Solutions Architect

NT Concepts • Vienna, VA

2d • $131,376 - $243,984 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Solutions Architect on the solutions delivery team, you will help advance the digital transformation of critical government systems through mission-focused projects. The team explores new ideas and technologies, emphasizes collaboration, feedback, and iteration, follows lean agile practices, and uses DataOps, DevSecOps, and MLOps approaches to automate first. The role calls for a technically independent, collaborative problem solver with subject matter expertise in secure cloud and cybersecurity solutions and a desire to address customers’ technical and data challenges.

The Solutions Architect evaluates project and program needs and determines how best to support them using software, hardware, or infrastructure. The role facilitates communication between business stakeholders and development teams so technical designs and implementations remain aligned with business needs. It requires understanding organizational operations and client objectives, and leadership in identifying business goals and establishing solution requirements.

The position is hybrid, based onsite in Vienna, Virginia, and Chantilly, Virginia, with up to three days remote. Remote flexibility may change based on program needs. An active TS/SCI clearance is required. The role requires prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer, and the ability to lift up to 10–15 pounds at times.

The Virginia pay range is $131,376–$243,984 USD. Compensation within the range depends on job-related factors such as work location, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, experience, contract affordability, and organizational requirements.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• 8 or more years of relevant experience in engineering lifecycle software solutions.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline; additional experience may be substituted for education.
• Experience with multimedia streaming technologies and video-processing workflows, including encoding, transcoding, and clipping.
• Experience with Python, Java, Node.js, TypeScript, and other scripting languages.
• Strong understanding of architectural design principles and patterns.
• Experience modernizing legacy applications and performing major technology upgrades.
• Familiarity with the ATO process.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and team members.
• Experience performing code reviews and enforcing appropriate code review standards across a team.
• Experience managing code versioning with Git, GitHub, or similar tools.
• Experience developing and maintaining complex systems integrating COTS, GOTS, and open-source components.
• Experience leveraging Generative AI tools.
• Experience supporting the Intelligence Community (IC).

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with databases, preferably DynamoDB.
• Experience with CrafterCMS deployment and infrastructure management.
• Experience with ElasticSearch and OpenSearch deployment, configuration, and optimization.
• Experience with Fargate containerization software.
• Experience maintaining infrastructure in a cloud environment, such as Amazon or Azure.
• Familiarity with enterprise operating systems such as Windows and Linux.
• Demonstrated ability to engage effectively with Information System Security Managers (ISSMs) to ensure software security compliance.

Responsibilities

• Work as a technical leader alongside customer business and development teams.
• Design and develop solutions to complex application problems, systems administration issues, and network concerns.
• Design and build applications using container and serverless technologies, cloud-native microservices, and API design and implementation patterns.
• Perform systems management and integration functions.
• Analyze science, engineering, business, and other data-processing problems for application to electronic data-processing systems.
• Analyze user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems, and review computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations.
• Analyze or recommend commercially available software, as needed.
• Incorporate engineering strategies for introducing new technology into enterprise infrastructure-related business processes.
• Develop future technology and architectural advancements to support architectural strategy, technology migration, integration, and evolution.
• Deliver projects using Agile or iterative software development methodologies.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits.
• Professional growth opportunities.
• Opportunities to bolster skills and develop new abilities.

What This Job Offers

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