Solutions Architect
Summary
A Solutions Architect based in the McLean, VA corporate office who supports capture and proposal lifecycle work: shaping technical approaches, developing solution artifacts and diagrams, co-leading Blue Team/color reviews, and coordinating proposal deliverables aligned to customer requirements.
The Solutions Architect will be located in the McLean, VA corporate office.
Role and 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 the integrated solution, including technical approach, management approach, transition strategy, staffing mix, risks, mitigations, and basis of estimate/bill of materials inputs.
- Collaborate with domain experts, program teams, pricing, capture, and proposal leads to design solutions that are compliant, compelling, executable, and aligned with customer architectural direction and evaluation criteria.
- Develop and maintain solution artifacts used throughout the capture and proposal lifecycle, 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 ensure the solution story remains consistent across volumes and proposal assignments.
- Lead and coordinate the developing, reviewing, and delivering assigned proposal artifacts while ensuring completeness, quality, compliance, and alignment with capture and proposal schedules.
- Support program growth by working with delivery teams to identify improvements, requirements, and technical discriminators needed to strengthen the proposed solution.
- Support program growth by working with delivery teams to identify improvements, innovations, and technical solutions that enhance existing contracts and inform future capture strategy.