Coordinate with customers, stakeholders, program functions, and technical teams on architecture design and implementation Understand needs and capability gaps and develop associated architectural vision and solution strategies.
Develop and maintain the target architecture and technology roadmap.
Align multiple efforts and functions to effectively integrate systems, processes, and plans to meet evolving needs.
Design and own end-to-end solution architecture that meets customer mission and operational objectives, needs, and requirements. Identify secure, robust, flexible, and efficient solutions.
Define a concept of operations and the procedures and tools required to enable delivery of associated products and services.
Integrate system architecture considerations and support activities across system lifecycle.
Define system boundaries, interfaces, dependencies, and data flows.
Guide and validate architecture decisions.
Lead identification and evaluation of solution options through structured analysis of alternatives methods.
Provide input to program risk management activities.
Incorporate human factors, human-system-integration, and organizational change considerations into target architecture implementation planning.
Govern architecture compliance across the project and change management processes Define architecture frameworks, guidance, and best practices to be used.
Establish and maintain an architecture governance framework, including an architecture review process.
Provide architectural review of engineering deliverables and packages.
Develop technical documentation and briefing materials to support engineering, operations, and other needs
Ensure all documentation is accurate, current, and accessible to engineering and operations teams
Required Qualifications:
Active Secret clearance or higher
12+ years of professional experience with five years or more of Architect experience
Bachelor's degree or higher in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a closely related technical field. Four years of professional experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree.
Strong customer and stakeholder engagement skills including demonstrated success in facilitating solution architecture design and planning.
Experience partnering directly with PMO/Program Leadership to integrate architecture into budget planning, contract strategy, and vendor management approaches.
Experience conducting prototype or pilot efforts to validate solution approaches prior to enterprise rollout.
Demonstrated ability to architect solutions that account for sustainment, O&M cost optimization, and lifecycle cost estimation.
Demonstrated success resolving architectural disputes across diverse stakeholder groups using structured decision frameworks (e.g., trade studies).
Strong written and oral communication and leadership skills with demonstrated success in leading technical leadership and teams.
Experience collaborating with non-technical customers, senior leadership, and cross-functional teams including UX Design, Product Management, and other Engineering and Operations functions to design and deliver high-quality solutions.
Experience mentoring engineering teams on architectural patterns, emerging technologies, and solution engineering best practices.
Understanding and hands-on experience supporting federal government IT requirements including cybersecurity risk management processes and controls.
Experience in leading development of common technical architecture documentation artifacts.
Strong engineering background, including expertise in 3 or more of the areas below Software Design and Development
Software Delivery and Operations
System Engineering
Cybers
Requirements
Architectural Design, Building Design, Solution Architecture, Solution Engineering Certifications:
None Experience:
9 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required:
Yes
Job Description:
Benefits
Vision insuranceFlexible schedule
Additional Information
Type of Requisition:
Regular
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Secret
Public Trust/Other Required:
None
Job Family:
Technical Solutions
Job Qualifications:
General Dynamics It · Usa DC, WA