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Solutions Architect Principal

  2025-07-10     SAIC     all cities,AK  
Description:

Description

SAIC has an immediate need for a Senior Solutions Architect to be a key contributor in producing world-class mission applications supporting Naval Operational Architecture. The right engineer is delivery-focused, demonstrates strong leadership potential, and is passionate about designing and developing rapid prototypes through modern approaches and methodologies.

This is a remote job. However, if San Diego is not your primary residence, you will be required to travel to San Diego for at least 3 weeks a year for team meetings and administrative tasks. An additional 2 weeks of foreign travel a year to work directly with deployed forces may be requested but not required.

Responsibilities:

  • Technical leadership and coordination across all aspects of the capability portfolio

  • Responsible for ensuring coordination of all interacting systems within the enterprise and its extended environments to include people, ideas, and processes

  • Work collaboratively with others to achieve goals, be a persistent, creative problem ¬solver, and stay on the leading edge of development practices

  • Help to define processes for technical platforms, system specifications, input/output, and working parameters for hardware and/or software compatibility

  • Support and employ the MBSE approach for systems planning, design, execution, and sustainment in coordination with the Lead SE and SE team members

  • Provide technical leadership and input to system architecture and help with re-designs and improvements

  • Attend design sessions and provide technical input considering program priorities and product roadmap

  • Assist in establishing SE processes and tools to accomplish analysis, problem diagnosis and solution design, integration and test preparation, risk assessment and mitigation planning, and related activities

Qualifications

Required Experience:

  • 12+ years in software development, system engineering, or related field, or additional years in lieu of degree.

  • At least 8+ years of experience working as a solutions architect, experience as a Lead or Chief Solutions Architect

  • Experience with DOD C2, ISR, or combat systems (US Navy preferred)

  • Experience with system architecture design

  • Experience with creating a product roadmap

  • Familiarity with MBSE approach and tools or experience with framework/approach similar to MBSE such as Cameo Systems Modeler

  • Ability to work well with people from many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

  • Ability to multi-task and work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

  • Demonstrated ability to participate in cross-functional planning, coordination, and task execution

Preferred Skills and Experience:

  • Experience working within an agile development environment

  • Understanding of modern software and cloud-based architectures such as microservices

Education and Certification Requirements:

  • BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience

  • Security + certification may be required

Required Clearance:

  • US Citizenship required

  • Active Secret clearance required

  • Active TS/SCI Clearance Preferred

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2507321

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability


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