# Solutions Architect, Special Operations

**Company:** [Cape](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/cape)
**Location:** Arlington, VA, Washington, DC, North Carolina
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Salary:** $180k – $220k/yr
**Skills:** Networking, Ip Addressing, Subnetting, Nat, Routing, Switching, Wireshark, Automation, Scripting, Cyber Operations, Privacy, Telecommunications, Enterprise Sales, Ts/Sci Clearance
**Posted:** 2026-09-08

> Leads technical engagements, deployments, and integrations for federal customers, partnering across product, engineering, and business development. Requires networking expertise, deployment automation, defense or telecommunications experience, active TS/SCI clearance, and substantial travel.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own engagements with new and early federal customers, working on-site to understand challenges and deploy technology.
- Build relationships across customer seniority levels and create executive presentations to secure buy-in.
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to align product direction with customer needs.
- Lead product rollouts and integrations at customer locations.
- Serve as the on-site technical implementation point of contact, independently adapting and deploying solutions.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams to support customer objectives.
- Automate operational tasks and develop scripts or technical solutions as needed for deployments.

## Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
- Understanding of networking fundamentals, including IP addressing and subnetting, NAT, routing, switching, and core network functions.
- Familiarity with network troubleshooting and diagnostic tools such as Wireshark.
- Technical ability to automate tasks and tailor scripts or solutions for customer deployments.
- Domain experience in cyber operations, privacy, security, telecommunications, or related fields.
- Experience in enterprise sales, particularly at early-stage defense-focused companies.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Active U.S. TS/SCI clearance.
- Willingness to travel up to 75%.
- Based in Washington, DC or North Carolina; relocation assistance is available.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Washington, DC salary range: $180,000–$220,000, depending on experience and interview performance.
- Meaningful equity.
- 401(k) match.
- Unlimited paid time off.
- Company-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees and dependents.
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
- Stipends for family-forming needs and gender-affirming care.

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