Senior Solutions Architect

Why do you need to choose between doing important work and having a fulfilling life? At Ardent, we have both. Ardent employees are committed to solving our customers’ most difficult problems—and we are committed to the well-being, personal goals, and professional development of our employee. We are “All In.” We put forth our strongest effort possible to get the mission accomplished and we do it together. We respect the skills and experience you bring to the Ardent team. And we provide a rewarding environment to help you succeed. 

We offer highly competitive benefits, professional development opportunities, and an exceptional culture that embraces flexibility, innovation, collaboration, and career growth. A collective service mindset underpins our work, and a shared camaraderie to serve clients, colleagues and our communities set us apart. Our full commitment to being "All In" for our employees and our clients is not just our approach, it is our standard. If this sounds like the perfect fit for you, choose Ardent and make a difference with us. 

Ardent is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect.

This will be a hybrid position in the Washington, DC area. 

Ardent is seeking a highly skilled Senior Solutions Architect to join our dynamic team, supporting mission-critical programs in the federal government sector. In this role, you will leverage your technical expertise and strategic vision to design and implement innovative IT solutions that align with client objectives and compliance requirements. As a key leader, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams, drive proposal development, and ensure the delivery of secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact while working on cutting-edge projects that support national priorities.

Responsibilities:

• Assist development of staffing buildup plans to support required service delivery requirements
• Support federal/defense government agencies and demonstrated technical breadth in support of government markets and government IT services design, implementation, operations, and modernization
• Experience in operational performance owning the technical lead charter in the performance and growth of contracts and with supporting on-contract growth through insertion of innovation and technology on existing programs
• Industry understanding with leading capabilities providers to enhance solutions offerings and close gaps in offerings yielding competitive technical solutions
• Capture technical requirements and defining technical solutions in service, conceptual, execution and technical views. Solid understanding of SDLC, DevOps, Cloud Migration and solution approach outlines
• Perform requirements traceability (e.g., horizontal & vertical scalability, performance, maintainability, load distribution, resilience and recovery)

Requirements: 

• Associate's Degree (or higher) in Computer engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
• Enterprise IT architecture experience and strong knowledge of multiple architecture models with technical knowledge in the following areas:
  • Cloud Native Architecture and Infrastructure Patterns
  • Containers, Service Mesh and API’s
  • Cloud migration (e.g., Azure, AWS, Google Cloud) including legacy applications
  • Agile delivery methods
  • SDLC tools
• Extensive experience in developing strategic systems architecture plans
• Hands-on experience with business requirements gathering/analysis
• Proven experience in systems and network design and development
• Strong understanding of information processing principles and practices
• In-depth technical knowledge of network, PC, and platform operating systems
• Working technical knowledge of current systems software, protocols, and standards
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to work independently as well as cooperatively in a team-oriented environment
• Ability to successfully interact with all levels of management, other IT professionals and end users
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills

Due to the nature of the work we support, all candidates in consideration for this role must be willing to undergo the government issued background investigation process.

Ardent is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate and will take affirmative action measures to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.