Job Summary:
Spry Methods, Inc. is seeking a Solution Train Architect to define, evolve, and drive the execution of end-to-end solution architecture for multiple Agile Release Trains. The role focuses on ensuring architectural intent is clear and actionable, supporting consistent architectural patterns across teams, and leading the development of solution architecture artifacts.
Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with Solution Management, Solution Train Engineer (STE), portfolio leadership, and business stakeholders to ensure solution architecture aligns to: Strategic themes and epics, portfolio and solution intent MCEN operational and mission needs, translate high-level strategy into clear architectural guidance, roadmaps, and guardrails that ARTs can execute against. Make deliberate trade-off decisions balancing mission outcomes, technical feasibility, risk, and long-term sustainability.
• Actively engage with System Architects, ART Architects, and engineering leads to drive consistent architectural patterns and decisions across the Solution Train. Participate in ART and Solution-level events (PI Planning, Pre-PI Planning, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt) to: Validate architectural integrity, resolve cross-ART dependencies and constraints, identify emerging technical risks early, ensure architectural runway is intentionally planned and built to support near- and long-term feature delivery.
• Lead the development and evolution of solution architecture artifacts, including: Solution intent, reference architectures and standards, interface and integration models, provide hands-on architectural coaching, ensuring teams understand why architectural decisions are made not just what they are. Work decisively to address architectural drift, technical debt, or deviation from agreed architectural direction.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Physics or Mathematics discipline
• TS/SCI Clearance
• 10+ years of progressive experience in IT systems architecture, engineering, and integration, with significant time spent directly supporting USMC, Naval, or DoW enterprise environments.
• Cybersecurity Workforce (CWF) IAT Level III or higher compliance
• ARTs delivering integrated solutions with minimal architectural rework
• Clear, shared architectural understanding across teams
• Reduced technical risk and increased delivery predictability
• A solution architecture that enables MCEN to scale, adapt, and deliver mission outcomes with confidence
Preferred:
• Certified SAFe® Architect (ARCH) or equivalent highly desired
• Compliance with DoW 8140/8570 IASAE Level II or III (e.g., CISSP, CASP+, CISM) is preferred
Company:
Spry is a certified Small Business headquartered in McLean, VA. Founded in 2000, the company is headquartered in Mclean, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.