Senior Cyber Solutions Architect

Job Description

ECS is seeking a Senior Cyber Solutions Architect to work in our Arlington, VA office.

We are seeking a highly capable Senior Cyber Solutions Architect to lead the design and delivery of innovative cybersecurity and IT solutions across federal government programs and projects. This role requires a blend of technical leadership, solution strategy, and hands-on prototyping expertise. The ideal candidate is comfortable navigating complex stakeholder environments, translating mission requirements into compelling technical visions, and guiding cross-functional teams from concept to delivery.

You will serve as a trusted advisor to federal customers-leading multiple teams in rapidly iterating on solution design, validating concepts through prototypes, and presenting strategic recommendations to executives and stakeholders. Success in this role requires critical thinking, technical breadth and depth, and a proven ability to overcome constraints such as budget, schedule, and available resources to deliver value-driven outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead solution development efforts across federal programs-translating requirements into actionable strategies, architectures, and prototypes.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for customers, driving iterative design, implementation planning, and stakeholder alignment.
• Develop and validate innovative ideas through rapid prototyping to demonstrate value and accelerate buy-in.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and technical advancement within complex federal IT environments.
• Navigate organizational, procedural, and technical constraints to drive progress and ensure alignment with mission objectives.
• Define and track success metrics to quantify the value and impact of delivered solutions.
• Ensure alignment with federal cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., NIST, FISMA, Zero Trust) and compliance standards.
• Evangelize technical solutions to internal and external stakeholders, ensuring broad support and collaboration.
• Contribute to thought leadership by staying current on emerging technologies, trends, and best practices across cybersecurity and IT domains.

Required Skills

• ship and the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
• Minimum 7 years of experience as a technical lead, solutions architect, or senior engineer on federal IT programs (>$50M contract value).
• Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience implementing or integrating cybersecurity technologies such as SIEM, SOAR, TIP, vulnerability management, or threat detection platforms.
• Demonstrated experience creating prototypes and presenting technical concepts to diverse audiences, including federal stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Demonstrated experience working with multi-level cybersecurity data
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, including Zero Trust, cloud security, and federal compliance requirements.
• Proven ability to model and forecast technical resource needs (e.g., CPU, network throughput, storage) and labor requirements, documented in structured formats such as a Basis of Estimate (BOE).
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with experience performing formal trade studies and solution evaluations.

Desired Skills

• Experience applying AI/ML to cybersecurity use cases (e.g., threat detection, automation).
• Broad technical experience across domains including Software Development, Cloud Infrastructure, Networking, Data Engineering, and Testing.
• Experience with pricing strategy, hardware/software acquisition, and workshare negotiation in teaming environments.
• Proven ability to build external relationships with industry peers, partners, and vendors.
• Professional certifications such as CISSP, AWS/Azure Cloud certifications, or PMP.
• Top Secret clearance eligibility or active higher-level clearance.

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ECS is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis any characteristic protected by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local jurisdiction law.

ECS is a leading mid-sized provider of technology services to the United States Federal Government. We are focused on people, values and purpose. Every day, our 3800+ employees focus on providing their technical talent to support the Federal Agencies and Departments of the US Government to serve, protect and defend the American People.