Solution Architect

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Position : Solution Architect Cleared

Location : Springfield, VA - Onsite at Customer Facility

Clearance : TS / SCI Clearance with CI Poly (or willingness to obtain CI Poly).

Duration : Full-time

Position Summary

The Solutions Architect will play a lead role in the delivery of an agency-wide metadata governance solution with a strong emphasis on geospatial data within intelligence. This role requires onsite work in a classified environment, supporting the deployment of software across C2S networks.

What we are looking for :

The ideal candidate will have experience with enterprise search technologies—preferably Apache Solr / Lucene, though experience with other platforms (e.g., Elasticsearch) is also acceptable—and geospatial workflows. As the bridge between internal development team, onsite system integrators, and government stakeholders, the Solutions Architect will ensure the solution’s successful implementation and delivery.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead technical deployments in a fast-paced, high-impact environment, collaborating with analysts, developers, and senior managers to deliver innovative solutions.

Responsibilities

• Work onsite at NGA’s Springfield, VA facility, supporting classified deployments of software on C2S networks.
• Lead the implementation of a geospatial metadata registry, ensuring effective use of Apache Solr / Lucene or other enterprise search technologies as the search backbone.
• Provide expertise in optimizing search performance, query design, and geospatial indexing within Solr / Lucene environments.
• Collaborate with Voyager’s internal development team and NGA’s system integrators to customize solutions for enterprise-scale geospatial data.
• Act as a technical advisor, assisting stakeholders with configuring and scaling the metadata governance solution.
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to both analysts and senior leadership, including briefings on solution design, capabilities, and performance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve search, indexing, and integration challenges in collaboration with onsite teams.
• Define and document requirements, workflows, and architectures to meet NGA’s operational goals.
• Identify and advocate for software enhancements to the Voyager core development team, particularly those involving geospatial data and Solr / Lucene optimizations.
• Develop technical demonstrations and proofs-of-concept showcasing Voyager’s geospatial search capabilities to stakeholders.

Requirements :

Security Clearance Requirements :

Compensation :

The pay range for this job is determined by various factors, including but not necessarily limited to location, responsibilities of the job, and alignment with market data. When determining a salary for this role, the following factors may be taken into consideration : contract-specific affordability, education, knowledge, skills, competencies and experience. The estimate displayed represents the salary range for this position and is just one component of ODRG's total compensation package for employees. It is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific employee. Compensation for this position has not yet been determined.

About Us

Organizational Development Resource Group (ODRG), LLC is a management consulting company that provides professional services to organizations within DoD, Federal, Commercial, and non - profit sectors.

About the Team

ODRG professional consultants provide management consulting and administrative support services. We assist our customers with strategic direction, implementation, and evaluation efforts that optimize their workforce and ultimately enhance the effectiveness of the organization. Our consultants have designed and delivered value added solutions for government and private organizations that have resulted in organizational effectiveness; process efficiency, strengthen workforce, and cost savings.

What you'll be part of - ODRG Culture

We foster a winning culture of solution creators built on innovation, collaboration, flexibility, and work-life balance. Our success is measured by the level of impact we have on our clients, and we are prideful of the ability we have to solve difficult problems through collaboration with government agencies as well as other organizations, along with our ability to deliver the results they need. There is a great deal of passion in the people who make up our organization when it comes to the causes we support.

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