Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Solutions Architect to establish strategic solution vision and design and create complex solution architectures, define requirements, and author design documentation and related technical artifacts that drive current and future program results. This position supports a DoD network infrastructure team and is remote other than 2-3 days a year onsite for annual meetings at Ft. Meade, MD or Scott AFB, IL.

Must have active Secret clearance.

Primary Responsibilities:

Architecture and Design

• Own the solution architecture of a large, cloud-based operations support system platform, responsible for the architecture and design, and accountable for creating and implementing innovative technical solutions for the GSM-O program.
• Lead architectural design and technical planning, including roadmap development and implementation of modern techniques and technologies such as Cloud (AWS), Software Defined Networking (SDN), AIOps, AI/ML, Elasticsearch, and Kafka.
• Develop and maintain complex solution architectures and design documentation, ensure alignment with strategic objectives and program goals, integrate new technologies into architectures, and evaluate tools for high-quality delivery. Maintain a forward-looking perspective on industry trends and emerging technologies.
• Support innovation planning, analytical research, architecture, and design development across the innovations portfolio, and analyze government customer requirements to develop system requirements specifications.
• Perform data gathering, requirements definition and analysis, use case development, gap analysis, dependency analysis and management, develop functional and design specifications, and provide measurable input to new solutions, processes, or standards to achieve functional/project objectives.
• Facilitate problem-solving to manage risk, remove impediments, drive program-level continuous improvement, validate system characteristics, properties and behaviors, and enable early feedback.
• Own the resolution of complex technical challenges as they arise, leveraging technical expertise and problem-solving skills.
• Perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost/risk, and supportability effectiveness analyzes for systems across the DISN and GSM-O.
• Support evaluation of new technologies, platforms or enhancements which could expand or enhance the program.
• Support the design, implementation, and execution of test cases and testing framework for the instantiation of infrastructure as code in environment to verify the quality of deployed code. Author and execute User Acceptance strategies, plans and scripts for the innovation’s deployment.

Collaboration

• Collaborate with stakeholders, including customers, vendors, and government personnel, to define technical solutions, resolve dependencies, and drive positive change within the program.
• Work with the team leadership to define technical priorities, establish logical and physical architectures, and lead technical designs.
• Conduct senior-level customer presentations and demonstrations, and interface with government customers to brief technical solutions, status, and issues.
• Collaborate with colleagues, process owners, technical leads, and other process stakeholders to monitor and report technical variances and facilitate resolution of technical issues.
• Negotiate and manage project scope, timelines, and budgets, and resolve challenges through planning adjustments.
• Guide government customers in formulating functional, hardware, and/or software requirements, advises alternative approaches, and conducts feasibility studies

Basic Qualifications

• Hold an active security certification that meets DOD 8570 IAT level II or higher.
• Maintain an active Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and 12+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 8+ years or prior relevant experience. Experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.
• Ability to travel to customer sites (<15%) when necessary.
• Experience leading strategy development, architecture creation, design, development, and delivery of data driven capabilities, within a DoD environment.
• Demonstrated ability to drive technological innovation and serve as an agent of change within an organization.
• Strong technical breadth and depth in support of the government markets, particularly in government network design, implementation, operations, and modernization.
• Familiarity with networking fundamentals, and experience designing network-based solutions including BGP, MPLS, IP, and optical networking concepts, tools, and practices, as well as understanding of network routing devices and network device configurations.
• Experience architecting large scale cloud native architecture design utilizing industry security standards.
• Experience with data architectures and pipelines for structured, unstructured, and semi-structured data across various data repositories and data lakes.
• Experience with front-end technologies, UI/UX design, and Agile DevSecOps tools, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experienced professional in contract performance with demonstrated technical lead and customer relationship building in the performance and growth of contracts.
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages, cloud computing, distributed systems, and microservices architecture.
• Ability to prioritize strict deadlines across concurrent activities on a fast-paced project.
• Experience working with Linux operating system, and operating system commands.
• Familiarity with web services and REST APIs

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with AI/ML models for processing and analyzing large datasets, AI/ML-based Automation, and AIOps concepts.
• Proven expertise in mission software solutions related to data science, machine learning, or similar technologies.
• Strong proficiency in scalable microservices, UI/UX design, and full-stack development.

• Experience with DISA and DoD Networks and processes, DoD Cybersecurity accreditation processes, DISA operations and Cyber Risk Management Processes,
• Experience architecting cloud-based AWS services, SecDevOps processes, cloud migrations, and cloud enterprise software implementations.
• Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps, Configuration as Code, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD implementation.
• Experience architecting solutions for Elastic, Kibana, Kafka, Robotic Process Automation (UiPath), and ServiceNow.
• Completed certifications in system architecture, cloud, or network solutions (e.g., AWS, Cisco, Juniper).
• Experience with cloud-based - specifically AWS - enterprise implementations.
• Experience with big data applications.

Compensation:

• $150,000-160,000k**depending on experience and degree**
• Full Benefits -Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Paid Holidays, PTO, Sick Leave if required by law

This job opens for applications on 4/16/2025. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date

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Job Id:
140127

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Job Location:
Fort Meade, MD

Security Clearance:
Secret

Business Unit:
Zachary Piper

Division:
Zachary Piper Solutions

Position Owner:
Gillian Contillo