Solutions Architect (Public Sector)
Niantic Spatial3 months ago
Remote, United States or San Francisco, CA, USASenior
Base Salary
$171k - $215k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own technical engagement and success for assigned federal accounts from discovery through operational implementation and transition.
- Design end-to-end logical and physical solution architectures covering deployment, scaling, reliability, security, and accreditation for federal and classified environments.
- Lead technical workshops and translate mission objectives, requirements, and success criteria into implementation-ready designs.
- Advise on cloud, hybrid, on-premises, tactical edge, and air-gapped or classified deployment tradeoffs, and deliver customer and conference demonstrations.
- Shape opportunities before formal RFI/RFP release and serve as the primary technical author for federal solicitations and proposals.
- Lead proposal content covering solution approach, architecture, integration, security, risk mitigation, accreditation, and compliance.
- Define integration patterns, APIs, data flows, runbooks, deployment and upgrade approaches, and sustainment models for federal environments.
- Account for cybersecurity and compliance requirements such as RMF packages, ATO processes, DoD Cloud Computing SRG impact levels, and TS-aligned environments.
- Communicate customer needs to Product Management and Engineering, influencing roadmap priorities and identifying productization opportunities.
- Partner with delivery teams and partners on implementation, escalations, tuning, accreditation, post-launch adoption, and transition to sustained operations.
- Maintain repeatable demonstrations for Department of War, Intelligence Community, and Federal Civilian prospects and use feedback to inform proposals and the roadmap.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of experience in Solutions Architecture, Systems Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Customer Engineering, Technical Consulting, or technical program delivery supporting U.S. Federal customers.
- Experience shaping opportunities before RFP release and authoring technical proposal content, including narratives, diagrams, and compliance responses.
- Strong architecture fundamentals across cloud and hybrid deployments, tactical edge, networking, identity, security controls, enterprise integration, APIs, data pipelines, and regulated federal environments.
- Ability to translate mission needs into implementable architectures and explain tradeoffs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Excellent written communication and ability to produce high-quality technical proposal content under deadline.
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance are required.
- Active Secret, TS, or TS/SCI clearance or prior clearance eligibility is preferred.
- Experience with geospatial or spatial computing, mapping/GIS, AI, robotics, or mission-critical deployments is preferred.
- Familiarity with federal reference architectures and compliance frameworks including NIST 800-53/RMF, FedRAMP, DoD Cloud Computing SRG, or CMMC is preferred.
- Experience partnering with Product Management to translate customer requirements into roadmap outcomes is preferred.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits, annual bonus, and equity are offered.
- Remote work is available in Washington, DC/National Capital Region or the San Francisco Bay Area.
- San Francisco employees work in a hybrid model at least 3 days per week in the office.
- U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance are required; visa sponsorship is unavailable.
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Niantic Spatial
Niantic Spatial builds computer‑vision and spatial computing software that maps real‑world environments and localizes people and machines within them. The company offers a platform with APIs and SDKs for creating AI‑native digital twins, visual positioning, and spatial question‑answering, serving robotics, AR/VR, defense, and industrial operations. Privately held, it sells its technology to enterprises that need precise, geometrically accurate understanding of physical spaces beyond GPS or screen‑bound systems.