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Sr Solution Architect

Microsoft· Solution Architecture
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Springfield, VA$101.8k - $193.8kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior Solution Architect for Microsoft Federal focused on multi-hybrid cloud, DevSecOps, AKS, secure networking, and automation in U.S. government contexts. Responsible for technical leadership, architecture design, governance, risk management, customer value realization, and ongoing collaboration with government and internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborates with the Account Team and/or Bid Team to understand the business solution/problem.
  • Drives agreement based on customer priorities, requirements/constraints, approach, principles, concepts, and expectations.
  • Builds and documents a costed Solution Approach with traceability of requirements, constraints, decisions, and tradeoffs.
  • Creates clarity around responsibility and accountability for cybersecurity of the solution.
  • Jointly leads the implementation in close partnership with the Project Manager, working with IDCL.
  • Exercises oversight and governance and establishes quality practices and standards to realize the business solution.
  • Collaborates with the Project Manager to drive project/technical governance of design, build, and deployment into use of POCs and pilots.
  • Demonstrates business value (e.g., revenue release, cost savings) of the solution to customers.
  • Identifies, communicates, and manages business and technical risks (including security); defines risk contingency plans.
  • Defines and documents SFI architecture via architecture description document, decisions log, and traceability matrices.
  • Develops evidence-based arguments as trusted advisor; resolves conflicts and drives consensus.
  • Develops internal/external relationships to influence stakeholders and stays current on Microsoft technologies.
  • Understands competitor solutions and shifts conversations to customer value.
  • Gathers customer/partner insights to shape project execution and product improvements.
  • Gathers stakeholder input to socialize business solution and project approach; negotiates changes as needed.
  • Engages in risk discussions with Security SMEs to clarify cyber responsibility.
  • Develops promotion patterns for configuration/deployment changes and deployment plans.
  • Creates, operates, and sustains development/test/integration environments to reduce mission risk.
  • Establishes delivery timelines, metrics, and plans for managed services and automation.
  • Validates deployments and integrations through testing and documented results (including ATO status and workload validation).
  • Expands DevSecOps capabilities to improve security posture and developer experience.
  • Reviews hybrid architectures across sites (transport, identity, security services, access patterns, edge).
  • Defines use cases and success criteria for testing (functional, performance, security).
  • Delivers architecture artifacts enabling non-program user access to program-accredited networks.

Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years experience in technology solutions, practice development, architecture, consulting, and/or technology domain (e.g., Security) OR equivalent experience.
  • OR
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years experience in technology solutions, practice development, architecture, consulting, and/or technology domain (e.g., Security) OR equivalent experience.

Skills

Required:Security clearanceAble to meet government security screening requirementsTechnical leadership in multi-hybrid cloudRisk management and governanceArchitecture design and documentation
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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