Senior Solutions Architect

Next Phase Solutions and Services is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to support a federal data analytics modernization initiative. This role will provide technical leadership and hands-on expertise in designing, implementing, and optimizing scalable data platforms, with a focus on cloud-based big-data environments, analytics pipelines, and data visualization solutions.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience in data platform architecture, big data technologies, and visualization tools, along with prior experience supporting federal agencies such as DHS or USCIS.

This individual will play a key role in shaping the technical solution during the proposal phase and is expected to lead architecture efforts upon award.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable, secure data platforms leveraging cloud and big data technologies
• Lead implementation and optimization of data pipelines, ingestion frameworks, and analytics workflows
• Provide hands-on expertise in big data ecosystems (e.g., Spark, distributed data processing frameworks)
• Architect and support data visualization solutions, including dashboards and reporting platforms (e.g., Tableau)
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define data architecture, integration strategies, and performance optimization approaches
• Ensure alignment with federal security, compliance, and governance standards
• Support proposal development activities, including solutioning and technical approach contributions
• Serve as a technical leader and advisor across engineering and analytics teams