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Technical Lead/Platform Solutions Architect
Defense Unicorns
Washington D.C.
Source: Defense Unicorns careers · View original posting
Employer job description
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Technical Lead / Platform Solution Architect
Mission Value:
Serve as the technical authority across a complex, multi-vendor AI and software platform, helping the government team make sound architecture decisions, resolve cross-platform integration challenges, and establish repeatable patterns that accelerate mission delivery.
Role Description
Defense Unicorns is seeking a senior Technical Lead / Platform Solution Architect to embed with a government team and serve as the go-to technical subject matter expert across the platform architecture. This individual will connect the mission, engineering, security, data, AI, and vendor perspectives into a coherent technical approach and become a trusted technology advisor to the mission hero.
The role is intentionally hands-on and strategic. The Technical Lead will work across Kubernetes/OpenShift, GitLab and CI/CD, AI/agent infrastructure, enterprise data services, cloud infrastructure, security controls, and integration patterns. They will guide technical decisions, challenge assumptions, identify architectural risks early, and help the team move from prototype to operational capability.