Solution Train Architect

As the Solution Train Architect, your day will center on defining, evolving, and driving execution of the end-to-end solution architecture that enables multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs) to deliver integrated, mission-ready capabilities. You will operate at the intersection of strategy, architecture, and delivery ensuring architectural intent is clear, actionable, and consistently executed across the Solution Train.

Architectural Direction & Alignment:
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. 

Execution Support Across ARTs:
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.

Driving Architectural Outcomes:
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.