Solutions Architect -(FedD154)
Defenseunicorns · United States - Remote
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## Solutions Architect (FedD154) **Employer:** Contractor for the U.S. Government — **U.S. Citizenship required**. ### Role Description As a Solutions Architect at Defense Unicorns, you’ll be the primary technical point of contact during customer engagements. You’ll work closely with business development, engineering, and product teams to ensure our offerings are compelling and relevant to government and defense customers. This is a hands-on, customer-facing role focused on delivering live product demos, maintaining infrastructure for proof-of-concept environments, and supporting long, complex defense sales cycles. ### Responsibilities - Act as a trusted advisor for customers’ technical needs, challenges, and goals - Participate in sales calls and business development meetings (often as the primary technical contact); **travel as required** - Discover mission needs beyond surface-level requirements and align solutions accordingly - Architect solutions based on customer requirements and clearly communicate them - Maintain Kubernetes-based technical demo environments and lead live, hands-on demos of **UDS Core** - Build and deliver technical proof-of-concepts (live installations and walkthroughs) - Troubleshoot Kubernetes, containers, cloud infrastructure, networking, and deployment issues during engagements - Support long defense sales cycles with proof-of-concepts, follow-up demos, and ongoing technical guidance ### Clearance Requirement - **Active Secret security clearance required at the time of hire** ### Travel Expectations - Travel as required to support customer engagements, on-site demonstrations, and mission needs ### Required Experience & Qualifications - Hands-on experience deploying, configuring, and troubleshooting **Kubernetes** and containerized environments - Strong understanding of **cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure)**, **Linux**, networking, and infrastructure automation tools such as **Terraform / OpenTofu** - Working knowledge of **CI/CD** pipelines and cloud-native software delivery practices - Ability to explain complex systems to both technical and non-technical audiences - Comfortable with live deployments and real-time troubleshooting; can adjust technical depth by audience - Able to “read the room,” admit mistakes, pivot as needed, and keep demos engaging - Collaborative with cross-functional teams; partner with business development to tailor engagements - Proactive and self-directed in building/maintaining infrastructure and pushing opportunities forward - Passion for the national security mission and solving real problems in mission-critical roles ### Preferred Experience & Qualifications - Experience supporting **DoD / federal** or other mission-critical environments - Familiarity with **secure, classified, disconnected, or air-gapped** environments - Experience with **GitOps** and Kubernetes deployment technologies (e.g., **Helm, Kustomize, ArgoCD**) - Familiarity with **DevSecOps**, container security, and secure software delivery - Experience with UDS/Zarf/Fleet/Platform One/Iron Bank or similar technologies - Experience supporting complex technical engagements (discovery, architecture, demos, proof-of-concept delivery) ### Who We Are Defense Unicorns streamlines software delivery so customers can focus on the most important challenges—speed and user experience with security and optionality. ### What We Do We create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery, co
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