Principal Solutions Architect - AI & Cloud Modernization
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor to Federal customers, helping define AI, cloud, and digital modernization strategies.
- Lead customer workshops, architecture reviews, discovery sessions, executive briefings, and technical whiteboarding.
- Design scalable, secure cloud-native architectures leveraging AWS, Azure, and modern engineering practices.
- Architect AI-enabled solutions utilizing Generative AI, LLMs, AI Agents, intelligent automation, knowledge management, and advanced analytics.
- Translate complex mission challenges into practical, scalable technical roadmaps.
- Develop proofs of concept, demonstrations, and technical accelerators that showcase emerging technologies and differentiated capabilities.
- Present technical demonstrations and innovation strategies to customers, executive leadership, and industry audiences.
- Partner with Capture Managers, Proposal Managers, and Business Development leaders to architect winning technical solutions for large Federal pursuits.
- Lead technical solutioning sessions across engineering, delivery, and business teams.
- Develop technical approaches, solution diagrams, architectures, and proposal content.
- Support oral presentations and executive customer presentations during competitive procurements.
- Create reusable reference architectures, technical frameworks, and innovation assets that strengthen future pursuits.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and identify practical applications for Federal mission environments.
- Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, architects, and delivery teams to ensure solution feasibility and successful implementation.
- Build automation capabilities and reusable technical assets that improve scalability and operational efficiency.
- Apply secure engineering, DevSecOps, and Zero Trust principles throughout the solution lifecycle.
- Represent the organization as a technical thought leader through customer engagements, conferences, white papers, and industry events.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 10+ years of experience in Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Engineering, or Technical Consulting supporting Federal customers.
- Demonstrated experience leading enterprise AI, cloud, application modernization, or digital transformation initiatives.
- Proven success serving as a customer-facing technical advisor with the ability to communicate effectively with executives, mission stakeholders, and technical teams.
- Experience supporting Federal contract pursuits valued at $50M or greater, including technical solutioning, capture, proposal development, or oral presentations.
- Experience leading technical architecture for enterprise cloud modernization efforts using AWS and/or Microsoft Azure.
- Strong understanding of modern application architectures, APIs, containers, Kubernetes, microservices, DevSecOps, and enterprise integration.
- Experience leveraging AI technologies including Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), AI Agents, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI, OpenAI, or similar platforms.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience creating technical documentation, solution architectures, and executive presentations.
- U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust (Secret clearance or higher preferred).
- Python or other modern programming languages.
- AI-assisted software development tools.
- Azure, AWS, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, or similar cloud-native platforms.
- Low-code/no-code platforms such as Power Platform.
- Enterprise data architecture, analytics, and data engineering.
- React, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, REST APIs, and modern application development.
- Zero Trust Architecture and cloud security.
- AI governance, cloud governance, and enterprise data governance.
- Agile, SAFe, and CI/CD delivery environments.
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