Lead Solutions Architect

Peraton; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Lead Solution Architect to support growth opportunities in Health, State & Local sectors. You will guide design across systems engineering, cyber, cloud, and infrastructure to meet customer needs while growing the business.

The role requires deep govt-focused experience, strong communication with executives, and the ability to lead capture teams. Remote work with occasional travel to DC/Metro areas is expected.

Qualifications

• 12 years of relevant experience, with potential supervisory or management roles.
• Minimum 3 years supporting technical solutions for large proposals for US Federal/State/Local clients, including cyber/infrastructure.
• Self-starter capable of independent work and collaboration with SMEs, PMs, and BD teams.
• Effective communicator with stakeholders at varying levels.
• Ability to build trusted executive relationships and present value propositions.
• Expert knowledge across mission-focused and technology services with strong customer focus.
• Advanced cyber certifications such as CISSP or GSLC.

Responsibilities

• Determine overall solution strategy with BD, delivery accounts and corporate offerings.
• Lead technical solution development, costing, and business case alignment with Government RFPs.
• Collaborate with Peraton leaders to design solutions and parameters before costing.
• Articulate the solution during governance reviews with senior management; assess risks and mitigation.
• Build relationships with Peraton partners to drive high quality solutions.
• Understand operational environments and position Peraton to deliver end-to-end value.
• Interact with customers to gain insights and shape activities by articulating benefits.
• Translate innovations and R&D into differentiated solutions for customers.

Skills

Proposal development leadership

Stakeholder communication

Independent / self-starter

Team collaboration with PMs/BD

Government/DoD experience

Cyber security awareness

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in related field

Tools

CISSP Certification

Job description

Required Qualifications:

• 12 years of experience, may have supervisory or management experience
• Minimum 3 years of experience in supporting successful technical solutions for large, complex opportunities and proposal submissions for US Federal and/or State/Local Government customers, including cyber and infrastructure solutions.
• Must be a self-starter with the ability to work effectively independently and in team settings to include close collaboration with technical subject matter experts, Program Managers, proposal managers, and Business Development teams to determine customer requirements in complex and often ambiguous environments.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate in a variety of formats with varying levels of stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships and communicate at the senior and executive management levels.
• Demonstrated expert knowledge across a broad range of mission focused and technology services and solutions, coupled with a strong customer focus.
• Advanced cyber certifications (e.g. CISSP, GSLC, or similar)
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in business, computer science, electrical engineering, systems engineering, information technology, or a related field.

Peraton has an immediate need for aLead Solution Architect (LSA) to support growth opportunities for the Health, State & Local Sector.

As an LSA, you will be a core member of a capture team, responsible for leading the design of innovative and cost-effective mission relevant solutions that could include systems engineering, applications, cyber security, cloud, and infrastructure solutions that address the operational and technology needs of our customers while helping to grow our business.

This is a remote work position with the flexibility to occasional travel to locations within the DC/Metro to support solution activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• The LSA will work closely with Business Development, delivery accounts and Corporate Offerings teams to determine the overall solution strategy and approach to align to the customer’s objectives and requirements including merging industry point of view with broad technical knowledge and mission understanding to generate value propositions and approaches to solve Government customer challenges.
• The LSA is responsible for the technical solution development, competitive costing, and business case alignment of Peraton solutions to the Government client’s proposal requirements.
• Possess the ability to collaborate effectively with the Peraton business leaders to design the solution and key solution parameters prior to costing activities.
• The LSA will clearly articulate all aspects of the solution during governance reviews with senior Peraton management, identifying and evaluating solution risks and create strategies and plans to mitigate those risks.
• Establish strong relationships with Peraton partners to drive high quality solutions and compelling value propositions.
• Understanding of Operational environments and how to position Peraton to deliver end-to-end mission value to program sponsors.
• Possess the ability to interact with customers to gain insights into customer needs and support shaping activities by articulation the benefits of Peraton solutions.
• Translate the benefits of our approach to specific levels of seniority within the sponsor teams (strategic vs. tactical) Translate innovation and R&D into differentiated solutions for customers working with company technology leadership Mature network of contacts to include government, OEMs, and competitors.