Solutions Architect Senior Principal at SAIC

The role is primarily a pre-sales/capture Solutions Architect — its day-to-day work is authoring technical proposals and solution architectures for government bids, not building or operating systems. 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is the best fit; 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is a plausible runner-up given the systems analysis and architecture framing.

Experience requirement is stated as two tracks: Bachelor's + 18 years OR Master's + 14 years, plus a separate floor of 8+ years in systems engineering/solutions architecture. The overall years minimum is set to 14 (the lower overall track minimum).

The posting requires an active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain a Polygraph. The clearance is a hard gate; the polygraph is framed as an ability requirement rather than a current possession, but TS/SCI is clearly required.

Location is preferred Chantilly, VA with hybrid options in Reston, VA or Arlington, VA — all within the Washington DC metro CBSA. The role is not fully remote.

Space systems, satellite architectures, ground systems, GEOINT/SIGINT, IC systems, cloud/managed services, and LLM/code prototyping all appear under 'Preferred Qualifications' and are marked accordingly.

Technical skills listed in the posting (government acquisition processes, multi-disciplinary problem sets across Space/IT/GEOINT/SIGINT) are framed as abilities/familiarity rather than named tools or platforms, so they are captured at the skill level where a concrete technology name exists.

Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Systems Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Government RFP/Proposal Development.

Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.