Solution Architect

The Solution Architect will oversee and help the System Integrator drive technical implementation by establishing design standards, validating hosting and integration patterns, reviewing configuration and customization decisions, coordinating cybersecurity, infrastructure, and mission stakeholders, and providing architectural governance throughout implementation and delivery of the MVP. The Solution Architect will also ensure that technical requirements are properly implemented by the System Integrator and that delivery remains aligned to the approved technical vision, security requirements, interoperability needs, and mission outcomes across both unclassified and classified operating environments., * Manage and architect COTS/GOTS or custom solution to be hosted in Army’s NIPR and SIPR environments.

• Integrate COTS/GOTS or custom solution with external systems.
• Define solution that will fit Army’s requirements for SaaS, PaaS or AWS GovCloud computing.
• Understand and ensure security compliance and solution fit for the Army.
• Lead integration of SaaS COTS solutions, like Salesforce or Appian.
• Provide ROMs (Rough Order of Magnitude) and refined cost models for proposals and migrations.
• Create and update reference architecture documentation, including specifications and diagrams.
• Support Authority to Operate (ATO) documentation and security reviews.
• Design secure connectivity between the application and Army enterprise systems while minimizing public network exposure.
• Define integration patterns using REST APIs, messaging, file transfer, event-driven architectures, and enterprise middleware.
• Define identity and access integration using enterprise authentication services including CAC, Active Directory, Entra ID (where applicable), SAML, OAuth2, and OpenID Connect.

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in solution architecture, cloud, engineering, system, application development.
• Experience integrating and deploying COTS SaaS and PaaS systems.
• Experience in architecting custom solutions and deployments in NIPR environments.
• Experience with Amazon AWS GovCloud and knowledge of AWS services and structures
• Excellent architecture skills and ability to develop architecture diagrams.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Active DoD Secret Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active CompTIA Security + certification
• Active AWS Professional certifications

Invitation for Job Applicants to Self-Identify as a U.S. Veteran

• A “disabled veteran” is one of the following:
• a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or
• a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
• A “recently separated veteran” means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran’s discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.
• An “active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran” means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.
• An “Armed forces service medal veteran” means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.

BLN24 is an award-winning Management Consulting Firm that supports the U.S. Federal Government in successfully achieving their mission and goals. Our service and solutions delivery start with understanding each client’s end-state, and then seamlessly integrating within each Agency’s organization to improve and enhance strategic and technical operations and deployments., What BLN24 brings to the Game: BLN24 benefits are game changing. We like our team to play hard and that means they need to be taken care of - physically, financially, and emotionally. We make sure to keep them in the game by giving them access to generous medical, dental, and vision plans.

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