Lead Solutions Architect – Federal / Zero Trust

What success looks like in this role:

Position Summary

The Lead Architect is responsible for the architecture and design of new or enhanced products and services, developing proposed solutions that fit client requirements and position Unisys competitively. This role utilizes deep technical and architectural expertise to drive innovation into products and services, translating client business requirements and goals into specific, deliverable solutions.

The Lead Architect provides consulting and selling support to strategic prospects and accounts, articulating the Unisys value proposition and offering thought-leadership to business-oriented, technical, and other audiences. Solutions are designed to achieve financial goals as well as meet or exceed the requirements of service delivery.

Core Responsibilities

Solution Design & Architecture

• Designs and implements solutions to resolve client-generated challenges, building on responsibilities such as:

  • “Assesses / audits existing product ecosystems and recommends optimization strategies based on client objectives, past experience, and industry best practice.”

• Designs relevant and multi-faceted architecture / documentation to support recommended approaches.

• Creates comprehensive roadmaps governing near- and long-term actions for solution design, deployment, and enhancement.

• Integrates modern architecture practices including hybrid cloud design, automation, Zero Trust principles, and secure-by-design methodologies.

• Leads development of architecture standards, patterns, and governance frameworks across cross-functional engineering teams.

Client Consulting & Value Articulation

• Provides consulting and pre-sales support to strategic prospects and accounts.

• Articulates the Unisys value proposition and architects’ custom solutions as needed.

• Offers thought-leadership to business-oriented, technical, and other audiences.

• Leads RFP/RFI solutioning, client workshops, and competitive positioning efforts.

Project Governance & Estimation

• Contributes to solution project estimation, scope definition, resource allocation, and timeline development.

• Recommend management and governance policies using client constraints.

• Supports TCO/ROI modeling, cost optimization strategies, and financial alignment of architectural decisions.

Financial & Delivery Alignment

• Designs solutions that achieve financial goals as well as meet or exceed the requirements of service delivery.

• Ensures proposed solutions position Unisys competitively while remaining technically feasible and aligned with business objectives.

• Partners with delivery teams to ensure architectures are executable, support operational stability, and align with ITSM best practices.

You will be successful in this role if you have:

Key Qualifications

• BA/BS degree and 6–8 years of relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Demonstrated ability to design and architect enterprise-level technical solutions.

• Strong consulting, presentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.

• U.S. Citizenship and U.S. residency required.

• Demonstrated experience in design patterns, architecture best practices, cost optimizations, delivering purpose-built solutions.

• Demonstrates strong knowledge across a wide range of services and solutions.

• Expert in emerging solutions, roadmap, and the business applications of technology.

• Recognized industry expertise and experience.

• Strong verbal and written skills.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with diverse stakeholders.

Integrated Additional Qualifications

• Advanced Technical Architecture Expertise — Multi-tier enterprise architecture across infrastructure, cloud, security, and application domains.

• Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Architecture — Azure/AWS landing zones, governance, modernization, and cloud security baselines.

• Infrastructure as Code & Automation — Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, automated deployment patterns.

• Zero Trust & Security Architecture — IAM, PKI, segmentation, encryption, and secure design aligned to federal requirements.

• Federal Compliance & Regulatory Alignment — NIST 800‑53, FedRAMP, FISMA, CJIS, DISA STIGs.

• Enterprise Integration & Modernization — API design, event-driven architecture, legacy modernization.

• Architecture Governance Leadership — Standards, patterns, guardrails, and architecture review processes.

• Pre-Sales & Strategic Solutioning — RFP/RFI leadership, client workshops, competitive differentiation.

• Financial Modeling & Cost Optimization — TCO/ROI analysis, cloud cost governance.

• ITSM & Operational Excellence — ITIL practices, service reliability engineering, operational alignment.

• Executive-Level Communication — Ability to simplify complex architectures for senior audiences.

• Professional Certifications — Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, CISSP, ITIL, TOGAF.

• Cross-Disciplinary Leadership — Leading teams across Windows, Linux, Cloud, Security, NOC, and application domains.

• Thought Leadership — Whitepapers, conference presentations, industry advisory contributions.

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This role may require access to export-controlled commodities and technology.  Therefore, to conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.

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