Job Requirements
Stafford, VA
Top Secret/SCI Polygraph Unspecified
Career Level not specified
$125,000 - $140,000
Job Description
Who We're Looking For (Position Overview):
As the Solution Train Architect, your day will center on defining, evolving, and driving execution of the end-to-end solution architecture that enables multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs) to deliver integrated, mission-ready capabilities. You will operate at the intersection of strategy, architecture, and delivery ensuring architectural intent is clear, actionable, and consistently executed across the Solution Train.
What Your Day-To-Day Looks Like (Position Responsibilities):
What You Need to Succeed (Minimum Requirements):
$125,000 - $140,000 a year
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
As the Solution Train Architect, your day will center on defining, evolving, and driving execution of the end-to-end solution architecture that enables multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs) to deliver integrated, mission-ready capabilities. You will operate at the intersection of strategy, architecture, and delivery ensuring architectural intent is clear, actionable, and consistently executed across the Solution Train.
What Your Day-To-Day Looks Like (Position Responsibilities):
- Architectural Direction & Alignment:
Collaborate with Solution Management, Solution Train Engineer (STE), portfolio leadership, and business stakeholders to ensure solution architecture aligns to: Strategic themes and epics, portfolio and solution intent MCEN operational and mission needs, translate high-level strategy into clear architectural guidance, roadmaps, and guardrails that ARTs can execute against. Make deliberate trade-off decisions balancing mission outcomes, technical feasibility, risk, and long-term sustainability.
- Execution Support Across ARTs:
Actively engage with System Architects, ART Architects, and engineering leads to drive consistent architectural patterns and decisions across the Solution Train. Participate in ART and Solution-level events (PI Planning, Pre-PI Planning, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt) to: Validate architectural integrity, resolve cross-ART dependencies and constraints, identify emerging technical risks early, ensure architectural runway is intentionally planned and built to support near- and long-term feature delivery.
- Driving Architectural Outcomes:
Lead the development and evolution of solution architecture artifacts, including: Solution intent, reference architectures and standards, interface and integration models, provide hands-on architectural coaching, ensuring teams understand why architectural decisions are made not just what they are. Work decisively to address architectural drift, technical debt, or deviation from agreed architectural direction.
What You Need to Succeed (Minimum Requirements):
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Physics or Mathematics discipline
- TS/SCI Clearance
- 10+ years of progressive experience in IT systems architecture, engineering, and integration, with significant time spent directly supporting USMC, Naval, or DoW enterprise environments.
- Cybersecurity Workforce (CWF) IAT Level III or higher compliance;.
- ARTs delivering integrated solutions with minimal architectural rework.
- Clear, shared architectural understanding across teams
- Reduced technical risk and increased delivery predictability.
- A solution architecture that enables MCEN to scale, adapt, and deliver mission outcomes with confidence.
- Certified SAFe® Architect (ARCH) or equivalent highly desired
- Compliance with DoW 8140/8570 IASAE Level II or III (e.g., CISSP, CASP+, CISM) is preferred
$125,000 - $140,000 a year
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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