GovCIO

Solutions Architect

GovCIO

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $140,000 - $170,000 per year

Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityETLMicroservices

About the role

  • Define solutions that address customer mission needs across cyber operations, cybersecurity, IT, software, data analytics, and AI.
  • Craft solution narratives that emphasize outcomes, benefits, differentiators, and alignment to customer objectives.
  • Translate technical capabilities into customer-focused win themes and value propositions.
  • Analyze and map solutions to customer “hot buttons” and evaluation criteria to ensure solutions resonate with evaluators.
  • Develop architectures (system, enterprise, data, cloud, cyber) that implement proposed solutions.
  • Create diagrams, reference architectures, and models that demonstrate compliance with DoD and federal standards.
  • Conduct technology trade-off analyses, risk assessments, and scalability reviews.
  • Develop staffing plans, levels of effort (LOEs), and work breakdown structures (WBSs) to ensure solutions are executable, cost-effective, and compliant with solicitation requirements.
  • Align staffing models with technical architectures, ensuring the right skills and clear labor mix.
  • Collaborate with pricing and program management teams to balance technical approach, staffing, and cost competitiveness.
  • Partner with BD and Capture Managers to develop solution strategies for pursuits.
  • Lead solutioning workshops with SMEs to define technical architectures and discriminators.
  • Develop proposal artifacts including technical volumes, solution narratives, architecture diagrams, staffing plans, LOEs, and WBSs.
  • Engage directly with federal and DoD customers to understand mission requirements and technical challenges.
  • Present solution concepts, roadmaps, staffing strategies, and architectures to customer stakeholders.
  • Translate complex technical concepts into clear, mission-focused narratives for non-technical audiences.
  • Lead cross-functional solution teams, integrating inputs from engineers, developers, data scientists, and cyber SMEs.
  • Mentor staff on aligning technical contributions to capture and proposal strategies.
  • Use SharePoint, Teams, and architecture modeling tools (Visio, ArchiMate, Lucidchart) to manage collaboration and artifacts.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's with 12+ years (or commensurate experience)
  • Cyber Operations Expertise: Experience with defensive cyber ops, SOC design and operations, incident response, threat hunting, mission assurance, and red/blue team integration.
  • Cybersecurity Expertise: Strong knowledge of NIST RMF, Zero Trust, DoD Cloud SRG, DoDI 8500.01/8510.01, and enterprise security design.
  • Technical Breadth & Depth: Experience in at least one of the following domains: IT infrastructure & cloud (AWS, Azure, hybrid, DoD IL4/IL5 environments) Software engineering (DevSecOps, CI/CD, containerization, microservices, agile delivery) Data analytics (big data platforms, ETL pipelines, BI/visualization, predictive analytics) Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML frameworks, automation, applied data science)
  • Strategic & Critical Thinking: Ability to balance mission outcomes with technical feasibility, staffing, and compliance.
  • Solution Development: Skilled in crafting mission-focused solutions and win themes.
  • Architecture Design: Proficient in developing system and enterprise architectures and reference designs.
  • Staffing & Planning: Demonstrated ability to develop staffing plans, LOEs, and WBSs aligned with technical solutions and pricing strategies.
  • Capture & Proposal Support: Proven experience developing solution artifacts and supporting competitive federal proposals.
  • Tools: Proficiency with Salesforce CRM (pipeline alignment), architecture tools (Visio, ArchiMate, Lucidchart), and collaboration platforms (SharePoint, Teams).
Benefits
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Corporate Discounts
  • Learning & Development platform, to include certification preparation content
  • Training, Education and Certification Assistance*
  • Referral Bonus Program
  • Internal Mobility Program
  • Pet Insurance
  • Flexible Work Environment

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
cyber operationscybersecurityNIST RMFZero TrustAWSAzureDevSecOpsdata analyticsAI/ML frameworksarchitecture design
Soft skills
strategic thinkingcritical thinkingsolution developmentstaffing and planningcapture and proposal supportcollaborationmentoringcommunicationtechnical translationleadership