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# Solution Architect-Active (TS/SCI)-Reston, VA or Annapolis Junction, MD locations

- **Company:** Leidos Holdings, Inc.
- **Location:** Reston, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $215,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Cloud Computing, Computer Engineering, Quantum Computing, Data Streaming, HybridCloud, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology
- **Published:** August 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us054913c4e0c725491d6712858f72134e

## About the Role

suitability for mission needs. Identify and manage architectural risks, technical dependencies, interfaces, constraints, and tradeoffs throughout solution development and implementation. Apply cybersecurity principles and security requirements throughout solution design and integration within classified environments. Collaborate with systems engineers, software developers, infrastructure teams, cybersecurity personnel, mission users, and government stakeholders to successfully transition architectures into implemented solutions. Communicate architecture decisions, technical concepts, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to technical teams, program leadership, and government customers.Reston, VA, Annapolis Junction, MD locationsDesired Skills: Possess professional, research, or academic experience with quantum computing, quantum information science, quantum networking, quantum sensing, or related technologies. Demonstrate familiarity with quantum technologies, architectures, and
software ecosystems and their potential application to mission-relevant problems. Understand architectural considerations for integrating quantum and classical technologies within existing enterprise, cloud, HPC, or mission environments. Possess experience architecting solutions for classified, disconnected, air-gapped, or other restricted computing environments. Demonstrate familiarity with cloud, hybrid-cloud, , and modern infrastructure technologies.Demonstrate initiative, attention to detail, and accountability in leading complex architecture efforts from concept through implementation. Anticipate technical and integration risks and recommend solutions that appropriately balance mission needs, performance, security, scalability, cost, and schedule. Hold a, Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. Possess relevant

## Description

experience supporting federal government and/or Intelligence Community (IC) programs, ideally within classified environments. Lead solution architecture activities across the system lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture and design, implementation, integration, and testing.. Demonstrate familiarity with HPC, virtualization, and containerization, including Kubernetes and NVIDIA GPU-based computing environments.Translate mission, operational, and technical requirements into secure, scalable, resilient, and supportable solution architectures. Develop and maintain solution architectures, technical designs, system interfaces, data flows, architecture diagrams, and other key technical artifacts. Architect integrated solutions spanning applications, compute, storage, networking, cloud, data, security, and other mission technologies. Evaluate technologies and architectural approaches through technical analysis, trade studies, prototyping, and proofs of concept to determine


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