Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect (Top Secret Cleared) to work in our Washington, DC office. Please Note: This position is contingent upon contract award.
We are seeking cleared Senior Solutions Architects to lead enterprise architecture, technical solution design, modernization, and integration activities for classified and sensitive IT environments supporting law enforcement, national security, and criminal justice programs within the National Security Business Unit. The Senior Solutions Architect will serve as a senior technical advisor responsible for translating mission needs into secure, scalable, practical, and cost-effective solutions aligned with approved architectures, security requirements, operational constraints, and long-term modernization objectives.
The Senior Solutions Architect will provide enterprise architecture and technical solution leadership for classified and sensitive IT environments supporting law enforcement, national security, and criminal justice programs. This role is responsible for translating mission needs into secure, scalable, practical, and cost-effective technical solutions aligned with approved architectures, security standards, operational requirements, and modernization objectives. The Senior Solutions Architect will also support National Security Business Unit growth by shaping modernization concepts, identifying value-added services, contributing to capture and proposal solutioning, and translating emerging mission requirements into actionable technical opportunities.
Responsibilities- Develop secure enterprise architectures, solution designs, roadmaps, implementation plans, and integration strategies.
- Translate mission, business, security, and operational requirements into practical technical solutions.
- Support infrastructure, cybersecurity, software, data, cloud/hybrid, endpoint, service management, and mission application initiatives.
- Facilitate design reviews, architecture discussions, trade studies, and technical decision-making.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and assess gaps in current systems, tools, and processes.
- Ensure proposed solutions are secure, scalable, supportable, and operationally sustainable.
- Mentor engineers, developers, cybersecurity staff, and technical leads on architecture and solution delivery.
- Develop reusable patterns, documentation practices, and technical standards.
- Support account growth, modernization planning, proposal development, and technical solutioning for new requirements.
Salary Range: $165,000-$185,000
General Description of Benefits
Preferred Qualifications- Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility; TS/SCI preferred.
- 10+ years of enterprise architecture, systems engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, software, or cloud/hybrid experience.
- Experience designing secure solutions for complex enterprise or mission environments.
- Strong understanding of system integration, lifecycle management, technical documentation, and operational sustainment.
- Ability to communicate technical approaches to executive, mission, and engineering audiences.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams through design, planning, implementation, and modernization activities.
Skills Required
- Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility (TS/SCI preferred)
- 10+ years of enterprise architecture, systems engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, software, or cloud/hybrid experience
- Experience designing secure solutions for complex enterprise or mission environments
- Strong understanding of system integration, lifecycle management, technical documentation, and operational sustainment
- Ability to communicate technical approaches to executive, mission, and engineering audiences
- Experience leading cross-functional teams through design, planning, implementation, and modernization activities
ECS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ECS and has not been reviewed or approved by ECS.
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Healthcare Strength — ECS advertises multiple national-network medical plan options with HSA eligibility alongside dental and vision coverage. Coverage generally begins quickly and is paired with company-paid short- and long-term disability, adding stability to the health package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with Safe Harbor and immediate vesting on employer contributions is emphasized, with an employer match available. Access to an employee stock purchase plan via the parent company provides an additional savings avenue.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave up to 30 days, adoption assistance, and other family-oriented leaves are highlighted. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful value beyond base pay for many roles.
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What We Do
ECS, a segment of ASGN (NYSE: ASGN), delivers advanced solutions and services in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), application and IT modernization, and science and engineering. The company solves critical, complex challenges for customers across the U.S. public sector, defense, intelligence and commercial industries. ECS maintains partnerships with leading cloud, cybersecurity, and AI/ML providers and holds specialized certifications in their technologies. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ECS has more than 3,400 employees throughout the U.S. and has been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the last five years.
