Job description
Requisition #: 845
Job Title: Solutions Architect
Location: Remote to McLean, VA
Clearance Level: Active DoD - Secret
Salary Range: $133,000 - $247,000
Required Certification(s):
·None required. Strong preference for cloud or other IT-related certifications. Security+ or another approved DoD Directive 8140.03 certification highly desired.
SUMMARY
Agile Defense is seeking a Solutions Architect with proven experience supporting all phases of business capture and proposal processes. The Solutions Architect partners with business developers to research, identity, and document solutions to meet Federal Civilian and Department of Defense requirements and use cases.
The successful candidate will report to the VP, Solutions and contribute at every step in the business capture process including providing technical support to the Federal Civilian and Department of Defense (DoD) Business Development (BD) teams, the Proposal Team, Pricing Team, and Operation Directors and project teams. This position will support $10M-$1B+ capture efforts, collaborating with a team of experts throughout the process to enhance win probability by determining optimal solutions to meet customer requirements.
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
·Provide technical expertise and support the BD teams at Industry Day events, customer Q&A sessions, and conferences.
·Lead overall solutioning efforts for proposal responses, identifying partners and solutions for a compelling response. Assign tasks and ensure completion within proposal response timelines.
·Conduct trade-off and vendor analysis to select the optimal solution to meet customer requirements.
·Apply estimating skills and appropriate techniques to develop a basis of estimate (BOE), staffing plans, and cost estimates.
·Prepare and review status of ongoing efforts, briefing senior executives, up to and including members of the C-Suite.
·Work with the Proposal Team to craft and write compelling Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposal (RFP) responses, including oral proposal materials when required. Support oral proposals as a presenter (presenting to senior-level government officials and evaluators) or acting as an evaluator during practice sessions.
·Coordinate and work together as a member of the Agile Defense Solutions Team, sharing knowledge with others and supporting ongoing efforts. Provide expertise to project teams upon request.
·Retain knowledge of ongoing Federal Government and DoD initiatives and apply to recommended solutions.
·The successful candidate can work remotely for this position but will need to occasionally travel in support of business capture or coordination activities as needed.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required Certifications
·None required. Strong preference for cloud or other IT-related certifications. Security+ or another approved DoD Directive 8140.03 certification highly desired.
Education, Background, and Years of Experience
·The successful candidate will have 10+ years of experience in technical roles requiring collaboration among team members and communication with senior-level customers, including 8+ years of supporting business capture processes with written and oral proposal response development.
·A bachelor’s degree or higher is required, with a preference for engineering, computer science, or IT Management related fields of study.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
Required Skills
·Experience researching and developing technical solutions to complex problems across a variety of scenarios. Must be able to mature an idea from a concept of operation to an achievable solution that meets customer requirements.
·Must possess the ability to understand a customer’s needs through reviewing available materials, attending industry day events, written and oral communications, and knowledge of industry and federal government strategic planning.
·Excellent writing and oral communication skills. Must be able to present a variety of technical topics to potential customers with varying degrees of technical knowledge.
·Familiarity with Federal Government proposal process. Strong familiarity with common tools used in researching and developing RFI and RFP responses, including the Microsoft Office suite of tools.
·Experience developing basis of BOE, staffing plans with labor categories, and cost estimates.
·Ability to review materials, assess solutions, and develop graphical concepts to convey a message in a clear and concise manner. A graphical artist will refine any graphics produced by this position.
·Experience developing RFI and RFP responses including win theme development.
·Ability to lead meetings and achieve the desired outcome of those meetings.
·Must be able to support a flexible work schedule to meet deadlines and due dates.
Preferred Skills
·Experience supporting large ($100M+) business capture opportunities.
·Project Management experience including fiscal management of projects.
·Experience using AI tools in the business capture process.
·Experience designing model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and other modeling and simulation (M&S) solutions to meet customer requirements. Apply knowledge of MBSE and M&S solutions to responses, including detailed activities to successfully implement solutions where there are no current capabilities.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Environmental Conditions
·Remote work with 0%-10% travel possible.
·Possible off-hours work to support proposal responses.
·Work is generally sedentary in nature, but may require standing and moving for up to 10% of the time.
Strength Demands
·Sedentary – 10 lbs. Maximum lifting, occasional lift/carry of small articles. Some occasional walking or standing may be required. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Physical Requirements
·Stand or Sit; Repetitive Motion
