Solutions Architect

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG) • Morgantown, WV

5d • $109,623 - $126,790 • Remote

About The Position

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is hiring a Solutions Architect Principal to support the Department of Veterans Affairs. This is a full-time, 100% U.S.-based remote W-2 position requiring U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI). Candidates residing in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, or Washington will not be considered. The salary range is $109,623–$126,790.

The role develops comprehensive, technically sound, and price-competitive solutions for customer requirements, collaborating with business development, capture, proposal, and technical teams. It includes coordinating technical staffing and proposal contributions, providing subject matter expertise on technical, schedule, cost, and risk considerations, and contributing to concepts, techniques, and standards. The architect is expected to establish goals, guide team members, resolve complex problems, and ensure solutions align with organizational objectives.

The position works closely with the Enterprise Architect to design, implement, and govern secure, scalable, and highly available Azure cloud architectures aligned with enterprise standards, business objectives, security requirements, and government cloud best practices. The work covers Azure infrastructure and services, networking, security, governance, monitoring, cost management, data platforms, DevOps, containers, performance, reliability, and disaster recovery.

Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or a related technical discipline, and the posting lists 10+ years of professional experience in software testing, quality assurance, or system validation. U.S. citizenship is required. Applicants selected are subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and be able to obtain a government-granted security clearance. Background investigation may include criminal history, employment and education verification, drug testing, and creditworthiness. Interviews are conducted on Microsoft Teams with the camera on, and applicants will be asked to provide a LinkedIn profile link.

Requirements

• A proven track record designing, deploying, and managing Azure infrastructure and services.
• Experience with large-scale, highly available, scalable cloud architecture.
• Extensive experience with Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, Azure SQL Database, Azure Virtual Network (VNet), Azure Functions, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, Azure Monitor, and Azure DNS.
• Experience implementing Azure security services and practices, including Microsoft Entra ID, Azure DDoS Protection, Azure Firewall, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and Web Application Firewall (WAF).
• Strong understanding of Azure networking, including VNet peering, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, Private Link, and hybrid connectivity architectures.
• Ability to design, deploy, and manage secure, scalable, highly available Azure solutions for enterprise business requirements.
• Experience establishing and governing multi-subscription Azure environments using Azure Management Groups, Azure Policy, and Azure Landing Zones.
• Knowledge of cloud financial management, including Azure Cost Management, budgeting, resource optimization, and cost governance strategies.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, PowerShell, Azure CLI, and other automation frameworks; scripting languages listed also include Bash and NodeJS.
• Expertise with monitoring, logging, and observability solutions such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Microsoft Sentinel, and third-party monitoring platforms.
• Experience troubleshooting and optimizing performance, availability, and reliability of Azure resources and workloads.
• Strong understanding of Azure security architecture, governance, compliance, and regulatory frameworks, including HIPAA, GDPR, PCI DSS, and industry-specific standards.
• Experience implementing encryption, key management, identity management, and privileged access controls using Azure Key Vault and Microsoft Entra ID.
• Knowledge of Azure data platform services, including Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Azure Data Lake Storage.
• Experience with database performance optimization, high-availability configurations, backup and recovery planning, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Familiarity with CI/CD methodologies and DevOps practices using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, and related deployment tools.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Apps, and Azure Container Instances.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to diagnose and resolve complex cloud infrastructure, networking, application, and cloud-related issues.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts to business-focused and non-technical stakeholders and executives.
• Ability to prioritize competing initiatives, manage multiple workstreams, and deliver high-quality outcomes within established timelines.
• Strong attention to detail to ensure operational excellence, system reliability and stability, security, and data integrity.
• Ability to mentor engineers, architects, and technical teams and foster knowledge sharing and technical growth.
• Experience leading cloud transformation initiatives and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Strong documentation and architectural design skills, including creating and maintaining solution designs, standards, system configurations, operational procedures, processes, and governance documentation.
• Ability to manage and contribute to multiple complex projects while ensuring successful delivery and adherence to architectural standards.
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with Azure and cloud technologies, tools, security trends, and industry best practices.
• 10+ years of professional experience in software testing, quality assurance, or system validation, as stated in the posting.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• U.S. citizenship is required for this opportunity.
• Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI); selected applicants must meet applicable government investigation and clearance eligibility requirements.
• Applications must be consistent with the applicant’s resume; third-party or recruiter submissions will not be considered.

Nice To Haves

• Deep hands-on EDIFECS experience with Electronic Data Interchange X.12 (EDI) transaction standards and key X12 workflows.
• Experience with X.12 medical claims transactions, including 837, 834, 835, and 277.
• Experience with 270/271 and 278/275 transactions.
• Experience with 999 transactions.
• Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert certification.
• Azure Administrator Associate certification.
• Azure Security Engineer Associate certification.

Responsibilities

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of customer requirements using domain expertise.
• Lead development of complete solutions that meet requirements and result in price-competitive proposals.
• Collaborate with business development, capture, proposal, and other team members to optimize proposed solutions.
• Identify technical staffing needs for Pre-Bid and Proposal (B&P) and B&P activities.
• Coordinate assignment of technical personnel to proposal efforts.
• Coordinate with technical leadership and contributors on solution development, proposal writing, and estimating.
• Provide subject matter expertise to meet customer technical, schedule, and cost requirements within applicable risk parameters.
• Work with the Enterprise Architect to design, implement, and govern secure, scalable, highly available Azure cloud architectures aligned with enterprise standards, business objectives, security requirements, and government cloud best practices.
• Contribute to the development of new concepts, techniques, and standards.
• Establish goals to meet assigned objectives and provide guidance to team members in accordance with established policies.
• Develop innovative solutions to complex problems and ensure solutions are consistent with organizational objectives.
• Determine technical objectives of assignments.
• Design, deploy, and manage Azure infrastructure and services, including large-scale, high-availability cloud architectures.
• Establish and govern multi-subscription Azure environments using Azure Management Groups, Azure Policy, and Azure Landing Zones.
• Apply cloud financial management practices, including budgeting, resource optimization, and cost governance.
• Use scripting and automation to manage cloud environments.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions and troubleshoot and optimize Azure workload performance, availability, and reliability.
• Apply Azure security architecture, governance, compliance, encryption, key management, identity management, and privileged access controls.
• Design and manage Azure data platforms, database performance, high availability, backup and recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Use CI/CD methodologies and DevOps practices, and work with containerization and orchestration technologies.
• Mentor engineers, architects, and technical teams and foster knowledge sharing and technical growth.
• Lead cloud transformation initiatives and collaborate across infrastructure, security, development, and business organizations.
• Create and maintain solution designs, standards, operational procedures, and governance documentation.
• Manage and contribute to multiple complex projects while meeting timelines and architectural standards.
• Stay current with Azure technologies, cloud-native architectures, security trends, and industry best practices.

What This Job Offers

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