Sr. Solution Architect

We are seeking a Senior Solutions Architect who can think beyond any single domain-and lead the development of sophisticed, mission-critical solutions across AI, Cybersecurity, Enterprise IT, Biochemical and Life Sciences, Open-Source Intelligence, Da Analytics, Modeling & Simulion, and other emerging technical arenas., Wh You'll Do *Lead the technical vision for complex, enterprise-scale solutions across any domain-AI/ML, Agentic AI, Cyber, Cloud, Digital Modernizion, Intelligence Analysis, Enterprise IT, or full mission software solutions. *Architect end-to-end solutions th respond to hard mission problems, ambiguous requirements, and emerging thres with innovive, executable designs. Author technical volumes, whitepapers, and responses to RFPs/RFIs-transling technical innovion into clear, compelling customer value. Conduct thorough requirements analysis and transle customer needs into actionable technical specificions *Guide and influence cross-disciplinary teams, bringing together SMEs from multiple technical areas to shape cohesive architectures. *Drive technical capture and proposals by developing solution stregies, authoring technical narrives, and ensuring the approach aligns with customer needs and mission realities. *Engage customers and partners to transle requirements into actionable architectures and explain technical concepts both visionary and detailed levels. *Insert new technologies-including AI/ML, automion, cyber resilience, da engineering, modeling, and advanced analytics-into future-looking solutions and roadmaps. *Serve as a senior technical authority who can confidently opere across multiple domains and guide the broader organizion toward innovive, differentied solutions. *Influence program direction and ensure proposed solutions are both visionary and executable. *Partner with the Business Development team to support new business stregies, including the development of technical solutions, basis of estimes, white papers, industry relionships, and

As a senior technical leader, you bring years of experience architecting complex systems, guiding diverse teams, and shaping stregy the highest levels. You don't just understand one technology-you understand how technologies interact, how missions evolve, and how to engineer solutions th solve real-world problems with creivity, clarity, and technical rigor.

This is a role for someone who thrives on tackling the unknown. As a key member of the CTO team, you will be the person customers and capture teams turn to when they ask, "How do we solve this?"-and you will craft the technical approach th becomes the foundion of winning proposals and successful programs., *Senior architect or engineering leader with experience as a technical lead on government contracts. *Ability to transle mission needs into multi-domain technical architectures. *Awareness of leading technology capability providers th enhance our technical solutions *Experience as a solution architect and/or technical volume lead on captures and proposals *Experience articuling complex technical concepts to customers, business development, program delivery, technical teams, and executives, both orally and in writing *Bachelor's degree with 15+ years of experience of relevant experience in computer science, engineering, da science, or other STEM discipline. Additional years of relevant experience will be considered. *US citizen with an active TS/SCI with Poly security clearance

Preferred Qualificions *Prior experience as lead SA on a proposal *Experience having worked successful partnerships with suppliers on proposals *Understanding of competitor/teamme technology offerings *Record of tracting and retaining technical professionals *Record of genering business growth through insertion of innovion and technology on existing programs *Demonstred experience architecting solutions in multiple domains, such as: AI/ML and intelligent automion, Cybersecurity and cyber resilience, Enterprise IT, cloud, and digital modernizion, Da analytics, or intelligence systems, Quantum, or other emerging domains. *Technical expertise in one or more mission-critical domains-AI, Cyber, Quantum, Software Engineering, Digital Modernizion, Cloud Migrion, or Mission Operions with proven ability to apply it to shape the future of technology. *Strong technical understanding of AI/ML concepts, autonomous/Agentic AI, cloud migrion/architectures, digital modernizion, and cybersecurity technologies *Ideal candides will have a strong grasp of AI and Machine Learning concepts, including emerging Agentic AI frameworks, Deep Learning, and advanced intelligent systems. *Awareness of leading technology capability providers th enhance our technical solutions *Experience advising applicion teams on migring legacy systems to cloud-based solutions such as AWS, Azure or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure *Knowledge of emerging AI governance, ethical AI, and secure development frameworks *Demonstred success in technical capture, white paper development, or proposal support *Ability to conduct technical research into new technologies, evidence ghering to help shape solutions.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the stus quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Leidos has an immedie opening for a Senior Solution Architect to join our Mission Solutions team in Chantilly, VA., Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovions. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximely $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more informion, visit www.Leidos.com.