Solutions Architect

Booz Allen Hamilton; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid leave

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Solutions Architect to translate customer IT needs into comprehensive plans and craft complex IT solutions for the DoD. You will lead technical teams, drive cloud migration efforts, and modernize legacy systems while guiding the next generation of developers to become tomorrow’s solutions architects.

As a senior technical leader, you will shape digital solutions strategy, identify growth opportunities, and collaborate across disciplines to deliver secure,

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience designing large-scale enterprise solutions with integration and security controls.
• Experience implementing microservices and modern system architectures.
• Experience modernizing enterprise software delivery for digital transformation.
• Top Secret clearance and Bachelor's degree required.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer IT needs into a plan by crafting complex IT solutions.
• Mentor the next set of developers to grow into tomorrow’s solutions architects.
• Provide technical leadership to shape the digital solutions business, identifying opportunities for growth.

Skills

Cloud platforms experience

Enterprise solution design

Microservices architecture

Digital transformation experience

Security controls implementation

Top Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Solutions Architect

The Opportunity: 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:

• 4+ years of experience working with cloud computing platforms, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Experience designing large-scale enterprise solutions, integrating disparate technologies, and implementing security controls
• Experience implementing solutions using modern system architecture principles, including microservices
• Experience modernizing enterprise software delivery in support of digital transformation
• Top Secret clearance
• Bachelor's 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, including AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Certification
• Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Top Secret clearance is required.

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.

The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD). This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

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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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About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen is an advanced technology company delivering outcomes with speed for America’s most critical defense, civil, and national security priorities. We build technology solutions using AI, cyber, and other cutting-edge technologies to advance and protect the nation and its citizens. By focusing on outcomes, we enable our people, clients, and their missions to succeed—accelerating the nation to realize our purpose: Empower People to Change the World®.

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