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Chief Engineer

Part-time

Booz Allen Hamilton

Aurora, COFull-time / Part-time$87–198K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 1w ago

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Compensation
$87–198K/yr
Location
Aurora, CO
Schedule
Full-time / Part-time
Work Authorization
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Security+ CE Or SSCP Or CCNA-Security Or GSECTS/SCI clearanceBachelor's degree

Job overview

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks a solutions architect to shape technology plans for GEOINT mission systems. The role translates customer IT needs and future goals into architecture products and design specifications, leads prototyping, and works with customers on cloud migration, advanced technology integration, and legacy modernization. It also mentors developers. The posting requires extensive cloud architecture experience, a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, and a bachelor's degree.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Cloud Application DesignCloud Application DevelopmentCloud Application OperationsCloud Application MaintenanceCloud ArchitectureDevSecOpsPythonGoJavaSupervisionProject LeadershipCollaborative TeamworkCross-Functional TeamworkGround SystemsMission Control SoftwareSatellite Communication ProtocolsAgile EngineeringAzureAzure Kubernetes ServiceAzure FunctionsAutoScaling

Qualifications

8+ Years Cloud Platform Experience3+ Years Multi-CSP Architecture ExperienceTS/SCI Clearance With PolygraphBachelor's DegreeSecurity+ CE or SSCP or CCNA-Security or GSEC5+ Years Ground Systems Experience5+ Years Agile Engineering ExperienceAWS Certified Solutions Architect or Developer or SysOps Associate

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Job Number: R0229865 Chief Engineer The Opportunity: At a certain point, experience-based system design can start to look like clairvoyance. When you've developed so many systems that you can not only orchestrate the best solution for any technology-based challenge, but you can also anticipate and preempt future issues, you're a solutions architect. You've evolved your skills into strategy through a long path of sof tware development accomplishments and the curiosity to understand how all the pieces of an IT ecosystem fit together. Are you ready to use your combination of knowledge, skill, and experience to take on the toughest challenges in GEOINT mission systems? As a solution architect on our team, you'll translate your customer's IT needs and future goals into a plan by crafting architecture products and design specifications, leading prototyping efforts, and working directly with the customer to help transform the way the customer's organization uses technology to enable the delivery of new mission and enterprise-level capabilities.With your guidance, we'll help transform the way GEOINT mission systems use technology, including cloud migration, integrating advanced technology, and modernizing legacy systems. What do you do next in a career where you've reached this level? You mentor the next set of developers to help them grow into tomorrow's solutions architects. Work with us and build the future of technology in GEOINT mission systems for the better. Join us. The world can't wait. You Have: - 8+ years of experience designing, developing, operationalizing, and maintaining complex cloud applications or platforms at enterprise scale - 3+ years of experience architecting solutions on multiple Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) - Experience with DevSecOps principles - Experience with programming languages, such as Python, Go, or Java - Ability to supervise others and lead projects and deliverables within a collaborative and cross-functional team environment - TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph - Bachelor's degree - Ability to obtain a Security+ CE, SSCP, CCNA-Security, or GSEC Certification within 6 months of hiredate Nice If You Have: - 5+ years of experience with ground systems, mission control software, and satellite communication protocols - 5+ years of experience with Agile engineering practices - Experience architecting solutions on Azure using cloud native services such as AKS, Azure Functions for serverless, or AutoScaling - AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Developer, or SysOps Associate Certification Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information ; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required. Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page. Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizatio al requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen's total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. Candidate AI Usage Policy AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided. Work ModelOur people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings. - Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility. - Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility. - Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role. - Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility. - Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility. - Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role. Commitment to Non-Discrimination - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law. Apply at: https://ipc.us/t/DC6709F9BE1642D9.

How this job compares

Set against the 8,590 open Solutions Architect jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$87–198K/yr
  • Colorado median$148–217K/yr207 salary ranges
  • US median$141–247K/yr7,645 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $142K, is 21% below the Colorado median midpoint ($181K) — in the lowest quarter of Solutions Architect salary ranges in Colorado.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 230 open Solutions Architect jobs in Colorado and 8,590 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Colorado
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Solutions Architect postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (7,609 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,139 of the 8,590 open Solutions Architect jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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