Solutions Architect

540 is seeking a Solutions Architect to support a mission-critical federal health data modernization initiative. The team is building a modern data platform that integrates information from diverse defense and federal systems through scalable pipelines, APIs, and reusable data products.

Location: Remote within the continental United States. Periodic travel may be required
Citizenship & Clearance Requirement: Candidates must be U.S. Citizens with an active DoD Secret (or higher) clearance
Education Requirement: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (preferred)

About the Role

You'll work with senior architects, engineers, technical leads, and customer stakeholders to design solutions across Databricks, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, and on-premises environments. You'll help modernize legacy capabilities, apply reusable architectural patterns, and strengthen 540's presence through trusted relationships and strong technical delivery.

540 is a forward-thinking company that the government turns to in order to deliver impactful technology and solve mission-critical problems. We break down barriers, build innovative solutions, and drive real results.

Responsibilities

• Help design scalable solutions for a modern federal health data platform spanning cloud, on-premises, and government-hosted environments
• Translate mission, business, data, security, and operational requirements into clear technical designs that account for data quality, governance, access, and lifecycle needs
• Contribute to current-state and target-state architectures that guide the incremental modernization of legacy federal health systems and capabilities
• Design and document approaches for integrating data across DoD and federal health systems using APIs, pipelines, shared services, and reusable data products
• Apply established reference architectures, integration patterns, technical standards, and architectural guardrails across solutions
• Evaluate technical options, dependencies, and risks related to security, scalability, performance, reliability, maintainability, cost, and delivery
• Support the effective use of Databricks and cloud services across AWS, Azure, Oracle Cloud, and hybrid infrastructure
• Participate in technical discovery and architecture discussions with engineers, technical leaders, customers, and mission stakeholders
• Develop and maintain architecture diagrams, interface definitions, design documentation, decision records, and technical roadmaps
• Collaborate with Data Engineers and Technical Leads to resolve technical challenges and keep implementations aligned with the broader platform architecture
• Communicate technical decisions, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences
• Represent 540 as a trusted technical partner by building strong relationships, sharing reusable practices, and recognizing where 540 can provide additional value

Requirements

• 3-10+ years of experience in solutions architecture, data architecture, software engineering, platform engineering, data engineering, or a related technical field
• Experience contributing to enterprise data platforms, distributed systems, or complex technical solutions involving data ingestion, transformation, storage, APIs, or data products
• Experience working in cloud or hybrid-cloud environments
• Experience integrating data or applications across modern and legacy systems using APIs or other data exchange approaches
• Working knowledge of data modeling, metadata, lineage, data quality, or data governance principles
• Ability to account for security, availability, performance, scalability, reliability, and operational support needs in technical designs
• Experience creating architecture diagrams, interface designs, technical documentation, decision records, or implementation roadmaps
• Experience collaborating with engineers and technical leaders to implement complex solution designs
• Familiarity with modern software engineering practices, development lifecycles, and Git-based workflows
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to discuss technical concepts with technical and nontechnical audiences
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, investigate technical challenges, ask effective questions, and drive assigned work toward resolution

Nice to Have

• Experience with Databricks, Apache Spark, or similar modern data platforms
• Experience with AWS and familiarity with Microsoft Azure or Oracle Cloud
• Experience working across public cloud, on-premises infrastructure, and government data centers
• Experience supporting platforms with very large or highly complex datasets
• Experience with Palantir Foundry, Advana, or similar DoD data environments
• Experience supporting healthcare, military health, DoD, or other regulated government environments, including familiarity with security, compliance, authorization, or data-handling requirements
• Experience applying AI/ML components (RAG, agentic patterns) within a solution

Benefits

• Flexible PTO + all Federal holidays off
• Health, dental and vision insurance plans
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 401k with employer match
• Company-sponsored life insurance, short- and long-term disability
• Professional development (training, certifications, conferences)
• Paid cloud developer accounts
• Referral bonuses
• HQ office perks (parking / metro reimbursement, nitro coffee & lunches)
• Annual social events (540 Week, hackathon, charity golf tournament, etc.)
• Access to 540's Washington Capitals & Nationals tickets