Senior Solutions Architect

Agile Defense is seeking a Senior Technical Solutions Architect with proven experience crafting compelling and winning enterprise network engineering solutions for DoW and Federal Government organizations. The successful candidate will report to the VP, Solutions and contribute at every step in the business capture process including providing technical support to the Federal Civilian and Department of Defense (DoD) Business Development (BD) teams, the Proposal Team, Pricing Team, and Operation Directors and project teams. This position will support $10M-$1B+ capture efforts, collaborating with a team of experts throughout the process to enhance win probability by determining optimal solutions to meet customer requirements.

Responsibilities

Support pre-RFP business capture activities; Provide technical expertise and support the BD teams at Industry Day events, customer Q&A sessions, and conferences; Meet with vendors and partners to review products and capabilities; Support Request for Information (RFI) responses; Craft compelling and compliant proposal responses and basis of estimate / staffing models; Prepare and review status of ongoing efforts, briefing senior executives; Coordinate, facilitate, and participate in solutioning sessions with technical experts; Create concept of operation (CONOPS), graphics concepts, SWOT analysis, identify risks and mitigations; Support oral and written proposal efforts; Partner with the Proposal Team to craft a compelling Request for Proposal (RFP) response; Support oral proposals as a presenter or evaluator; Support development of staffing basis of estimates (BOE); Maintain knowledge currency and share with team members; Provide expertise to project teams upon request; Retain knowledge of ongoing Federal Government and DoD initiatives and apply to recommended solutions

Requirements

12+ years of experience in technical roles requiring collaboration among team members and communication with senior-level customers; 6+ years of supporting business capture processes with written and oral response development; A bachelor’s degree or higher is required, with a preference for engineering, computer science, or IT Management related fields; Experience researching and developing technical solutions to complex problems across a variety of scenarios, with specific focus on software engineering and data architecture / engineering solutions; Must be able to mature an idea from a concept of operation to an achievable solution that meets customer requirements; Must possess the ability to understand a customer’s needs through reviewing available materials, attending industry day events, written and oral communications, and knowledge of industry and federal government strategic planning; Excellent writing and oral communication skills; Must be able to present a variety of technical topics to potential customers with varying degrees of technical knowledge; Experience designing enterprise networks including LAN, WAN, cloud solutions, software defined networking, load balancing, zero trust, WAN optimization, network encryption solutions; Experience with DoD continuous ATO and Zero Trust processes including identification, tracking, reporting, and resolving of vulnerabilities and the creation of accreditation documentation supporting networks; Experience with application development and sustainment solutions including development, test, user experience, and devsecops pipelines; Experience supporting large ($100M+) business capture opportunities; Familiarity with Federal Government proposal process; Strong familiarity with common tools used in researching and developing RFI and RFP responses, including the Microsoft Office suite of tools; Ability to review materials, assess solutions, and develop graphical concepts to convey a message in a clear and concise manner; Technical leadership experience required to determine a level of effort estimate and the skill sets and experience necessary to complete a project / task; Experience developing RFI and RFP responses including win theme development; Ability to lead meetings and achieve the desired outcome of those meetings; Must be able to support a flexible work schedule to meet deadlines and due dates; Must be able to travel (est. <10%) in support of business capture or coordination activities as needed

Nice to have

Cisco Certified Network Professional Enterprise (CCNP); Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Enterprise Infrastructure; Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Enterprise Wireless; Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE); Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA); Juniper Enterprise Routing and Switching Professional Level (JNCIP-ENT); Juniper Automation and DevOps Specialist Level (JNCIS-DevOps); ITILv3 or ITIL4 Foundation; Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP); Certified Information Security Manager (CISM); SAFe Agilist (SA); SAFe Product OM; Certified ScrumMaster (CSM); AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner; Microsoft Azure Fundamentals; Experience architecting and designing enterprise data solutions including data warehouses, data lakes, and data lakehouses; Project Management experience including fiscal management of projects; Experience using AI tools to support business development efforts