IT Solutions Architect

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The Solutions Architect is responsible for designing, guiding, and advancing enterprise solutions across Windows infrastructure, Microsoft Azure, and Amazon Web Services. This role works across on-premises and cloud environments to translate business and technical requirements into secure, scalable, supportable, and cost-conscious architecture decisions.

This position requires strong technical depth in Windows systems and cloud platforms, along with the ability to influence decisions, partner across teams, and help move solutions from concept through implementation and operational support. The architect will contribute to platform strategy, modernization efforts, standards development, solution reviews, and technology evaluations, while also mentoring engineers and helping improve infrastructure practices.

• Increase Organizational Scale & Launch Rate
• Be the premier launch provider for United States Government
• Drive down organizational costs
• Design and guide infrastructure and cloud solutions across Windows Server platforms, Azure, and AWS.
• Translate business requirements into secure, scalable, reliable, and supportable architecture designs.
• Partner with infrastructure, security, network, application, and operations teams to develop end-to-end technical solutions.
• Lead or contribute to architecture reviews, design sessions, technical standards, and implementation planning.
• Evaluate current-state environments and recommend improvements for resiliency, performance, security, supportability, and cost optimization.
• Support hybrid-cloud and multicloud architectures integrating on-premises systems with Azure and AWS services.
• Create and maintain architecture diagrams, design documentation, standards, and technical decision records.
• Drive infrastructure patterns for automation, standardization, and operational maturity.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance across implementation, troubleshooting, and production support.
• Participate in technology evaluations and recommend tools, platforms, and architectural direction.
• Collaborate with operations teams to ensure solutions are deployable, monitorable, maintainable, and supportable.
• Identify technical debt, architectural risks, and lifecycle concerns, and recommend practical remediation strategies.

Bachelor

Minimum of 8 years of related work experience

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

Extensive experience with enterprise Windows environments, including server platforms, architecture, administration concepts, and core Microsoft infrastructure services.

Strong knowledge of AWS Services and Microsoft Azure services related to compute, networking, storage, monitoring, and identity, with experience in hybrid infrastructure integrating on-premises systems with cloud services.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, along with strong collaboration skills…