Senior Solutions Architect (FedS063)

Defense Unicorns

162d

About The Position

The Senior Solutions Architect will deliver guidance, support, and enablement for Unicorn Delivery Service projects and capabilities. The role works with technical groups to support mission impact through technical expertise, proactive assistance, and strategic insights, and helps ensure a successful customer experience from initial engagement through transition to longer-term execution. The position also involves customer advising, engineering team leadership, solution architecture, proof-of-concept management, and hands-on work with delivery pipelines and packages.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required because the employer is a contractor for the U.S. Government.
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, including 1+ years in a manager role.
• Proven track record of leading and developing high-performing engineering teams.
• Extensive knowledge of containerization and container orchestration, specifically Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of system architecture in cloud and on-premises environments.
• Ability to architect solutions based on potential customer requirements and articulate those solutions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to collaborate, persuade, and negotiate effectively.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret complex data for informed decision-making.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or JavaScript and familiarity with web technologies.
• Self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Experience with training and mentoring.
• Experience with full-stack development.
• Understanding of continuous delivery and agile principles.
• 4+ years of experience with full-stack development teams.
• 5+ years of experience with Defense-based customer-facing interactions and engagements.
• Proven experience synthesizing technical solutions and making sense of them.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and containers.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred knowledge of the CNCF ecosystem and tooling.
• Experience in growth engineering, digital marketing, or related roles within a tech startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor for customers and their technical needs, challenges, and goals.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers, fostering continuous learning, growth, and support of customer engagements.
• Understand and articulate the technical competency and impact of engineers on the team.
• Understand Defense Unicorns' products and philosophy.
• Assist the team in discovery and framing efforts across the industry.
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase team efficiency and effectiveness.
• Assist with product demonstrations and content creation.
• Manage proof-of-concept work.
• Build and maintain continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Build, deploy, test, and troubleshoot UDS Bundles, Zarf packages, and UDS packages.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on brainstorming, research, and growth strategies.
• Conduct market research and competitor analysis to identify growth opportunities.
• Stay current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to growth hacking and user acquisition.
• Experiment with tools, techniques, and technologies to improve growth outcomes.
• Adapt to additional responsibilities as organizational needs evolve.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed