Solutions Architect

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG) • Ashburn, VA

4d • $109,623 - $126,790 • Remote

About The Position

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Solutions Architect for a full-time, 100% U.S.-based remote position supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs. The role focuses on understanding customer requirements and developing complete, price-competitive technical solutions for proposals. The Solutions Architect collaborates with business development, capture, proposal, technical leadership, and technical contributors, and coordinates technical staffing for pre-bid and proposal activities.

The position also works closely with the Enterprise Architect to design, implement, and govern secure, scalable, highly available Azure cloud architectures. Solutions must align with enterprise standards, business objectives, security requirements, and government cloud best practices. The role contributes to concepts, techniques, and standards; establishes goals for assigned objectives; guides team members; and develops solutions to complex technical problems.

The opportunity requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI). Candidates in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, or Washington will not be considered. This is a W-2 position. The salary range is $109,623–$126,790. Applicants may be subject to a government security investigation and background checks.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software testing, quality assurance, or system validation experience.
• 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).
• Proven track record designing, deploying, and managing Azure infrastructure and services, including large-scale, highly available, scalable cloud architectures.
• Extensive experience with Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, Azure SQL Database, Azure Virtual Network, Azure Functions, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Azure Resource Manager 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.
• 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 cloud solutions for enterprise business requirements.
• Experience governing multi-subscription Azure environments with Azure Management Groups, Azure Policy, and Azure Landing Zones.
• Knowledge of cloud financial management, Azure Cost Management, budgeting, resource optimization, and cost governance.
• Proficiency in automation and scripting using Python, PowerShell, Azure CLI, and related frameworks; scripting languages may also include Bash or NodeJS.
• Expertise with monitoring, logging, and observability tools such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Microsoft Sentinel, and third-party platforms.
• Experience troubleshooting and optimizing Azure resource and workload performance, availability, and reliability.
• Understanding of Azure security architecture, governance, compliance, and regulatory frameworks, including HIPAA, GDPR, PCI DSS, and applicable industry standards.
• Experience with 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, 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, Azure Container Apps, and Azure Container Instances.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including diagnosing complex cloud infrastructure, networking, application, and cloud-related issues.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including explaining complex technical concepts to business-focused and non-technical stakeholders and executives.
• Ability to prioritize competing initiatives, manage multiple workstreams and complex projects, and deliver high-quality outcomes within established timelines.
• Strong attention to detail supporting 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 across infrastructure, security, development, and business organizations.
• Strong architectural design and documentation skills, including creating and maintaining solution designs, standards, operational procedures, configurations, processes, and governance documentation.
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with Azure technologies, cloud-native architectures, security trends, tools, and industry best practices.
• Applicants must provide answers to mandatory screening questions that are supported by their resumes; inconsistent applications will not be considered.

Nice To Haves

• Deep hands-on EDIFECS experience with Electronic Data Interchange X.12 transaction standards and workflows, including medical claims transactions 837, 834, 835, and 277.
• Experience with X.12 270/271 and 278/275 transactions.
• Experience with 999 transactions.
• Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert certification.
• Azure Administrator Associate certification.
• Azure Security Engineer Associate certification.
• Military veterans are highly encouraged to apply.

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 activities and coordinate assignment of technical personnel.
• 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 development of new concepts, techniques, and standards.
• Establish goals to meet assigned objectives and provide team members with guidance to achieve goals under established policies.
• Develop innovative solutions to complex problems and ensure solutions are consistent with organizational objectives.
• Determine technical objectives for assignments.
• Design, deploy, and manage Azure infrastructure, services, and enterprise cloud solutions.
• Establish and govern multi-subscription Azure environments using Management Groups, Azure Policy, and Azure Landing Zones.
• Implement cloud security, identity, encryption, key management, and privileged access controls.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize the performance, availability, reliability, security, and cost of Azure resources and workloads.
• Create and maintain solution designs, architectural standards, operational procedures, system configurations, and governance documentation.
• Lead cloud transformation and technical initiatives, collaborate across functional teams, and mentor technical personnel.

What This Job Offers

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