Senior Solutions Architect

Summary

Join Ardent as a Senior Solutions Architect and contribute to mission-critical federal government programs. This hybrid position in the Washington, DC area requires leveraging your technical expertise to design and implement innovative IT solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, drive proposal development, and ensure the delivery of secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions. Ardent offers competitive benefits, professional development, and a flexible culture. This role presents an opportunity to make a significant impact on cutting-edge projects supporting national priorities. The position requires a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience and an Associate's Degree or higher in a related field. Ardent is committed to employee well-being and offers a rewarding work environment.

Requirements

• Associate's Degree (or higher) in Computer engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
• Enterprise IT architecture experience and strong knowledge of multiple architecture models with technical knowledge in the following areas: Cloud Native Architecture and Infrastructure Patterns
• Containers, Service Mesh and API’s
• Cloud migration (e.g., Azure, AWS, Google Cloud) including legacy applications
• Agile delivery methods
• SDLC tools
• Extensive experience in developing strategic systems architecture plans
• Hands-on experience with business requirements gathering/analysis
• Proven experience in systems and network design and development
• Strong understanding of information processing principles and practices
• In-depth technical knowledge of network, PC, and platform operating systems
• Working technical knowledge of current systems software, protocols, and standards
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to work independently as well as cooperatively in a team-oriented environment
• Ability to successfully interact with all levels of management, other IT professionals and end users
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills
• Due to the nature of the work we support, all candidates in consideration for this role must be willing to undergo the government issued background investigation process

Responsibilities

• Assist development of staffing buildup plans to support required service delivery requirements
• Support federal/defense government agencies and demonstrated technical breadth in support of government markets and government IT services design, implementation, operations, and modernization
• Experience in operational performance owning the technical lead charter in the performance and growth of contracts and with supporting on-contract growth through insertion of innovation and technology on existing programs
• Industry understanding with leading capabilities providers to enhance solutions offerings and close gaps in offerings yielding competitive technical solutions
• Capture technical requirements and defining technical solutions in service, conceptual, execution and technical views. Solid understanding of SDLC, DevOps, Cloud Migration and solution approach outlines
• Perform requirements traceability (e.g., horizontal & vertical scalability, performance, maintainability, load distribution, resilience and recovery)

Benefits

• Highly competitive benefits
• Professional development opportunities
• Exceptional culture that embraces flexibility
• Innovation
• Collaboration
• Career growth