Solution Architect - Customs Modernization at Securiport
Reston, VA
—
Jul 14, 2026
Reston, VA
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Solution Architect role focused on designing and documenting the technical foundation for a national customs-modernization program. The work centers on integration architecture connecting customs platforms (including ASYCUDA/SYDONIA), port-community data sources, field operations, and government systems, with an eye toward a future digital single-window capability. The role suits an experienced architect comfortable bridging government and operational stakeholders, producing formal architecture artifacts, and guiding engineering teams in complex, security-sensitive environments.
Senior level · 8+ years · National
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
We read this from the posting text with AI. Skim the description below before ruling yourself out.
How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $119,144 (middle half $81,115–$160,963).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (12)
Location is not stated in the posting. The role involves working with an in-country operations team, customs authorities, and port stakeholders on what appears to be an international customs-modernization program (references to ASYCUDA, port-community data, and an 'Expatriate Technical Manager' suggest a non-US deployment context). The US-based flag has been defaulted to true per instructions, but the actual work location may be outside the United States.
SOC classification is a genuine judgment call. The role is titled 'Solution Architect' and spans enterprise/solution architecture, systems integration design, and technical leadership — it does not map cleanly to a single BLS code. 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used as the best fit for a dedicated solution/enterprise architect role; 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is the closest runner-up given the requirements-translation and integration-design emphasis.
The JD requires 8+ years in technical roles overall and 3+ years specifically in solution/software/enterprise architecture. The 8-year figure is captured as the overall minimum; the 3-year architecture-specific requirement is a sub-role constraint noted here.
Architecture frameworks (C4, TOGAF, ArchiMate, UML, OpenAPI) are listed under required qualifications as 'familiarity with … or comparable standards' — they are treated as a single interchangeable hard gate on architecture documentation methodology, with OpenAPI as the primary name and the others as alternatives.
ASYCUDA/SYDONIA familiarity is listed under Preferred Qualifications.
Architecture certifications (TOGAF, AWS CSA-Pro, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Zachman, etc.) are listed under Preferred Qualifications; TOGAF is used as the primary name with the others as alternatives.
Cloud, DevOps, CI/CD, containerization, infrastructure as code, microservices, API management, and monitoring are all listed under Preferred Qualifications as a single grouped item; each distinct technology is emitted separately as preferred.
Programming language experience (.NET, Java, Node.js, Python) is listed under Preferred Qualifications; .NET is noted as 'especially valuable' but remains preferred, not required.
Exposure to distributed-ledger technologies, digital identity, biometrics, AI/ML, and computer vision is listed under Preferred Qualifications. ML and computer vision are emitted as representative preferred skills from this group.
Working proficiency in French is listed under Preferred Qualifications and is not captured as a skill (it is a language proficiency, not a technology).
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): technical architecture documentation.
Read the full posting
The employer publishes the full description on their own site — read it there ↗. Or sign in to read it here — it's free, and it also lets you track this application.