Solutions Architect Principal

SAIC; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking an experienced Azure Architect to lead the design, deployment, and governance of secure, scalable Azure cloud environments. You will work with business development, capture, and proposal teams to deliver compelling, price-competitive solutions for complex requirements.

The role requires extensive Azure expertise, demonstrated by advanced certifications and a proven track record in enterprise cloud architectures.

Qualifications

• Extensive expertise in core Azure services and solutions.
• Experience designing, deploying, and managing Azure infrastructure and services.
• Proven track record with large-scale, high-availability cloud architectures.
• Advanced Azure certifications are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of complete Azure-based solutions meeting requirements.
• Collaborate with business development, capture, and proposal teams.
• Coordinate assigns of technical personnel to proposal efforts.
• Design, implement, and govern secure, scalable Azure cloud architectures.

Skills

Azure services

Azure security

Azure networking

IaC (ARM, Bicep, Terraform)

Automation scripting (Python, PowerCLI

Cloud governance & compliance

Security architecture

Azure Monitor & telemetry

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS, systems engineering, or related; 20 years experience

Master's degree in related discipline; 10 years experience

Tools

Azure DevOps CLI

ARM templates

Terraform

Bicep

Job description

Job Description

Leveraging domain expertise develops comprehensive understanding of customer requirements and leads the development of a complete solution meeting all requirements resulting in a price competitive proposal.

Collaborates with business development, capture, proposal, and other team members to optimize our proposed solutions.

Identifies technical staff needs to support Pre-B&P and B&P activities.

Coordinates assignments of technical personnel to proposal efforts.

Coordinates with team member technical leadership and technical contributors on solution development, proposal writing, and estimating.

Provides subject matter expertise to meet customer technical, schedule and cost requirements within applicable risk parameters.

Works closely with the Enterprise Architect to design, implement, and govern secure, scalable, and highly available Azure cloud architectures, ensuring alignment with enterprise technology standards, business objectives, security requirements, and cloud governance best practices.

Contributes to the development of new concepts, techniques, and standards.

Receives assignments in the form of objectives and establishes goals to meet objectives.

Provides guidance to r team members to achieve goals in accordance with established policies.

Work is reviewed and measured based on meeting objectives and schedules.

Develops solutions to complex problems, which require the regular use of ingenuity and innovation.

Ensures solutions are consistent with organization objectives.

Work is performed without appreciable direction. Exercises considerable latitude in determining technical objectives of assignment. Completed work is reviewed from a relatively long-term perspective for desired results.

Education

Bachelor's and 20 years' experience or master's degree and 10 years in computer science, systems engineering, cloud engineering or related technical discipline.

Advanced Azure certifications are preferred, such as:

• Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
• Azure Administrator Associate
• Azure Security Engineer Associate

Experience:

• Proven track record of designing, deploying, and managing Azure infrastructure and services.
• Experience with large-scale, high-availability, and scalable cloud architecture.
• FHiR HL7 278/275 transaction experience a plus.

Requirements

• Extensive expertise in core Azure services, including Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, Azure SQL Database, Azure Virtual Network (VNet), Azure Functions, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, Azure Monitor, and Azure DNS.
• Experience implementing Azure security services and best practices, including Microsoft Entra ID, Azure DDoS Protection, Azure Firewall, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and Web Application Firewall (WAF).
• Strong understanding of Azure networking capabilities, including VNet peering, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, Private Link, and hybrid connectivity architectures.
• Proven ability to design, deploy, and manage secure, scalable, and highly available Azure cloud solutions that support enterprise business requirements.
• Experience establishing and governing multi-subscription Azure environments using Azure Management Groups, Azure Policy, and Azure Landing Zones.
• Knowledge of cloud financial management practices, including Azure Cost Management, budgeting, resource optimization, and cost governance strategies.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, PowerShell, Azure CLI, and other automation frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation technologies, including ARM templates, Bicep, Terraform, and Azure Developer CLI.
• Expertise with monitoring, logging, and observability solutions such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Microsoft Sentinel, and third-party monitoring platforms.
• Experience troubleshooting and optimizing the performance, availability, and reliability of Azure resources and workloads.
• Strong understanding of Azure security architecture, governance, compliance, and regulatory frameworks, including HIPAA, GDPR, PCI DSS, and industry-specific standards.
• Experience implementing encryption, key management, identity management, and privileged access controls using Azure Key Vault and Microsoft Entra ID.
• Knowledge of Azure data platform services, including Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Azure Data Lake Storage.