Principal Solutions Architect

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Description

Leidos is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, supporting the development of the Leidos Common Automion Plform (L-CAP) and Common Baseline. L-CAP is a mission-critical, future-ready automion solution built on a hybrid cloud da mesh architecture. As a member of a large-scale, Scaled Agile software development organizion, you will play a central role in shaping next-generion air traffic automion capabilities by bridging mission needs, systems engineering rigor, and Agile software delivery.

In this role, you will serve as the Solution Architect and will use your deep expertise in service-based architectures (SOA/microservices) to support mission-critical programs.  This role will lead the design of scalable, secure, and resilient architectures th align with federal standards, cloud-first stregies, and zero trust principles, while enabling rapid delivery and modernizion. This position is intended for experienced practitioners who can balance innovion with discipline in a highly reguled, safety-critical environment.

This position is loced in Gaithersburg, MD or Egg Harbor Township, NJ. This is an opportunity to contribute to projects th impact millions of air travelers.

This is a hybrid position requiring 3 days onsite and 2 days working from home.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead architecture design for service-based and microservices solutions supporting federal mission systems

• Define and enforce architecture standards, reference architectures, and design pterns across programs

• Partner with program managers, engineers, and customers to transle mission needs into scalable technical solutions

• Design and guide implemention of API-first, loosely coupled, and event-driven architectures

• Support cloud adoption and migrion efforts (AWS, Azure, GCP), including hybrid and multi-cloud environments

• Ensure compliance with federal security requirements (e.g., NIST, FedRAMP, Zero Trust Architecture)

• Provide technical leadership in DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code (IaC)

• Conduct architecture reviews, trade studies, and technology evaluions

• Mentor engineering teams and promote best practices in distributed systems and integrion pterns

• Support capture and proposal efforts by contributing to technical volumes and solutioning

Core Technical Qualificions:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or reled field (additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree)

• 12+ years of experience in software development or systems engineering (or 10+ years of experience with a Master's degree) and 5+ years in architecture roles

• Demonstred experience designing and implementing service-based architectures (SOA, microservices)

• Strong experience with API design (RESTful services), service integrion, and messaging frameworks

• Hands-on experience with least one major cloud plform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

• Knowledge of containerizion and orchestrion (Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift)

• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices, CI/CD tools, and automion frameworks

• Understanding of federal security frameworks (NIST 800-53, RMF, FedRAMP)

• Strong written and verbal communicion skills, including customer engagement

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust

• U.S. citizenship required

• Successful completion of background investigions as required by the government customer

Preferred / Desired Qualificions

• Experience supporting federal civilian, DoD, or Intelligence Community customers

• Knowledge of event-driven architectures and streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka)

• Cloud certificions (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect)

• Familiarity with Zero Trust Architecture and identity-based security models

• Experience with Agile/SAFe development environments

• Background in da architecture, analytics plforms, or AI/ML integrion

• Agile certificions (CSPO, SAFe POPM)

Why Leidos?

You’ll work on systems where performance, precision, and reliability mter — every second. This is not experimental AI for prototypes. This is disciplined, responsible AI applied to mission-critical software th supports nional infrastructure.

If you’re excited by solving complex problems in reguled, real-world environments — and using AI as a force multiplier rher than a shortcut — we’d like to talk.

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If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the stus quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compension or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, educion, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market da, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovions. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximely $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more informion, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. Th's why we craft compension packages th reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compension, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discriminion

All qualified applicants will receive considerion for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, nional origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic informion, pregnancy, family structure, marital stus, ancestry, domestic partner stus, sexual oriention, gender identity or expression, veteran or military stus, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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