Senior Enterprise Solutions Architect

Bigbear.ai • Hill AFB, UT

2d • Onsite

About The Position

BigBear.ai is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to join its Information Services team at Hill AFB, Utah. The position supports the Strategic Deterrence mission by leading a team of Developers and Engineers on the Sentinel Integration Support Contract (ISC) program. This U.S. Air Force initiative supports the current LGM-30 Minuteman III missiles and transition to the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile system.

The program delivers engineering services for enterprise computing infrastructure, including endpoint devices, cloud services, virtualized applications, and storage systems. It also supports modern application technologies, including containerized solutions and orchestrated workflows operating in the cloud. The role focuses on identifying organizational challenges, designing and integrating enterprise platforms, advising on cybersecurity and operational efficiency, and supporting innovation across IT teams. Applicants must currently reside in the United States.

Requirements

• Must currently reside in the United States.
• High school diploma and 12 or more years of related IT or Program Management experience.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Software, Mathematics, or Physics, or equivalent experience in an applicable domain.
• 14 years of progressive experience in systems integration and analysis of military hardware and software systems or processes, or commercial equivalent; 12 years is accepted with a master’s degree.
• 10 years of experience in system design, integration, and analytical efforts.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, Puppet, or Chef, and DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering concepts.
• Experience supporting large-scale deployments as an administrator.
• Experience with technical project management.
• Previous success developing standards, improving processes, and managing processes.
• Working technical knowledge of network, storage, server, and database technologies.
• Ability to review, analyze, document, and explain technical systems and data.
• Knowledge of migrating or extending on-premises software to the cloud.
• Knowledge of AWS Cloud Platform (IaaS) is preferred.
• SQL skills for reading and interpreting tables and columns.
• User Acceptance Testing experience.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Ability to learn quickly and aggressively.
• AWS Cloud Certification is preferred.
• Microsoft or Oracle certifications are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify business and technical challenges and develop advanced technical solutions for implementation across IT teams and disciplines.
• Lead architectural design of next-generation platforms, ensuring scalability, modularity, and resilience.
• Define integration patterns and APIs to enable interoperability between platform services and third-party systems.
• Advise on and implement solutions that meet high standards for cybersecurity and operational efficiency.
• Provide expert advice on IT best practices, including cybersecurity, system architecture, and cloud management strategies.
• Conduct architecture reviews, identify technical risks, and propose mitigation strategies to IT administrators and senior leadership.
• Guide adoption of emerging technologies, including event-driven architectures, serverless computing, AI-driven automation, Infrastructure as Code, and Configuration as Code.
• Integrate existing on-premises networks with hybrid cloud infrastructures.
• Lead data migration projects, ensuring secure and efficient transfer of critical program data to new systems.
• Provide leadership to a team of Developers and Engineers supporting the government customer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED