Job Description

ManTech seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Solutions Architect to join our team in Herndon, VA.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Engage with stakeholders to gather technical and business requirements and translate them into robust architectural solutions.
• Design cloud-native architectures that meet mission needs, federal compliance (e.g., FedRAMP, FISMA), and security requirements.
• Develop technical artifacts including architecture diagrams, implementation plans, and whitepapers in support of program objectives.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers throughout the solution lifecycle—from discovery through delivery.
• Collaborate with engineering and security teams to ensure architectural alignment and delivery of secure, high-performance solutions.
• Guide solution development using modern frameworks and tools
• Stay up to date with federal IT trends, mandates, and compliance frameworks to ensure continuous alignment with evolving customer needs.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or 4+ years of additional IT experience in lieu of degree
• 5+ years of experience in IT architecture, systems engineering, or enterprise technical leadership.
• 3+ years of experience supporting U.S. Intelligence Community customers.
• Proven experience architecting and deploying solutions in air-gapped cloud environments, preferably AWS.
• Strong knowledge of federal cybersecurity and compliance standards (FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, FISMA, etc.).
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to brief technical concepts to executive-level and non-technical audiences.
  
   

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or Oracle Architect certification
• Experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Knowledge of Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) principles
• Experience working in DoD or IC agency-specific environments

Clearance Requirements:

• Active TS/SCI required.
  
   

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office
  machinery, etc.
• Frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers, which may
  involve delivering presentations. Must be able to exchange accurate information in
  these situations.

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