Solutions Architect, Senior Principal

Trace Systems • Mclean, VA

12d

About The Position

The Solutions Architect (SA) will support the Trace Systems Business Development and Proposal organization in growing revenue and designing/developing solutions to help our customers solve mission oriented and technical challenges with core Trace and partner capabilities. This position must work well in a team environment and will play a central role in developing winning solutions from Capture Development through Proposal submission and award. The SA will be able to lead development of both technology and personnel-focused solutions as well as the design of proposal and prototype solutions for staff augmentation and network solutions. The SA will oversee inputs from a wide range of contributors including engineering, pricing, proposals, business development, project, and Executive personnel to facilitate development of a willing solution.
The ideal candidate for this position will demonstrate technical competency combined with strong self-motivated, polished business professionalism and excellent verbal and written communication skills and deep technical fluency in core infrastructure and network systems.

Requirements

• Active, in-scope US Government issued Top Secret clearance
• Due to the nature of the work and contract requirements, US citizenship is required.
• Experience working with Business Development, Capture, or Sales organizations
• 10+ years of professional experience
• Knowledge of government contracting processes and policies
• Bachelor's Degree in IT, Engineering, or relevant field of study (or equivalent work experience)

Nice To Haves

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Desire to work within a fast-paced, dynamic startup business environment

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with business and technical personnel within Trace and among our customer and partner base
• Understand client requirements and translate them into documented engineering requirements
• Develop new strategic initiatives and customer relationships while continuing to enhance preexisting initiatives and relationships
• Design solutions that address and align with customers’ technical environments, business needs, and enterprise data security compliance requirements
• Align Trace technology solutions with new business opportunities to support the pursuit, capture, and implementation of new business opportunities
• Perform technical oversight and analysis of approaches, designs, best practices and documentation
• Attend meetings, working groups, design reviews, and technology discussions related to engineering initiatives, proposals, and quality control of current work

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior