Senior Solution Architect

Description

Leidos National Security Sector's Office of Technology is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to support our Decision Advantage Business Area. In this role, you will drive innovative solutions addressing rapidly evolving threats and customer needs in the DoD and mission partner capabilities arena. This role will focus on developing and integrating advanced, modern capabilities across Mission Command including areas such as cyber technology, electronic warfare, digital infrastructure, mission planning (MP), and command and control (C2) systems, with a strong emphasis on software-based solutions.

This position plays a pivotal role in supporting our engagements with the U.S. Army customer, specifically focusing on collaboration with the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), US Army Pacific (USARPAC), and 1st Corps, to shape the Army's contributions to Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2)-a transformative warfighting concept that connects sensors and shooters globally. The successful candidate will work across the Decision Advantage Business Area and partner with senior leaders throughout the Leidos enterprise (including National Security, Defense Systems, and Health & Civil sectors) to pursue, win, and execute mission-critical programs leveraging enterprise-wide knowledge and capabilities.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop Battle Management Command, Control, and Communications (BMC3) and related mission solutions applicable across defense and mission partner initiatives to achieve Combined/Joint All-Domain C2 objectives.

• Key focuses will be to help transition a broad strategic vision through agile technology, drive a successful partnership-based execution plan, and to prioritize and execute both internal and customer funded efforts for the near, mid, and long-term consistent with emerging Army domain constructs. Emphasis is on integrating capabilities, structure and standardization to address a range of emerging customer needs, including an emphasis on classified missions.

• Participate and contribute to strategy development, identify and update actions focused on alignment to strategy implementation.

• Develop modern, innovative solutions that drive and integrate capabilities ranging from Data Share (federation, centricity), Mission System/Applications (Command and Control (C2)), continuous delivery and operational sustainment, and national security applications leveraging capabilities across the commercial and traditional DoD industrial base and international partners.

• Works with technical staff, command, control, and communications subject matter experts, and Business Development personnel to understand customer needs; identifies and leads development of solutions that impact strategic project/program goals and business results.

• Performs and/or supports technical execution on a combination of customer and internally funded programs and projects.

• Works to secure cross-organization buy-in on solutions that move from current practices toward agreement/acceptance of new concepts, practices, and approaches.

Required Qualifications:

• Master's degree with 15+ years of prior relevant experience or Bachelor's degree and 17+ of relevant experience.

• Must have proven experience working with or supporting U.S. Army organizations, or equivalent (e.g., Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications and Network (PEO C3N))

• Proven ability in a recent technical leadership role to move a strategic vision into an agile action plan with demonstrated business impact and success in fulfilling customer objectives.

• Proven ability to develop and mature strategy aligned to customer, corporate, and related missions.

• Proven ability to form industry and international partnerships that collectively address challenging customer missions and address diverse business objectives amongst the team.

• Demonstrated experience on classified command and control systems and working in classified environments.

• Experience leading the development of innovative solutions in support of major capture and proposal efforts, balancing these solutions against cost, schedule, function, quality, and other business considerations.

• Strong communication skills. Experience engaging in business development and capture efforts in the role of Solution Architect or analogous efforts. Experience in creation of white papers, proposals, and briefings demonstrating the thought leadership capabilities of the organization, as well as supporting various marketing and business development efforts through customer interaction.

• Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance and eligibility for Special Access Programs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with emerging technologies, such as AI/ML, edge computing, and advanced analytics.

• Direct experience supporting or collaborating with the JADC2 efforts, ex. Joint Fires Network, Overmatch.

• Recent experience with key customers / programs is highly preferred, e.g. experience with PEO Mission Command.

• Recent experience in architecting and delivering solutions across multiple operational domains.

• Experience in support of and participation in transition of programs from capture/proposal to execution.

• Familiarity with secured data including multi-level classified data.

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For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

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