Senior Solutions Architect
Data Systems Analysts, Inc.2 months ago
Fairfax, VA, USASenior
Base Salary
$175k - $225k/yr
Responsibilities
- Analyze RFI/RFP requirements and translate customer mission needs into integrated, compliant, differentiated, and executable technical solutions.
- Develop solution sketches, concepts of operation, architecture outlines, requirements traceability, risks, assumptions, benefits, evidence, and discriminators.
- Draft and refine technical proposal sections, system descriptions, approach narratives, white papers, capability briefs, process flows, and operational concepts.
- Participate in solutioning sessions, color team reviews, requirements workshops, and meetings with multidisciplinary subject-matter experts.
- Create and maintain architecture diagrams, workflow charts, solution models, technical libraries, templates, and reusable solution assets.
- Document LCNC automation flows, AI-enabled solution concepts, data-driven approaches, and productized solution lifecycle artifacts.
- Apply DoD and federal architecture, cybersecurity, cloud, interoperability, data, and engineering guidance to opportunities.
- Collaborate with engineering, cyber, logistics, IT, sustainment, capture, and partner teams to validate technical accuracy and positioning.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, military experience, certifications, and relevant professional experience.
- 10+ years of experience in solution architecture, systems engineering, cybersecurity, cloud, software, or C5ISR.
- Strong analytical, technical writing, documentation, detail, and compliance skills.
- Ability to learn cloud, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, LCNC, and AI/ML technologies quickly.
- Active Secret clearance or eligibility for a Secret clearance.
- Understanding of DoD IT standards, security controls, compliance frameworks, RMF, NIST 800-53, and FIPS 140-2/3.
- Experience with AWS or Azure cloud platforms in government environments.
- Understanding of AI and ML requirements for government use and familiarity with context and prompt engineering methods.
- Familiarity with federal RFP structures, proposal processes, acquisition terminology, DoD architecture frameworks, or related government environments.
- Preferred qualifications include AWS or Azure Solutions Architect certification, experience with DoD systems and modernization efforts, LCNC platforms, technical artifacts, APMP, and Shipley methods.
Benefits
- The posted base salary range is $175,000–$225,000 USD.
- The role supports DoD, Intelligence Community, and Federal Civilian missions and requires an active or obtainable Secret clearance; security clearances may require U.S. citizenship and government investigation.
- DSA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and conducts background checks where permitted by law.
About Data Systems Analysts, Inc.
Data Systems Analysts, Inc. (DSA) delivers IT and operational-technology services—including systems engineering, software development, cybersecurity, data analytics, and cloud solutions—to U.S. defense, federal, and critical-infrastructure customers. The company is 100% employee-owned, founded in 1963, and headquartered in Trevose, Pennsylvania. DSA’s work spans DevSecOps, enterprise collaboration, and industrial data platforms such as the OSIsoft PI System.