Solution Architect (MS)

We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect to partner with business stakeholders, business analysts, system engineers, and infrastructure teams to design and deliver enterprise cloud application architectures, strategies, and roadmaps. This role will ensure our customer’s application portfolio is scalable, secure, cost effective, and aligned with their business goals across their hybrid and multi cloud environments.Primary Responsibilities Collaborate with product/solution owners, business teams, and analysts to help translate business strategies and requirements into solution architectures and application roadmaps. Define and document target architectures and patterns for enterprise applications. Support end to end solution design for major initiatives, ensuring consistency with enterprise architecture principles, security policies, and infrastructure standards. Work closely with system engineers and infrastructure/support teams to design resilient, observable, and performant cloud hosting, networking, and integration models. Support the development and maintenance of cloud adoption roadmaps, migration strategies, and reference architectures for key business capabilities and platforms. Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering and DevOps teams on architecture best practices, automation, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code. Partner with security and compliance teams to ensure solutions meet regulatory, data protection, and identity/access management requirements. Review solution designs, integration approaches, and implementation plans produced by delivery teams, providing feedback and approvals. Support the creation and maintenance of clear architecture artifacts, including diagrams, standards, and decision records for cross team consumption. Lead the implementation of approved solution designs. Work with technical staff to help document the “as-is” environment.Job Requirements 8+ years overall IT experience, 5+ years’ experience in software, systems, or cloud engineering, including 2+ years as a Solution/Cloud Architect in enterprise environments. Proven experience designing and implementing solutions in Azure; multi cloud experience desired. Strong understanding of cloud architecture concepts: virtual networking, security, identity, storage, data protection, high availability, and disaster recovery. Hands on knowledge of modern application architectures (APIs, microservices, containers, serverless, event driven patterns) and integration approaches. Familiarity with infrastructure as code and automation tools (such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or similar). Experience working with or within enterprise architecture, collaborating with multiple domains (applications, data, infrastructure, security). Knowledge of Agile, DevSecOps, or ITIL environments. Experience running workshops or interviews with technical staff to gather content. Ability to operate in ambiguous environments, perform discovery, and propose a structured plan to get from “unknown current state” to a well-documented capability. Strong communication skills capable of communicating technical concepts to senior leadership and customer stakeholders. Ability to work independently and collaboratively with cross functional teams.Education and CertificationsRequired: Active Secret ClearanceDesired: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related fieldDesired: Cloud+Desired: Microsoft Certified: Azure FundamentalsDesired: Microsoft Certified: Azure Admin AssociateDesired: Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect ExpertDesired: CISSP-ISSAPAll work to be performed in Hampton Roads area. Hybrid work from home, at customer site in Suffolk, corporate offices in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, VA.We use E-Verify to confirm the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires.