Vice President, Solution Architecture
Diaconia
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Gaithersburg • Maryland • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $200,000 - $220,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
CloudCyber Security
About the role
- Lead the design and development of integrated technical solutions that address client mission needs and align with corporate strategy.
- Partner with the VP of Federal Accounts to refine and evolve solution offerings for existing customers, ensuring technical alignment with mission priorities and contract objectives.
- Collaborate with the VP of Capture and Strategic Partnerships to define and articulate innovative, compliant, and compelling solutions that improve probability of win (PWin) in competitive and sole-source pursuits.
- Drive the creation of solution architectures, technical narratives, and discriminators for proposals, white papers, and customer briefings.
- Lead and participate in technical orals presentations for new work opportunities.
- Partner with Technical VPs and Delivery Leaders to identify, shape, and prioritize R&D, prototyping, and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) initiatives aligned with customer demand and emerging technologies.
- Oversee technical strategy for sole source and direct award opportunities, ensuring solutions demonstrate technical merit, scalability, and measurable mission value.
- Engage with key technology vendors and industry partners to identify integration opportunities and strengthen the company’s solution portfolio.
- Build and lead a high-performing solution architecture capable of delivering cross-domain innovation and enterprise-scale architectures.
- Champion collaboration across delivery, capture, and technology teams to ensure alignment of corporate strategy, customer success, and innovation priorities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field required; Master’s degree preferred.
- 15+ years of experience in technical leadership within federal contracting, systems integration, or technology services.
- Proven success developing winning technical solutions for federal proposals (both competitive and sole source).
- Strong understanding of the federal acquisition process, technology evaluation criteria, and proposal lifecycle.
- Deep experience architecting solutions across one or more technical domains such as cloud, data analytics, AI/ML, cybersecurity, digital modernization, or DevSecOps.
- Experience leading or contributing to R&D, prototyping, or SBIR initiatives preferred.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
solution architecturetechnical narrativesclouddata analyticsAI/MLcybersecuritydigital modernizationDevSecOpsR&Dprototyping
Soft skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationstrategic thinkinginnovationproblem-solvingcustomer successtechnical alignmentteam buildingpresentation skills
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degree