Solution Architect

Description

Love solving tough problems? Architect the answers.

Leidos has an immediate opening for a Solutions Architect to join our Mission Solutions team within the Intelligence Sector. In this role, you will help shape technical approaches that support mission success across the Intelligence Community, DoW, and mission partners. You will work alongside senior solution architects, engineers, analysts, and leadership to design and articulate solutions that integrate technologies such as AI/ML, cybersecurity, communications and spectrum systems, digital modernization, cloud, and enterprise engineering.

For the ideal candidate:
You are naturally curious and comfortable exploring unfamiliar domains. When faced with a new problem, you research, ask thoughtful questions, and break the challenge into manageable pieces. You enjoy connecting technologies across disciplines and thinking beyond a single system or specialty.

Most importantly, you are motivated to grow. You want to expand your impact from solving individual technical problems to shaping broader mission solutions. As a key member of the CTO team, you'll be a technical storyteller and strategist-someone who can both craft the vision and write the words that turn your technical depth into strategic influence.

The position will report to the CTO for the Mission Solutions Business Area.

Primary Responsibilities
*Support Technical Solution Development: Contribute to the design of mission-aligned technical approaches that integrate emerging and established technologies to address customer challenges.
*Translate Requirements into Technical Concepts: Help analyze mission needs and requirements, break down complex problems, and contribute to well-reasoned solution approaches.
*Contribute to Capture and Proposal Efforts: Support capture and business development activities by contributing to technical narratives, whitepapers, concept papers, and proposal sections under the guidance of experienced solution architects.
*Research and Evaluate Emerging Technologies: Assist in evaluating new capabilities-such as AI-driven analytics, cyber resilience frameworks, quantum computing, communications architectures, automation tools, or modeling and simulation technologies-and help assess how they may fit into mission solutions.
*Communicate Technical Concepts: Participate in technical discussions and briefings, helping articulate solution approaches to engineers, program teams, and leadership.
*Collaborate Across Domains: Work with SMEs across various technical domains to build cohesive, multi-domain solutions.

Primary Focus Areas
*Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
*Cybersecurity
*Communications and Spectrum-Dependent Systems
*Systems and Enterprise Engineering
*Intelligence and Data Analytics

Basic Qualifications
*Bachelor's degree in a STEM-related discipline with 8+ years of relevant technical experience, or master's degree with 6+ years of experience.
*Technical experience in at least one mission-relevant area such as Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), Cybersecurity technologies, Communications and Spectrum Systems, Intelligence Analysis, Quantum, Software Engineering, Cloud, Data Analytics, Digital Modernization, or Mission Operations.
*Ability to independently research unfamiliar technical domains, rapidly learn new concepts, evidence gathering, and translate findings into practical solution approaches.
*Ability to communicate clearly, whether through whiteboard discussions, written concepts, or technical briefings. You can explain complex ideas in a way that others understand.
*Experience contributing to technical documentation such as design artifacts, concept papers, architecture discussions, whitepapers, presentations, or proposal sections.
*Ability to collaborate across technical disciplines and learn new domains as needed to support solution development.
*U.S. Citizen with active TS/SCI security clearance and have ability to obtain a polygraph-level clearance.

Preferred Qualifications
*Proven understanding of the Intelligence Community (IC) landscape, specifically space-based architectures, intelligence analysis, and missions. Demonstrated understanding of the constraints and requirements of classified environments.
*Hands-on familiarity with key technology areas such as mission-critical domains-Wireless communications systems, Cyber, Quantum, Software Engineering, communications systems engineering, Intelligence Analysis, cloud architectures (AWS, Azure), Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), data analytics, and cybersecurity.
*Knowledge of emerging AI governance, ethical AI, and secure development frameworks
*Ability to develop solutions to complex technical issues and problems that impact multiple areas or technical disciplines
*Experience communicating technical concepts clearly to engineers, analysts, and program teams through briefings, documentation, or design discussions. You may have led small teams, design efforts, or technical discussions-even informally.
*Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret requirements and contribute to well-reasoned technical approaches.
*Interest in growing into a broader solution architecture role that connects multiple technologies into cohesive mission solutions.

Why Leidos
At Leidos, you'll collaborate with forward-thinking experts across disciplines, apply emerging technologies to real mission challenges, and grow into a role that shapes the future of national security technology.
If you are a creative, systems-level thinker who thrives at the intersection of technology, innovation, and national security-this is your opportunity to make an impact.
Join us and help architect what comes next.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status 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 at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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