Solutions Architect

SES Corporation

. Analyze business, mission, operational, technical, security, compliance, and stakeholder requirements.

Posted 10/9/2026full-timeRemote • Maryland • United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in solution architecture, business analysis, and enterprise architecture, with a strong focus on translating complex requirements into actionable solutions. Proficient in assessing current-state capabilities, identifying gaps, and developing strategic recommendations to align business needs with technical realities.

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Solution ArchitectureBusiness AnalysisEnterprise ArchitectureStakeholder EngagementGap Analysis

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Hard Skills

Requirements ElicitationCapability AssessmentTrade StudiesCybersecurityCloud MigrationService DesignOperational AnalyticsArchitecture FrameworksBusiness Process AnalysisTechnical Analysis

Soft Skills

Strong Communication SkillsFacilitation SkillsAnalytical ThinkingCollaborationProblem Solving

Tools & Technologies

Sparx Enterprise ArchitectVisioCI/CDAgile MethodologiesCloud PlatformsRequirements Management ToolsMonitoring ToolsConfiguration Management ToolsVisualization ToolsAutomation Tools

Certifications & Qualifications

Enterprise Architecture CertificationSolution Architecture CertificationBusiness Analysis CertificationSystems Engineering CertificationProject Management Certification

Industry Keywords

Digital TransformationTechnology ModernizationService Delivery ImprovementGovernance ForumsInvestment Reviews

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber SecurityITSM

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Analyze business, mission, operational, technical, security, compliance, and stakeholder requirements.
Facilitate discussions with stakeholders to clarify objectives, constraints, assumptions, priorities, and expected outcomes.
Evaluate completeness, feasibility, and implementation implications of proposed requirements.
Translate business needs into actionable solution requirements and architectural considerations.
Assess current-state business, application, data, platform, infrastructure, and operational capabilities.
Identify capability gaps, process deficiencies, technology limitations, organizational constraints, and modernization opportunities.
Determine whether existing enterprise capabilities can satisfy stakeholder requirements.
Document findings and develop recommendations for addressing identified gaps and deficiencies.
Develop solution concepts and candidate approaches addressing business needs and capability gaps.
Evaluate alternatives and analyze benefits, risks, dependencies, implementation complexity, operational impacts, and costs.
Facilitate analysis of alternatives, trade studies, and decision-support activities.
Recommend approaches balancing mission value, technical feasibility, organizational readiness, and sustainability.
Develop decision-ready recommendations with objective analysis and documented rationale.
Communicate benefits, tradeoffs, constraints, risks, assumptions, and implementation considerations.
Support working groups, review boards, architecture governance processes, and executive decision forums.
Assist leadership in understanding competing solution approaches before resource commitments.
Assist project and program teams in translating approved solutions into implementation plans.
Identify dependencies, sequencing considerations, resource requirements, organizational impacts, and transition needs.
Support deployment, adoption, operations, sustainment, and continuous improvement planning.
Reduce implementation risk by identifying technical, organizational, and operational challenges early.
Serve as a bridge among requirements analysis, enterprise architecture, platform architecture, engineering organizations, and business stakeholders.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, Engineering, Business Information Systems, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
At least 12 years of experience supporting solution architecture, systems engineering, enterprise architecture, business analysis, service design, technology modernization, or related technology transformation initiatives.
Experience analyzing business, mission, operational, technical, security, compliance, and organizational requirements and translating those requirements into actionable solution approaches.
Demonstrated experience assessing current-state capabilities, identifying capability gaps, evaluating constraints, and developing recommendations that align business needs with technical realities.
Experience developing conceptual, logical, and physical solution architectures spanning applications, data, infrastructure, platforms, cybersecurity, integration services, and operational capabilities.
Experience conducting gap assessments, root cause analysis, business process analysis, capability assessments, and solution evaluations within complex enterprise environments.
Experience evaluating solution alternatives and performing trade studies that consider business value, implementation complexity, organizational readiness, supportability, risk, lifecycle costs, and long-term sustainability.
Experience identifying opportunities to leverage existing enterprise capabilities, shared services, platforms, and reusable architectural patterns to satisfy stakeholder requirements.
Experience supporting intake, discovery, requirements elicitation, stakeholder engagement, solution assessments, and decision-support activities across multiple business and technology domains.
Experience formulating recommendations supported by technical analysis, business considerations, operational impacts, implementation constraints, and strategic objectives.
Experience working closely with enterprise architects, platform architects, engineers, cybersecurity teams, operations organizations, service owners, program managers, and business stakeholders.
Experience developing architecture artifacts, capability assessments, gap analyses, solution recommendations, decision papers, implementation roadmaps, and executive-level briefings.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex concepts, alternatives, risks, dependencies, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Preferred: Experience supporting engineering and operations, working groups, platform teams, Architecture Review Boards, Technology Review Boards, governance forums, investment reviews, or comparable decision-making bodies.
Preferred: Experience conducting capability assessments, gap analyses, Analysis of Alternatives, trade studies, modernization assessments, technology evaluations, and business case development.
Preferred: Experience supporting enterprise modernization, digital transformation, cloud migration, service delivery improvement, platform rationalization, or technology lifecycle management initiatives.
Preferred: Experience facilitating stakeholder workshops, requirements sessions, architecture reviews, operational assessments, and executive decision-support activities.
Preferred: Experience developing business capability models, process flows, service blueprints, solution roadmaps, transition plans, implementation strategies, or modernization plans.
Preferred: Experience supporting large-scale, geographically distributed, mission-critical, highly available, or regulated enterprise environments.
Preferred: Experience identifying opportunities to improve interoperability, reduce redundancy, strengthen service delivery, and optimize technology investments.
Preferred: Professional certifications in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, business analysis, systems engineering, project management, IT service management, cloud architecture, or related disciplines.
Experience working across infrastructure, networking, cloud platforms, enterprise applications, software development, data and analytics, cybersecurity, service management, and systems integration.
Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies, requirements management, backlog prioritization, roadmap development, and iterative solution delivery.
Familiarity with one or more major cloud service providers and associated enterprise services, including commercial and government cloud environments.
Familiarity with CI/CD, version control, automation, configuration management, and release management practices.
Familiarity with enterprise architecture, modeling, and visualization tools such as Sparx Enterprise Architect, Visio, ArchiMate, or comparable platforms.
Familiarity with performance analysis, capacity planning, monitoring, observability, reporting, and operational analytics capabilities.
Familiarity with architecture frameworks, capability modeling, business architecture, service architecture, systems engineering, and decision-support methodologies.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical
Dental
Vision
AD&D
STD
LTD
Company paid Life Insurance
401k with employer contribution
Paid Time Off
Pet Insurance