Principal Solutions ArchitectFLSA Code: ExemptColorado Springs, COAbout the RoleThe Principal Solutions Architect serves as the technical authority and strategic leader for NGAME™ architecture development, enterprise modeling, and modernization initiatives. This role sets architectural vision, guides methodology across programs, and ensures NGAME™ remains an authoritative, scalable, and mission-aligned representation of the operational ground enterprise. The architect engages directly with senior Government stakeholders, drives high-impact analytical efforts, and oversees integrated modeling approaches that support major acquisition, resilience, and modernization decisions.
General Physical Demands- Ability to sit for extended periods (up to 8 hours/day)
- Frequent use of hands and fingers for typing and handling documents
- Occasional standing, walking, and reaching within office environment
- Ability to lift and carry up to 10-10lbs
- Visual acuity for:
- Reading screens and printed materials
- Working with detailed technical diagrams
- Hearing and Speech
- Ability to communicate clearly in person and via phone/video
- Participate in classified discussions in secure areas
- Mobility
- Ability to move within a secure facility including badge controlled areas
- Occasional travel between buildings or to secure labs
Minimum Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline
- Active TS/SCI Clearance
- 12+ years of experience in systems engineering, enterprise architecture, digital engineering, or modeling large, complex system-of-systems environments
- Proven leadership in designing, managing, and validating enterprise-level architecture frameworks
- Expert-level proficiency with MBSE methodologies and tools (SysML, UML, digital twins, graph-based modeling, enterprise frameworks, etc.)
- Demonstrated ability to lead multi-disciplinary technical teams and influence senior decision-makers
- Extensive experience preparing executive-level technical documentation and briefings
- Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance (as required)
Preferred Qualifications:- Experience supporting senior DoD, USSF, intelligence-community, or major ground-enterprise modernization programs
- Active TS/SCI Clearance
- Deep expertise in mission assurance, resilience modeling, cybersecurity dependencies, and enterprise-architecture trade studies
- Experience defining modeling standards, data structures, governance processes, or digital-engineering strategy
- Familiarity with integrating diverse tools, data sources, and analytics into unified modeling ecosystems
- Proficiency with advanced modeling or analytic tools (e.g., Python, MATLAB, graph databases, MBSE toolchains)
- Active security clearance
Responsibilities:- Serve as a chief architect for NGAME™, establishing modeling vision, standards, methodologies, and long-term architectural strategy
- Lead enterprise-level analyses, trade studies, resilience assessments, infrastructure evaluations, and mission-thread modeling activities
- Integrate cybersecurity, operations, acquisition, infrastructure, and mission-assurance perspectives into unified architecture constructs
- Shape high-impact decision-support products, executive-level briefings, and analytical outputs for senior Government leadership
- Direct and mentor senior, mid-level, and junior architects; cultivate modeling discipline, documentation quality, and analytic rigor across the team
- Oversee complex data integration, validation, and configuration-management processes across the NGAME™ environment
- Engage with Government stakeholders to refine requirements, establish priorities, and align architecture efforts with modernization goals
- Guide demonstrations, capability assessments, and strategic evaluations to showcase NGAME™'s contributions to enterprise decision-making
- Ensure all architecture products remain authoritative, traceable, and adaptable to evolving program and mission needs
Skills:- Enterprise-architecture mastery and strategic systems-engineering capability
- Ability to decompose and represent complex mission and system-of-systems interactions within structured modeling frameworks
- Strong leadership, executive communication, and stakeholder-engagement skills
- Exceptional analytical synthesis, able to derive clear recommendations from multidimensional data
- Advanced proficiency with modeling, analytics, and digital-engineering toolsets
- Skilled at establishing standards, guiding technical strategy, and managing multi-disciplinary teams
Exigo Benefits- 401k 10% Employer contribution (No match required)
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Employer-paid medical premiums (0% employee cost)
- UnitedHealthcare PPO (Choice Plus) base plan
- Dental & Vision (Principal)
- Fully covered-100% of premiums paid-includes preventive, basic, and major dental services (plus orthodontia for children) and vision exams, lenses, frames, and contacts.
- Company-funded spending account (choose one):
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA): $500 annually
- Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA): $2,000 annually
- $6,000 annual opt-out cash benefit.
- Company-paid Life Insurance, Disability, and AD&D coverage
Please note that the salary information provided is a general guideline only. Exigo considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education and training, key skills, internal peer equity, market conditions, and business considerations when extending an offer. For highly qualified candidates, compensation may exceed the stated range.
