Solution Architect

Leidos • Chantilly, VA

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About The Position

Leidos is hiring a Solutions Architect to join its Mission Solutions team within the Intelligence Sector, serving as a key technical contributor in the CTO organization. The role focuses on architecting mission-aligned technical approaches that combine cybersecurity, network and systems engineering, communications, AI, and emerging technologies to address complex customer and mission challenges. The successful candidate will apply a strong technical foundation, curiosity, and systems thinking while working with subject matter experts, evaluating alternatives, and turning ambiguous problems into well-reasoned technical approaches.

The position supports technical solution development, analysis of mission needs and requirements, capture and proposal activities, research and evaluation of emerging technologies, and communication of solution concepts to engineers, program teams, and leadership. The role collaborates across technical domains and focuses on cybersecurity and resilient architectures; enterprise IT, cloud, and digital modernization; AI and machine learning; communications and spectrum-dependent systems; network and security operations; systems and enterprise engineering; and enterprise solutions architecture. The position reports to the CTO for the Mission Solutions Business Area.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM-related discipline with 12 or more years of relevant technical experience, or a master’s degree with 10 or more years of experience.
• Technical experience in one or more disciplines such as cybersecurity, network engineering, cloud infrastructure, software engineering, communications systems, intelligence and data collection technologies, or mission operations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to interpret requirements and contribute to well-reasoned technical approaches.
• Experience working within or supporting the Intelligence Community, with an understanding of its missions, operational environments, and technical challenges.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to engineers, analysts, and program teams through briefings, documentation, or design discussions.
• Ability to research unfamiliar technical areas, learn concepts quickly, synthesize information from multiple sources, and apply that knowledge to technical problems.
• Familiarity with systems engineering practices, enterprise architecture concepts, or mission communications environments.
• Experience contributing to technical documentation such as design artifacts, concept papers, architecture discussions, whitepapers, or proposal sections.
• Ability to collaborate across technical disciplines and learn new domains as needed to support solution development.
• U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI security clearance with Polygraph.

Nice To Haves

• Experience as a solution architect or technical lead solving problems involving multiple systems, technologies, mission needs, or technical disciplines.
• Technical expertise in one or more mission-critical domains, such as AI/ML, cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure), enterprise and mission networks, cyber defense operations, digital modernization, data collection architectures, or distributed communications systems, with the ability to apply that expertise to shape technology.
• Experience designing, evaluating, or integrating technical capabilities across multiple systems or disciplines, including secure network architectures, cyber defense, cloud environments, data collection platforms, or emerging technologies.
• Awareness of technology ecosystems, vendors, and platforms relevant to mission systems.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams, coordinating diverse expertise to solve complex challenges, develop integrated solutions, and drive technical direction.
• Ability to conduct technical research into new technologies and gather evidence to help shape solutions.
• Ability to work effectively when problems, requirements, or technical solutions are not initially well defined.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design of mission-aligned technical approaches that integrate emerging and established technologies to address customer challenges.
• Analyze mission needs and requirements, break down complex problems, and contribute to well-reasoned solution approaches.
• Support capture and business development activities by contributing to technical narratives, whitepapers, concept papers, and proposal sections under the guidance of experienced solution architects.
• Assist in evaluating emerging capabilities, including AI-driven analytics, cyber resilience frameworks, cybersecurity operations, communications architectures, automation tools, and modeling and simulation technologies, and assess their potential fit in mission solutions.
• Participate in technical discussions and briefings and help communicate solution approaches to engineers, program teams, and leadership.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts across technical domains to build cohesive, multi-domain solutions.

What This Job Offers

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