Senior Principal Architect

Skill Requirements

• Deep experience designing enterprise-scale solutions across cloud, cybersecurity, application modernization, data analytics, artificial intelligence, IT operations, and managed services environments within the federal government sector.
• Proven track record winning large competitive proposals - translating complex requirements into deliverable, discriminating solutions.
• Experience presenting architectures to executive leadership, gate review panels, and federal customers including oral presentations.
• Strong understanding of federal acquisition processes, evaluation methodologies, and compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST, CMMC).
• Excellent technical writing and communication skills for both technical and executive audiences.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 16 years of experience or a Masters degree and 14 years of experience or a High School diploma/equivalent and 20 years of experience.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen; must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• 5+ years as a solution architect or similar role on large enterprise-level pursuits ($100M+ TCV) with end-to-end solution design responsibility.
• Demonstrated architecture experience across at least four domains: cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP/OCI), app modernization, cybersecurity/zero trust, data/AI-ML, IT ops, DevSecOps, enterprise platforms, etc.
• Professional certifications: AWS SA Professional, Azure SA Expert, CISSP, TOGAF, or SAFe Architect, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or Masters degree in CS, Engineering, IT, or related field, and 10+ years in enterprise IT solution architecture or technical leadership preferred.
• Experience with federal civilian agencies.
• Experience with generative AI, agentic AI, post-quantum cryptography, AIOps, and other emerging technologies in enterprise architectures.
• Background in ITIL, Agile/SAFe delivery, DevSecOps CI/CD, and price-to-win analysis.