Principal Solutions Architect

The Principal Enterprise Solution Architect builds detailed architecture blueprints and software product roadmaps to enable solving business problems of highest priority and complexity. They must have a high degree of understanding of the customer requirement elicitation process and must be able to take those requirements and map to software roadmaps. The Solution Architect ensures solutions align to Enterprise Architecture strategies, standards, and patterns across business, data, applications, and infrastructure architecture layers. He/she facilitates coordination with business area leadership, architects, and SMEs within the assigned business organizations, as well as BD leadership. He/she also acts as a primary source on prioritization decisions along with Technology and BD on software pipeline decisions. The Solution Architect stays current on applicable technologies to the TRAX product line and drives the incorporation of new and emerging technologies into the existing infrastructure, ensuring continuous innovation and relevance in the market.

The Mission Solutions and Technologies (MST) business area provides affordable, turn-key command/control, communications, integrated ISR, force protection and security solutions worldwide. The MST team has a long legacy of supporting the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, commercial and international customers with years of experience in platform operations, engineering and full lifecycle management across domains – air, land, sea, space and cyber.

Responsibilities:

• Customer Demonstrations: Responsible for designing and executing demonstrations for potential customers to support Business Development initiatives, showcasing the capabilities and benefits of TRAX solutions.
• Requirements Elicitation and Prioritization: Lead the process of gathering and prioritizing customer requirements to support Agile software development roadmaps, ensuring alignment with mission objectives and software product management goals.
• Architecture Development: Build detailed architecture blueprints and software product roadmaps that solve high-priority and complex business problems, ensuring solutions align with Enterprise Architecture strategies, standards, and patterns across business, data, applications, and infrastructure layers.
• Emerging Technology Integration: Drive the incorporation of new and emerging technologies into the existing TRAX infrastructure through active participation in Internal Research and Development (IRAD) initiatives, enhancing product capabilities and future-proofing the TRAX product line.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Facilitate coordination with business area leadership, architects, and SMEs within the assigned business organizations, as well as Business Development leadership, to ensure cohesive strategy and execution.
• Travel Requirements: Travel up to 50% annually for customer engagement, business development, exercise support, and integration support to end users, ensuring hands-on involvement and direct customer interaction.
• Decision-Making Support: Act as a primary source for prioritization decisions along with Technology and Business Development teams on software pipeline decisions, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and customer needs.
• Staying Current on Technologies: Maintain up-to-date knowledge of applicable technologies to the TRAX product line and JADC2 strategies, efforts, and technologies, ensuring ongoing innovation and market relevance.
• Active participation in Internal Research and Development (IRAD) initiatives, integrating emerging technologies into the existing infrastructure to enhance and future-proof the TRAX product line.
   

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Typically, 14+ years experience as a Solution Architect or similar role, with a strong background in designing and implementing technical solutions.
• Extensive knowledge of enterprise architecture, system integration, and software development methodologies.
• Proficiency in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and related services.
• Strong understanding of security, scalability, and performance considerations in solution design.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and strategically.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and drive consensus among stakeholders.
• Progressive hands-on experience with wireless networks, tactical communications, and personal computers, including experience in drafting reference architectures, designing, developing, and integrating applications
• Proven ability to manage vendor relationships effectively
• Strong communication skills and the ability to interface with custome