Defense Solutions Architect

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Work type
On-site
Location
McLean, VA
Salary
$99,000–$225,000 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role pays less than 73% of similar roles. Most pay $162,000–$235,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $162k versus about $199k for comparable roles.

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About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton is a management and technology consulting firm that provides analytics, digital, engineering, and cybersecurity solutions primarily to U.S. government agencies and commercial clients. Industry: Management & Technology Consulting

Booz Allen Hamilton currently has 789 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $86,800–$198,000 across 766 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Defense Solutions Architect

As a Defense Solutions Architect, you will join the team to shape technical solutions for critical national defense challenges by partnering with capture teams on competitive pursuits and high-speed acquisitions. You will translate complex mission needs into actionable solution concepts across digital, cyber, autonomy, AI/ML, and infrastructure domains. Your daily responsibilities include developing architecture visions, producing technical volumes and compliance matrices, evaluating competitor approaches, and collaborating with pricing and partner teams to build integrated solutions. The role requires expertise in areas such as networks, DevSecOps, software engineering, and undersea autonomy while navigating specific acquisition pathways like the Adaptive Acquisition Framework. You will utilize skills in systems engineering and proposal development to modernize legacy systems and integrate advanced technologies for Army, Navy, or Marine Corps missions within a government contracting environment.

What you'll do

  • Lead technical solution development and architecture visioning during capture, shaping, and pre-RFP phases.
  • Translate complex mission needs into actionable technical concepts across digital, cyber, autonomy, AI/ML, and infrastructure domains.
  • Produce and refine technical volumes, architecture diagrams, compliance matrices, and other proposal artifacts.
  • Evaluate competitor approaches and teaming strategies to ensure solutions are differentiated and winnable.
  • Coordinate with pricing and partner teams to develop basis-of-estimate inputs and bills of materials.
  • Align technical solutions with specific defense acquisition pathways and contracting approaches.
  • Develop reusable solution assets and integrate COTS capabilities into government proposals.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, CS, or a STEM field.
  • 5+ years of experience in solution architecture, systems engineering, or product design.
  • Experience developing technical solutions and architectures in areas like autonomous vehicles, MBSE, DevSecOps, AI/ML, or digital infrastructure.
  • Experience supporting defense capture, proposals, or technical solutioning in a government contracting environment.
  • Knowledge of the defense industry and U.S. government acquisition processes.
  • Ability to author technical volumes, solution narratives, and written proposal artifacts.
  • Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
  • Master's degree (preferred); AWS/Azure Solutions Architect or CISSP/Security+ certifications (preferred).

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