Senior Solutions Architect - Hybrid remote

Job Description

Description

The Solutions Architect serves as the technical lead for executing the relevant activities within the solutioning process in support of Business Development, Capture and Proposal teams. Responsible for identifying, tailoring and integrating technical capabilities and innovations to address customer needs, hot buttons, pain points and requirements to help shape acquisitions, competitively position SAIC and contribute to winning proposals. 

Solutions Architects will:

• Leverage domain expertise, develop comprehensive understanding of customer requirements and lead the development of a complete and highest-rated technical solution and price competitive proposal. 
• Identify technical resources needed to support Pre-B&P and B&P activities.
• Participate in development of solutions and proposals to unusually complex problems which require a high degree of ingenuity and innovation; and collaborate with technical business units to craft unique solutions to respond to customer challenges.
• Lead or support the development of the Technical Solution including our Approach, Graphics, and Roadmap with differentiated strengths, tailoring Team SAIC capabilities to the customer problem set.
• Support capture  with customer meetings by presenting SAIC's capabilities, services and solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelors and 14 years or more of related experience; relevant years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Demonstrated expertise providing innovative digital solutions in one or more of the following areas: 
  • Cloud/Infrastructure – supported customer transformations of legacy application (i.e. modernize, lift-shift, etc.) to the cloud/multi-cloud, refactoring of GEOINT application, and/or supporting enterprise services (i.e DevSecOps, devising Cloud Native Big Data solutions, etc.) in or to the cloud.
  • Data Science/AI – supporting customers in leveraging Data Science/AI to breaking down legacy specialized data silos or processing of highly unstructured data (e.g. image based processing) utilizing emerging tooling (i.e. Azure, AWS, Google, graph DB, etc.) and techniques (i.e. Ontology driven, Object based modeling).
  • Cyber – supporting customers addressing the challenges of traditional RMF in support of Information Assurance to continuous ATO in the cloud, resolving cyber within Big Data solutions, and/or addressing emerging transformation such as DevSecOps or Zero Trust.
• Experience winning large, complex government GEOINT, IT or Mission Support programs within the Intelligence Community, preferably the NGA
• Extensive proposal experience leading or supporting technical solution development for $100M+ programs.
• Understanding of technology methodologies, best practices, delivery models or frameworks relevant to individuals domain area expertise.
• Demonstrated leadership capability to articulate a solution across all stakeholders and leadership.
• Expert-level written and verbal communication skills; experience transitioning solution into written/oral proposal.
• Understand costs, schedule and level of effort associated with delivering a solution.

Clearance: U.S. Citizen with TS/SCI clearance

Travel: Ability to travel as required up to 25%

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation's technology transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, digital, artificial intelligence, and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective, and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions.

We are approximately 26,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion, which is core to our values and important to attract and retain exceptional talent. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.4 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.