Solutions Architecture & Sales Engineering - DevSecOps

Aleut Federal • Colorado Springs, VA

10h

About The Position

Aleut Federal is seeking a senior, market-facing technical leader specializing in custom software development and DevSecOps transformation across U.S. federal environments. This role operates across the full lifecycle - from opportunity shaping and technical solutioning through capture, proposal development, pricing, and post-award delivery assurance. The successful candidate will directly influence technical win strategies while maintaining accountability for execution fidelity. The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer-architect who can design modern, cloud-native systems, implement secure DevSecOps pipelines, and translate engineering capabilities into differentiated, winning solutions. This is a build, sell, and validate role with direct impact on growth and delivery outcomes.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship (U.S. Citizens only).
• 7+ years of U.S. federal experience with a Bachelor’s degree.
• Hands-on experience in custom software development, DevSecOps pipeline implementation, and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience supporting technical solutioning, capture, and proposal development.
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to obtain a Position of Public Trust.
• Practical use of AI tools within development or pipeline workflows.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AWS GovCloud or Azure Government.
• Familiarity with FedRAMP, CMMC, NIST, and Zero Trust frameworks.
• Experience integrating AI into engineering workflows.
• Experience with platform engineering models.
• Active Top Secret clearance.
• Delivered AI-enabled engineering pipelines with measurable improvements in quality, speed, or cost.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical solutioning for federal opportunities involving custom application development, cloud-native modernization, DevSecOps, and platform engineering.
• Directly influence and help drive technical wins by defining solution discriminators, shaping technical win themes, and leading customer-facing architecture discussions, whiteboarding sessions, and demos.
• Partner with Business Development and Capture to shape opportunities pre-RFP and translate engineering approaches into clear mission, performance, and cost outcomes.
• Present and defend technical approaches to clients, partners, and internal stakeholders and serve as a senior technical voice in opportunity strategy.
• Integrate AI into the SDLC, including AI-assisted code generation, automated test generation, defect detection, documentation support, and requirements refinement.
• Apply AI within DevSecOps pipelines for intelligent test selection, anomaly detection in builds and deployments, and pipeline optimization.
• Implement semi-autonomous engineering and release workflows with human oversight, auditability, and rollback controls.
• Ensure AI usage aligns with federal security, privacy, and compliance expectations.
• Lead and contribute to technical proposal development.
• Author and own complete technical sections, including solution architecture, custom development approach, DevSecOps strategy, and transition approach.
• Build BOEs aligned to labor mix, automation strategy, tooling, and delivery assumptions.
• Ensure proposed solutions are executable, cost-efficient, and clearly differentiated.
• Ensure alignment between proposed solutions and delivered systems.
• Provide technical oversight during startup and early execution and identify risks in architecture, pipelines, security, and release management.
• Support delivery teams in resolving technical challenges and maintaining proposal-to-delivery fidelity.
• Develop DevSecOps and engineering solution briefs, capability messaging, and reference architectures.
• Actively participate in industry events, client briefings, and technical forums and be willing to speak in front of teams, customers, and conference audiences.
• Position Aleut Federal as a credible modernization and DevSecOps partner.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental/Vision insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Life insurance
• 401 (k) and match

What This Job Offers

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