About the job
Software Solutions Architect
Location: Washington, DC (On-site)
Clearance: Secret (Top Secret preferred)
Status: Exempt
Salary: $160,000.00 - $180,000.00
Position Overview
The Software Solutions Architect will play a pivotal role in providing enterprise and solution architecture leadership to support the mission systems of the Department of Justice (DOJ). This position entails designing secure, scalable, and compliant software architectures that adhere to federal cybersecurity, data, and cloud modernization standards. Collaborating closely with government stakeholders, program managers, developers, cybersecurity experts, and operations teams is crucial to ensure that technical solutions align with DOJ IT strategy, Zero Trust principles, and federal regulations.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Technical Leadership
- Design and document enterprise, system, and application architectures for DOJ mission and business systems.
- Define target state architectures, transition plans, and technical roadmaps.
- Lead architecture review boards (ARBs) and technical design sessions.
- Provide hands-on guidance to development teams on architecture patterns and best practices.
- Establish reference architectures, reusable components, and design standards.
Cloud & Infrastructure Modernization
- Architect solutions in AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or on-prem environments.
- Lead cloud migration and modernization efforts (re-platform, refactor, containerization).
- Design high availability, disaster recovery, and performance-optimized systems.
- Implement DevSecOps pipelines and infrastructure-as-code patterns.
Cybersecurity & Compliance
- Ensure architectures comply with:
- DOJ Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
- NIST SP 800-53 / RMF.
- Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA).
- FISMA, FedRAMP, and DOJ policy requirements.
- Integrate Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) solutions.

