Senior Solution Architect

Distributed Solutions, Inc.
Reston, VA
The DSI Team is seeking a passionate Senior Solution Architect to join us in developing precise and innovative product solutions built on a sophisticated and forward-looking backend architecture. Join a flat, agile work environment that values passion and a healthy work-life balance.
The ideal candidate will possess a comprehensive understanding of human factors, user-centric design practices, and in-depth engineering design capabilities. You will be integral in everything from ideation to finely tuned design. You will work closely with senior Product Management and Product Development staff to organize and align technical architecture with desired business needs, output content, and structures. The result of this collaboration will be a well-articulated and sound approach to managing technical investment and planning. We are seeking a high-energy individual who can ask thoughtful questions, take risks, champion new ideas, and think critically about prioritizing the business, investment, and technology risks inherent in today’s software product development.

Job Responsibilities:
  • Define and manage the technical product roadmap, setting and continuously managing the right expectations with all relevant stakeholders.
  • Gather requirements from users, customers, sales, support, and internal stakeholders to develop use cases and product requirements, working closely with engineering.
  • Support product marketing in creating customer-focused messaging and crafting outbound messaging and content.
  • Facilitate technical product vision by researching, conceiving, and prototyping product solutions.
  • Give and receive feedback and constructive criticism that can be used to improve technical solutions and refine the solution vision.
  • Identify technical design problems and devise elegant solutions.
  • Present strategic technical design and user-experience decisions related to core and new features.
  • Collaborate with other teams, team members, and stakeholders.
  • Work with developers to match technical design and user experience intent.
  • Contribute to overall Team processes and libraries.
  • Deliver product enablement materials, such as white papers, demos, and videos, to field teams (including sales, consulting, etc.).
  • Maintain a subset of competitive technical analysis for our solutions.
  • Attend trade shows and other events to effectively showcase our solutions.
  • Other duties as assigned.
Required Experience:
  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (e.g., CS, EE) or relevant work experience in product management, development, solutions architecture, or pre-sales engineering.
  • Three or more years of experience in software-relevant Information Architecture, including product management, technical architecture/design, UX Design, analysis, and requisite software/hardware tools. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in designing complex technical solutions for digital environments.
  • Working understanding of SQL, SSL Certificates, and Single Sign-on Configurations
  • Understanding of the ASP.NET application lifecycle from IIS to the DOM with experience with Windows environment, Visual Studio, .NET, SaaS, and Scrum / Agile methodologies
  • Ability to work with stakeholders to understand detailed requirements and design complete user experiences that meet their and users’ needs and visions
  • Familiarity with planning and conducting technical research, rapid prototyping, usability, and accessibility concerns
  • Ability to iterate designs and solutions efficiently and intelligently
  • Ability to work effectively and communicate technical design processes, ideas, rationale, and solutions, including synthesizing abstract visions into concrete design implications to teams and stakeholders
  • Excellent spoken and written communication skills
DSI is a leading provider of knowledge-driven software solutions and subject matter consulting services that address the needs of acquisition professionals. We offer a fun, casual, collaborative working environment for individuals interested in conquering technology barriers, learning by doing, and taking pride in developing superior software manufactured in the USA.

Distributed Solutions, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.

Posted 2025-08-18

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