Principal Solution Architect, National Solutions Growth
About The Position
Leidos’ Intelligence Sector is hiring a Principal Solution Architect and Innovation Lead to work in its Gaithersburg, Maryland, or Chantilly, Virginia, offices. The role provides technical leadership in shaping end-to-end space and geospatial intelligence systems, solving customer problems, and architecting future-state systems. The architect works at the intersection of mission strategy and technical execution, helping government partners address complex collection and analysis challenges while supporting business growth. The position leads technical strategy, solution architecture, proposal efforts, and recovery work on challenged programs. It designs systems incorporating emerging technologies across mission-critical workflows, from sensor collection through exploitation, and engages senior government customers to translate mission needs into technical requirements and roadmaps. The role also leads and mentors multidisciplinary teams and promotes innovation, ownership, and technical excellence.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field with 15 or more years of relevant experience; alternatively, a master’s degree with 13 or more years, or a Ph.D. with 10 or more years.
- Active TS/SCI security clearance with a polygraph.
- Recent experience within the last five or more years demonstrating hands-on leadership in modern architectures.
- Experience architecting cloud-native solutions on AWS or Azure, including serverless, containers/Kubernetes, and microservices.
- Experience integrating data fabrics, AI/ML pipelines, or automated processing of overhead sensor data.
- Demonstrated track record leading technical responses for federal acquisitions, including deconstructing RFP Sections L and M and architecting a compliant technical solution.
- Proven leadership in technical planning, system design, and full life-cycle systems engineering, including requirements analysis, functional analysis, integration, verification, and validation.
Nice To Haves
- Experience resolving highly complex, multidimensional problems involving variables that affect multiple aspects of a program.
- Deep understanding of the Intelligence Community landscape, particularly space-based architectures, ground processing, GEOINT, and TCPED missions, including constraints and requirements of classified environments.
- Exceptional writing, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to engage and influence senior executives and customers.
- Direct, hands-on experience supporting satellite ground systems, mission management, or geospatial intelligence programs.
- Demonstrated success leading solution development for capture and proposal efforts on major government contracts.
- Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Agile, and DevSecOps.
- Familiarity with cloud architectures such as AWS and Azure, AI/ML, data analytics, and cybersecurity.
- Hands-on experience developing innovative solutions in a modern programming language such as Java or C++, preferably in both program and R&D settings.
Responsibilities
- Champion and architect innovative, next-generation system solutions.
- Lead technical planning and Analysis of Alternatives for high-consequence acquisition decisions, evaluating cost, risk, and supportability across the total system life cycle.
- Lead technical responses for high-priority proposals, including RFPs and RFIs, and shape solutions aligned with customer needs.
- Diagnose complex issues on challenged programs and provide recovery planning and hands-on technical leadership.
- Design end-to-end solutions integrating technologies such as Generative AI, Computer Vision, and Edge Compute into workflows from sensor collection to final exploitation.
- Engage senior government customers, program managers, and stakeholders to understand mission challenges and build trust.
- Translate customer mission needs into actionable technical requirements and roadmaps.
- Lead and mentor multidisciplinary teams, coaching technical staff and fostering innovation, ownership, and technical excellence.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
