Principal Solutions Architect, Supply Chain & Logistics

LMI • Washington, DC

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About The Position

LMI is seeking an experienced Principal Solutions Architect to shape, integrate, and advance technology-enabled solutions supporting federal supply chain, logistics, industrial base, and sustainment missions. This senior technical leader will work across existing programs and growth opportunities, translating complex mission challenges into integrated solutions that use LMI’s platforms, data assets, analytical capabilities, and domain expertise.

Working with market leadership, business development, product teams, and program delivery organizations, the architect will establish technical direction, differentiate solutions, and promote scalable, reusable capabilities. The role involves advising program teams, collaborating with developers and data scientists, and engaging senior government stakeholders to identify opportunities and communicate LMI’s technical value. The position calls for strategic thinking, technical credibility, commercial acumen, and the ability to influence outcomes across a diverse portfolio.

LMI describes itself as a digital solutions provider focused on accelerating government impact through innovation and speed. It invests in technology and prototypes ahead of need and brings commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, Operations Research, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in solution architecture, systems engineering, technical consulting, technology strategy, or related roles, including support for complex federal technology programs or initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience developing integrated technical solutions that combine multiple systems, data sources, analytical capabilities, or software applications to address enterprise or mission-level requirements.
• Strong understanding of federal supply chain, logistics, industrial base, acquisition, or sustainment missions, including associated operational challenges, data environments, and technology requirements.
• Working knowledge of modern data architectures, cloud technologies, application integration, APIs, data engineering, advanced analytics, and AI/ML, and ability to evaluate approaches and guide multidisciplinary implementation teams.
• Experience supporting business development, technical capture, solution engineering, or customer-facing technical engagements, including translating requirements into solution architectures, demonstrations, or proposals.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences, influence cross-functional stakeholders, and advise senior government or industry leaders.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in a relevant technical, engineering, analytical, or business discipline.
• Experience supporting Department of Defense logistics, sustainment, supply chain risk management, defense industrial base, or contested logistics missions, including familiarity with relevant DoD data environments and enterprise systems.
• Experience architecting solutions using modeling and simulation, optimization, graph analytics, supply chain risk intelligence, digital twins, or AI-enabled decision-support capabilities.
• Demonstrated success developing technical solutions that contributed to federal contract wins, customer expansion, technology adoption, or repeatable commercial or government offerings.
• Experience with technology product development, platform integration, technical roadmap planning, and collaboration across distributed engineering, product, and program delivery organizations.

Responsibilities

• Shape technical strategy and solution direction across supply chain, logistics, industrial base, and sustainment programs and growth opportunities, aligning technology capabilities and investments with customer mission needs.
• Architect integrated, mission-focused solutions combining LMI platforms, analytical models, data assets, commercial technologies, and subject matter expertise.
• Provide senior technical advice to active programs, identifying opportunities to modernize architectures, improve interoperability, introduce emerging technologies, and expand customer value.
• Lead technical solution development for business development and capture efforts, including assessing opportunities, developing solution concepts, defining technical approaches, and contributing to proposals.
• Engage government customers and mission stakeholders to understand operational challenges, assess requirements, communicate solution alternatives, and demonstrate LMI capabilities.
• Develop and deliver technical demonstrations, prototypes, and proofs of concept with product developers, engineers, data scientists, and mission experts.
• Identify opportunities to integrate, reuse, and scale technology capabilities across programs and customers, and help turn successful approaches into repeatable offerings.
• Collaborate with product and technology leadership on capability roadmaps, technical investments, integration requirements, and alignment of product development with market opportunities.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, data sources, and approaches—including AI, machine learning, modeling and simulation, optimization, and modern data platforms—for federal supply chain and logistics missions.
• Serve as a technical thought leader and trusted advisor through customer briefings, workshops, strategic partnerships, industry engagements, and internal knowledge sharing.

Benefits

• Target salary range of $160,000–$200,000; the posting states this is not a guarantee and that individual salaries depend on factors including location, internal equity, business considerations, client contract requirements, and candidate qualifications.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal