Principal Mission Solution Architect

About the Role

As a Principal Mission Solution Architect supporting CACI’s Mission & Engineering Support (M&ES) portfolio, you will lead compelling, executable, and scorable solutions for CACI’s largest, most complex, and strategically important DoD, Intelligence Community, and interagency opportunities. This Executive role is a recognized technical leader and trusted advisor, shaping short- to mid-term solution strategies, influencing business decisions, and mentoring other Solution Architects. This is a mission-focused architecture role, not a generic enterprise IT position. The ideal candidate brings depth across multiple mission areas listed in the qualifications section.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical solution development for the largest and most complex pursuits, from early customer shaping through proposal, oral presentation, award, and transition.
• Recommend operational plans, solution strategies, technical standards, and reusable patterns that strengthen M&ES capabilities, improve solution quality, and support business growth over a 1–2 year horizon.
• Work with LOB leaders, Capture, BD, program teams, SMEs, and mission experts to identify customer priorities, operational gaps, critical issues, stated or implied requirements, and discriminators.
• Translate mission needs into solution concepts, CONOPS, mission workflows, system architectures, staffing models, transition approaches, risk mitigations, and measurable outcomes.
• Shape solutions across M&ES capability areas, including lifecycle sustainment; systems engineering and software modernization; operations, planning, training, and readiness; intelligence analysis and operations; and UXS/C-UXS employment and integration.
• Integrate people, process, technology, data, cyber, training, sustainment, and operations into a coherent solution; use SMEs for depth while retaining ownership of the integrated approach.
• Lead development of scorable strengths, discriminators, proof points, storyboards, annotated graphics, white papers, technical volume outlines, and persuasive technical narratives.
• Serve as technical volume lead or senior technical authority, including writing, rewriting, one-voicing, page-count management, solution alignment, and defense through gate, color-team, and executive reviews.
• Brief senior leaders on novel or high-impact solutions, alternatives, risks, and recommendations; influence decisions on matters of strategic importance to the organization.
• Establish and improve solution-development processes, technical patterns, reusable artifacts, and lessons learned; help define standards and methods used by the SA community.

Qualifications

• Required:
  • Bachelor’s degree in a related technical discipline or equivalent mission and technical experience; advanced degree preferred.
  • Minimum 12 years of relevant experience supporting DoD, IC, interagency, or federal national-security missions.
  • Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
  • Recognized expertise or mastery across multiple technical or mission areas (intelligence analysis or operations; systems or mission engineering; offensive or defensive cyber and cyber mission operations; mission operations support; UXS/C-UXS, ISR platforms, autonomy, or emerging mission systems), combined with sound business acumen and the ability to develop holistic solutions.
  • Proven experience leading technical solutions for large, complex, strategically important federal captures, proposals, capability-development efforts, or mission programs and influencing senior leadership decisions.
• Desired:
  • Current CI or full-scope polygraph.
  • Experience leading strategic captures valued at $1B or more in total contract value.

What You Can Expect

A culture of integrity, where character and innovation are at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you’ll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer’s missions and driven by a higher purpose – to ensure the safety of our nation. You’ll work in an environment of trust, with autonomy and access to robust learning resources to advance your career. We focus on continuous growth, advancing critical missions and breaking new ground in your career and our legacy.

Pay Range

The proposed salary range for this position is $137,400–$302,300. Final salary is influenced by factors such as geographic location, relevant experience, specific skills, education, and certifications. CACI offers competitive compensation, benefits, and learning opportunities, including healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and flexible time off.