SAIC · 3 hours ago
Principal Solutions Architect
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$120K/yr - $160K/yr
10+ years expSAIC is seeking a highly experienced and results-driven Principal Solutions Architect. This role is responsible for the design, development, and engineering of search infrastructure that supports product teams in migrating, modernizing, and innovating search applications in an AWS cloud native environment.
Information TechnologySecurityService IndustrySoftware
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Operate and maintain the internal and external website search infrastructure, including servers, security, indexing, analytics
Collaborate with cross functional Agile Drupal development teams for search requirements and reporting integration
Manage search indexing and analytics/reporting needs
Develop, Build, and deploy automation, CI/CD pipelines, scripts, and infrastructure from the ground up using Infrastructure as Code - IaC (tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation)
Leverage automation and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and serverless architectures
Develop end-to-end plans for migration of cloud based SOLR/ZooKeeper search capability to an AWS managed search service
Architect, Develop, Build and Deploy pilots, prototypes, and proof of concept solutions to validate potential search modernizations and updates in an AWS cloud native environment
Implement transparency, traceability, and appropriate security handling in line with best practices and applicable compliance standards including Authorization To Operate certifications
Design scalable, secure and cost-effective infrastructure for search implementation, deployment, and maintenance
Conduct exploratory data analysis and generate actionable insights from large and complex datasets
Implement and document reusable code libraries, SOPs and best practices for modernization, automation, and innovation development and deployment
Qualification
Required
Masters' degree or higher in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field
Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in data science, analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence or a similar role
Proven track record of delivering impactful web-based search deployments including SOLR/Kubernetes and open source search managed service solutions in an AWS cloud native environment
Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance based on USPTO regulations
Candidates must have lived in the United States for the last 2 years
Programming Languages Java, Python, HTML, Linux Shell (e.g. Bash), JavaScript, PERL, PHP (Drupal), SQL
Cloud Native Platforms AWS AMI's
Search SOLR, Zookeeper
Search Managed Services (e.g. OpenSearch)
Infrastructure IaC Terraform, CloudFormation
DevSecOps automation GitLab, Docker, SonarQube, Nexus
Agile Software development methodology Rally
Preferred
Experience with Drupal
Company
SAIC
SAIC specializes in IT, enterprise IT, engineering, and professional services.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$522.13MKey Investors
U.S. Geothermal
2025-09-22Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2010-09-13Post Ipo Equity· $22M
2006-10-13IPO
Leadership Team
Robert Fecteau
IT Advisor to CEO
Prabu Natarajan
Chief Financial Officer
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