Platform Solutions Architect

Overview

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high‑impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth, we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers, in both the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice, producing Results that Matter. Come work with the best!

We offer opportunity, unique challenges, and clear‑sighted commitment to the mission. SPA:
Objective. Responsive. Trusted.

The Space and Intelligence Division provides professional services to the US Space Force, Combatant Commands, Intelligence Community, and NASA. Our work includes enterprise architectural assessments, systems engineering and integration, test, planning and execution, cost estimating and analysis, acquisition support, and cybersecurity. We are trusted partners developing approaches and concepts to meet emerging high priority needs, assessing cutting‑edge technologies, and supporting capabilities for our National Defense.

Come join the fastest growing Division at Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc.!

The Space Systems Group (SSG), part of SPA’s Space and Intelligence Division, provides timely and objective assessments and recommendations integrating technical, operational, programmatic, policy and business analysis. We focus on our key clients in the Space community including the US Space Force’s Space Systems Command (USSF/SSC), one of the three designated Field Commands under USSF. We work tirelessly to provide integrated solutions based on information and communications throughout the chain of command.

We provide clear and consistent analysis and recommendations which are aligned to strategic and leadership goals while balancing the ability to execute on time and on budget within the technical communities. Come join an organization responsible for being a key enabler of Space power!

SPA has an immediate need for a Platform Solutions Architect.

SPA is seeking a Platform Solutions Architect to join a high‑performing team responsible for designing, evolving, and sustaining a secure, mission‑critical software delivery platform supporting national security systems. This role operates at the intersection of platform engineering, cloud‑native architecture, Dev Sec Ops , and mission systems engineering. The selected architect will work alongside a team of senior engineers and architects to define the current and future architecture of a complex platform ecosystem, ensuring it remains resilient, secure, scalable, and capable of supporting demanding operational missions.

The platform integrates secure cloud and on‑prem infrastructure, automated Dev Sec Ops  pipelines, container orchestration, enterprise identity services, observability frameworks, and mission application hosting environments into a unified capability designed to deliver operational software rapidly and securely. This position is not a purely conceptual architecture role. The successful candidate must be comfortable understanding technical systems, conducting research, building architectural artifacts, prototyping new capabilities, and defending technical decisions to senior stakeholders.

The architect will play a critical role in shaping the platform’s future architecture, introducing new capabilities, and improving resilience, security, and mission performance.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Platform Architecture Development: Contribute to the architectural evolution of a secure hybrid cloud platform supporting mission‑critical software development and operations. Document and analyze the current‑state ("as‑is") platform architecture and develop forward‑looking target architectures ("to‑be") that guide platform modernization and expansion.
• Future Platform Capability Design: Identify emerging technologies and architectural approaches that can enhance platform capability. Propose and evaluate candidate technologies through structured technical analysis and experimentation.
• Architecture Prototyping and Innovation: Develop prototypes, technical…