Junior Solution Architect

🕒 September 3

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $75k - $92k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

💻 Solutions Engineer

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Systems Planning & Analysis

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1001 - 5000 employees

📦 Logistics

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

Logistics • Healthcare • Consulting

Systems Planning & Analysis is dedicated to enhancing national security through innovative data-driven analysis and technical engineering services. With a rich history of over 50 years, SPA addresses complex challenges faced by government clients, particularly in defense intelligence and homeland security. The company excels in areas such as AI/ML and decision analytics, systems engineering, and modeling and simulation, providing vital support for national security programs across multiple domains.

📋 Description

• Support the design of data and technology solutions spanning cloud, on-premises, and government-hosted environments • Work with architects and engineers to understand mission needs and translate them into clear technical requirements and designs • Assist with documenting current systems, data flows, integrations, constraints, and modernization opportunities • Create and maintain architecture diagrams, interface documentation, decision records, and other technical materials • Research technologies and technical approaches and summarize findings, benefits, risks, and tradeoffs • Learn and apply established reference architectures, integration patterns, technical standards, and engineering practices • Participate in technical discovery sessions, design discussions, demonstrations, and customer meetings • Collaborate with Data Engineers and Technical Leads to resolve questions and keep implementation work aligned with solution designs • Communicate progress, questions, technical concepts, and recommendations clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences • Represent SPA as a thoughtful, dependable, and curious technical partner while building trusted relationships across the customer ecosystem • Support the Defense Health Agency Chief Data and Analytics Office in building an enterprise data orchestration layer for the Military Health System • Bring together information from diverse defense and federal systems to build scalable data pipelines, APIs, and data products that improve health-data integration, access, and use

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related technical field • 1-3 years of relevant professional experience • Foundational understanding of software, data, cloud, systems, or application architecture concepts • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Ability and willingness to learn new technologies, tools, domains, and technical concepts • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with careful attention to detail • Ability to organize technical information and produce clear, accurate documentation • Ability to collaborate effectively, receive feedback, and contribute within a multidisciplinary team • Initiative to investigate unfamiliar problems, seek guidance when needed, and follow work through to completion • Ability to operate professionally in a customer-facing environment and navigate evolving requirements and priorities • Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance • Familiarity with Python, SQL, Java, or another programming language • Exposure to AWS, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, or another cloud platform • Familiarity with APIs, databases, data pipelines, data modeling, or distributed systems • Exposure to Databricks, Apache Spark, Tableau, or similar data and analytics platforms • Experience using Git or other version-control and collaborative development tools • Exposure to AI/ML concepts or LLM-based tools

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive base pay • Variable compensation opportunities • Health insurance • Flexible spending accounts • Health savings accounts • Retirement savings plans • Life and disability insurance programs • Paid and unpaid time away from work • Industry-leading 401k contribution • Collaborative, dynamic work environment