernization efforts in the DoD, federal government, or commercial entities
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of experience in software engineering, or 8+ years of experience in software engineering in lieu of a degree

Nice If You Have

• Experience working closely with software development teams
• Experience with project, task, and team leadership
• Experience designing, modifying, developing, writing, and implementing software programming applications using Agile methods
• Experience evaluating architectural tradeoffs and designing robust service-based software applications for scalable enterprise production use
• Experience with full-stack development in a professional environment for enterprise production capabilities
• Knowledge of SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS models
• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Possession of excellent listening skills
• Master’s degree AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Certification such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Certification

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well‑being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work‑life programs, and dependent care.

Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values.

Full‑time and part‑time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits.

We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract‑specific affordability and organizational requirements.

The projected compensation range for this position is $112,800.00 to $257,000.00 (annualized USD).

This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

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Work Model

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.
• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

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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.

About Booz Allen Hamilton

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