Solutions Engineer, GovCon

Unanet • Reston, VA

14h • $95,000 - $112,500

About The Position

As a Solution Engineer, you will play a critical role in driving the growth and success of our GovCon solutions across the Government Contracting market. This role blends deep GovCon domain expertise with strong technical and consultative skills to understand complex contractor needs, translate them into targeted product demonstrations, and partner closely with Sales and Product to present compelling, differentiated solutions for project-driven government contractors.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in presales, software consulting, implementation, product, or closely related roles specifically with the Unanet GovCon ERP product or equivalent product.
• Recognized as a GovCon subject matter expert, capable of solving highly complex problems with significant business impact and minimal guidance.
• Proven record of improving organizational processes, introducing scalable best practices.
• Ability to translate GovCon business and compliance requirements into clear solution designs, demos, and proposals that resonate with executive, business, and technical stakeholders.
• Comfortable experimenting with and standardizing new AI workflows.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Comfortable with up to 10% travel for key customer meetings, events, and internal collaboration.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience with, or strong knowledge of, competitive GovCon products (e.g., Costpoint, QuickBooks, JAMIS, Procas, and related GovCon tools).
• Deep understanding of the Government Contracting market, including cost accounting standards, indirect rate structures, incurred cost submissions, timekeeping and labor compliance, project controls, and audit readiness.
• Hands-on experience using AI copilots to generate demo narratives, configure or validate demo data, summarize discovery, draft ROI models, and mine customer/prospect data for product insights

Responsibilities

• Lead and participate in the solution engineering process for GovCon opportunities, shaping demonstration strategy and influencing deal direction by aligning customer challenges with Unanet’s product vision, roadmap, and capabilities for government contractors.
• Develop and customize GovCon demo environments, including database setup and realistic contracting data scenarios (e.g., contract types, indirect rate structures, cost pools, project WBS, compliance reporting) to showcase relevant product functionality and value.
• Create reusable GovCon demo assets, ensuring scalable, high-quality collateral (flows, scripts, data sets, configuration patterns).
• Mentor others in building scripts, tools, and databases, and introduce innovative approaches leveraging AI and other technologies to increase demo impact and repeatability.
• Track and report on key performance indicators for GovCon pursuits, such as demo effectiveness, follow-up requirements, and win/loss analysis, using insights to continuously refine messaging and approach.
• Serve as a cross-functional partner for the GovCon segment, collaborating with Sales Enablement, Product, Marketing, and Sales Ops to shape and maintain high-impact GovCon-focused enablement assets (battlecards, playbooks, demo blueprints, ROI content).
• Analyze patterns across GovCon prospects and customers to identify true product gaps versus configuration or best-practice opportunities, helping teams distinguish between roadmap needs and implementation guidance.
• Stay current on GovCon product capabilities and releases, incorporating new and enhanced features into demonstration scripts and narratives, and proactively recommending improvements based on customer feedback and market trends.
• Conduct discovery sessions with GovCon prospects to understand their contract portfolios, compliance and audit requirements, project accounting processes, and technical environments, ensuring solution alignment to both business and regulatory needs.
• Serve as a trusted, strategic advisor to prospective GovCon clients throughout their evaluation, aligning solution capabilities with prospect requirements, evaluation criteria, and desired business outcomes across finance, project management, operations, and compliance.
• Develop client-specific proposals, business cases, and ROI models that quantify the value of adopting Unanet’s GovCon solutions (e.g., improved cost visibility, margin protection, audit readiness, process efficiency).
• Act as a resident GovCon subject matter expert, facilitating shared understanding and best practices across Sales, CS, and Product.
• Represent Solution Engineering and the GovCon customer voice to Product, identify emerging GovCon trends, reporting on competitive and regulatory dynamics, and sharing solution requirements to inform product enhancements and roadmap decisions.
• Embrace AI- and data-driven excellence. Own AI-enabled demo asset creation and maintenance. Use AI/analytics for continuous improvement of win rates and demo effectiveness. Partner with Product on an AI-informed view of GovCon market and customer trends.

Benefits

• You will be eligible to earn commissions subject to commission plans and policies that may be in effect from time to time.
• You will further be eligible for employee equity as well as to participate in Unanet's employee benefits plans and programs.
• For more details on Unanet's benefits offerings, please visit https://unanet.com/employee-benefits

What This Job Offers

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