Solutions Architect
About The Position
The Solutions Architect will be located in Pueo’s McLean, Virginia corporate office. The role provides early capture support by understanding customer requirements, shaping acquisition strategy, and influencing technical requirements through white papers, solution artifacts, and customer-aligned recommendations. The Solutions Architect develops integrated solutions that include the technical and management approaches, transition strategy, staffing mix, risks and mitigations, and basis-of-estimate or bill-of-materials inputs. The role collaborates with domain experts, program teams, pricing, capture, and proposal leads to create compliant, compelling, executable solutions aligned with customer architecture and evaluation criteria. It also develops and maintains solution artifacts throughout the capture and proposal lifecycle and coordinates solution workshops and proposal reviews. The position leads assigned proposal artifacts and supports program growth by working with delivery teams to identify improvements, innovations, requirements, and technical solutions that can strengthen existing contracts and inform future capture strategy. Work arrangements may be on-site or hybrid depending on customer, contract, and program needs; on-site work in McLean is required.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of experience in IT, cybersecurity, cloud, technical services, or a related technical discipline.
- At least 4 years of experience as a Solution Architect supporting capture, proposal development, or technical solutioning.
- Certification in a relevant technical, management, cybersecurity, cloud, or IT service management discipline.
- Strong understanding of enterprise technology, cybersecurity, cloud platforms, and high-level architecture concepts.
- Knowledge of industry best practices in IT, cybersecurity, project management, Agile, DevOps, and IT service delivery.
- Working knowledge of cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to executive, customer, capture, proposal, technical, and pricing stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and tradeoff analysis skills to develop compliant and executable solutions.
- Ability to lead cross-functional technical teams, solution teams, projects, or proposal workstreams in deadline-driven environments.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure, manage competing priorities, and meet tight capture and proposal deadlines.
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field; alternatively, a bachelor’s degree in IT or a related technical field with 8 years of IT background and 4 years of Solutions Architect experience. Equivalent combinations of education, training, and experience may substitute for a degree.
- On-site work in McLean, Virginia is required; hybrid or on-site arrangements may vary based on customer, contract, and program needs.
Nice To Haves
- Demonstrated success leading solution architecture for major federal, defense, or national security contract proposals.
- Experience developing solutions that directly contributed to contract awards or measurable capture outcomes.
- Advanced certifications in technical domains such as AWS, Azure, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, networking, or cloud architecture.
- Management or delivery certifications such as PMP, ITIL, Agile, Scrum, or other IT service delivery credentials.
- Experience supporting defense industry, Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, or other federal government customers.
- Knowledge of ITIL, DevOps, Agile, and other delivery frameworks used to design scalable and executable technical solutions.
- Strong understanding of network, systems, cloud, security, and enterprise architecture principles and protocols.
- Experience applying emerging technologies such as data analytics, automation, artificial intelligence, or machine learning to mission or enterprise IT solutions.
- Proven ability to lead senior stakeholders, build consensus across technical and business teams, and translate strategy into proposal-ready solution content.
Responsibilities
- Provide early capture support to understand customer requirements, shape acquisition strategy, and influence technical requirements through white papers, solution artifacts, and customer-aligned recommendations.
- Develop integrated solutions encompassing technical and management approaches, transition strategy, staffing mix, risks and mitigations, and basis-of-estimate or bill-of-materials inputs.
- Collaborate with domain experts, program teams, pricing, capture, and proposal leads to design compliant, compelling, executable solutions aligned with customer architectural direction and evaluation criteria.
- Develop and maintain capture and proposal solution artifacts, including solution narratives, diagrams, staffing concepts, labor category inputs, demonstration plans, and cost/capability tradeoff recommendations.
- Coordinate and co-lead Blue Team reviews, solution iteration workshops, and color review activities to maintain consistency across proposal volumes and assignments.
- Lead and coordinate the development, review, and delivery of assigned proposal artifacts, ensuring completeness, quality, compliance, and alignment with schedules.
- Work with delivery teams to identify improvements, requirements, and technical discriminators that strengthen proposed solutions.
- Work with delivery teams to identify innovations and technical solutions that enhance existing contracts and inform future capture strategy.
Benefits
- Annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards may be included in total compensation.
- Pueo provides a variety of employee benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
