Solutions Architect Principal

Job ID: 2507321

Location: REMOTE WORK, CA, US

Date Posted: 2025-07-08

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Solutions Archt

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI

Potential for Remote Work: Yes

Description

SAIC has an immediate need for a Senior Solutions Architect to be a key contributor in producing world-class mission applications supporting Naval Operational Architecture. The right engineer is delivery-focused, demonstrates strong leadership potential, and is passionate about designing and developing rapid prototypes through modern approaches and methodologies.

This is a remote job. However, if San Diego is not your primary residence, you will be required to travel to San Diego for at least 3 weeks a year for team meetings and administrative tasks. An additional 2 weeks of foreign travel a year to work directly with deployed forces may be requested but not required.

Responsibilities:

• Technical leadership and coordination across all aspects of the capability portfolio
• Responsible for ensuring coordination of all interacting systems within the enterprise and its extended environments to include people, ideas, and processes
• Work collaboratively with others to achieve goals, be a persistent, creative problem solver, and stay on the leading edge of development practices
• Help to define processes for technical platforms, system specifications, input/output, and working parameters for hardware and/or software compatibility
• Support and employ the MBSE approach for systems planning, design, execution, and sustainment in coordination with the Lead SE and SE team members
• Provide technical leadership and input to system architecture and help with re-designs and improvements
• Attend design sessions and provide technical input considering program priorities and product roadmap
• Assist in establishing SE processes and tools to accomplish analysis, problem diagnosis and solution design, integration and test preparation, risk assessment and mitigation plann ing, and related activities

Qualifications
Required Experience:

• 12+ years in software development, system engineering, or related field, or additional years in lieu of degree.
• At least 8+ years of experience working as a solutions architect, experience as a Lead or Chief Solutions Architect
• Experience with DOD C2, ISR, or combat systems (US Navy preferred)
• Experience with system architecture design
• Experience with creating a product roadmap
• Familiarity with MBSE approach and tools or experience with framework/approach similar to MBSE such as Cameo Systems Modeler
• Ability to work well with people from many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task and work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to participate in cross-functional planning, coordination, and task execution

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Experience working within an agile development environment
• Understanding of modern software and cloud-based architectures such as microservices

Education and Certification Requirements:

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience
• Security + certification may be required

Required Clearance:

• ship required
• Active Secret clearance required
• Active TS/SCI Clearance Preferred

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.