Federal Enterprise Architect - Cyber

Dell GmbH; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Dell Technologies seeks an Enterprise Architect to shape the technical vision for complex U.S. Federal proposals. You will ensure compliant, high-quality technical responses and coordinate with business development and proposal teams to align with customer mission and goals.

You will guide solution development for programs leveraging 5G, AI/ML, Zero Trust, HPC, and Cloud-to-Edge, coordinating with internal and partner teams to deliver the best technical solution.

Qualifications

• 10+ years working with DoD tactical edge requirements.
• Ability to design and understand government proposal technical requirements.
• 7+ years as a Technology Architect, Solution Architect or Solution Strategist.
• Experience with U.S. Federal Government or DoD IT organizations.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams across sales, engineering, operations, and R&D.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical voice for Dell proposals in pursuit of program business.
• Guide solution development lifecycle and customer engagement for complex programs.
• Lead SME proposal technical leadership and OEM solution assessment.
• Collaborate with customers and internal teams to craft compliant technical responses.

Skills

DoD tactical edge requirements

Proposal leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical governance

Education

Engineering or Computer Science degree

MBA (nice to have)

Job description

Enterprise Architect

Showcasing excellence and innovation at every stage, Enterprise Architects are responsible for the technical solution vision supporting our largest U.S. Federal program opportunity pursuits, they work closely with the business development and proposal teams to ensure Dell provides a complete compliant technical response for U.S. Federal proposals. They undertake thorough analysis of the requirements to ensure all areas of the solution are accounted for and work to identify appropriate Dell and Dell partner technical team resource needs to answer complex solution goals. The role also involves collaborating with customers to help understand their mission and business goals to ensure that Dell can provide the best technical solution to meet their needs. Our role also involves acting as subject matter experts for internal and external product events or partner meetings.

Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Enterprise Architect on our Strategic Programs team in the DC Metro area or Round Rock TX, or other locations in the USA.

What you’ll achieve As an Enterprise Architect you will guide the technical vision and response for complex solutions to help drive program business attainment. These solutions often leverage industry leading technology verticals like 5G, AI/ML, Zero Trust, HPC, Cloud to Edge solutions. The Enterprise Architect is responsible for assessing and crafting a singular technical voice for responses that leverage Dell internal capabilities and those of its industry leading partners.

You will drive:

• Solution Development Lifecycle Management
• Opportunity Shaping and Customer Engagement
• SME Proposal Technical Leadership
• OEM Solution Assessment and Integration

Every Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. Here’s what we are looking for with this role:

Essential Requirements

• 10+ Years working with DoD tactical edge requirements
• Ability to design and do abstract thinking to gain an exceptional understanding of government proposal technical requirements and the capability to leverage Dell products and solutions as well as partner solutions to meet the requirements.
• 7+ years related experience as a Technology Architect, Solution Architect or Solution Strategist within a large enterprise organization.
• An understanding and experience of working with the U.S. Federal Government or Department of Defense IT organizations and command structures.
• Experience leading or working with teams and with cross-functionals groups i.e. sales, engineering, operations and R&D
• Innovative and have a passion for the technology and a drive to create strategies to delight our customers and win in the market

Desirable Requirements

• Engineering or Computer Science degree & an MBA is a nice to have
• Project or Program Management experience is a plus as an Enterprise Architect must work within a matrixed organization and must accomplish tasks often without direct ownership of teams and assets.

You will:

• Own the technical voice for Dell proposals in pursuit of program business.
• Work to understand what the customer does and what our solution to be built will be supporting or delivering and ensure our proposal meets the goals. In our solutions, there might be a mix of engineering, UX design, product development, and professional services involved to deliver the solution. There may be servers, switches, operating systems involved and then also add in private wireless to the mix and see what is possible to automate for faster and simpler deployment and operations of the solution.
• Lead/interact with cross functional teams to develop solution area responses, business cases, and steer product/solution roadmaps as well as engage with customers in sales support and other collaborative development projects.

Take the first step towards your dream career

Every Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. Here’s what we are looking for with this role: