Remote Solutions Architect for Federal Real Estate IT

EmergencyMD; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TCG is seeking a Solutions Architect with commercial real estate experience to modernize a federated IT real estate stack for a major Federal agency. You will evaluate COTS platforms, enterprise systems, and custom apps, serving as a consultant to both technical and functional teams.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in systems engineering and 3+ years as a solutions architect, with strong communication skills and a collaborative approach.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience as a systems engineer on complex enterprise IT programs, including 3+ years as a solutions architect or solutions engineer.
• Experience with federal real estate programs, GSA/PBS operations, or government-owned and leased property management.
• Collaborating with stakeholders, project managers, and technical staff to identify technical requirements and current use cases, create user stories with acceptance criteria, design and estimate timelines and costs, and facilitate reports.
• Proven experience serving as a liaison between business stakeholders and IT delivery teams, translating operational needs into technically actionable specifications.
• Recommending application enhancements and improvements in tools such as BM Trirega, IBM Maximo, Kahua, Salesforce (or other CRM tools), and Appian,
• Understanding of use cases for Databricks, ArcGIS, and Uptick
• Experience developing and identifying existing and valuable metrics, conducting analysis, and identifying gaps in data
• Demonstrated experience supporting federal acquisition activities including fit-gap analysis and vendor evaluation.
• Experience working at the intersection of real estate, facilities management, or property operations and enterprise IT within or directly supporting commercial, private sector, or non-governmental real estate organizations.
• Experience working with and building rapport with program & project team members, stakeholders, and high level government executives
• Strong written and verbal communication skills that translate well into requirements baselines that both technical experts and business owners can understand
• Independent problem-solving skills, strong analytical abilities, creativity and a "helping others helps us all" personality
• Excellent time management and ability to juggle multiple tasks under strict deadlines
• Strong analytical and systems thinking skill set; ability to apply technical solutions to broad, complex problems

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and optimize a collection of COTS real estate platforms, enterprise systems, and custom applications.
• Serve as a consultant to technical and functional teams for modernization.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify requirements, create user stories, and estimate timelines and costs.
• Translate operational needs into technically actionable specifications for IT delivery teams.
• Support federal acquisition activities including fit-gap analysis and vendor evaluation.

Skills

Solutions architecture

Systems engineering

Federal real estate

Stakeholder liaison

Requirements gathering

Data analysis

Vendor evaluation

Agile SAFe

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

BM Trirega

IBM Maximo

Kahua

Salesforce

Appian

Databricks

ArcGIS

Uptick

Job description

TCG is seeking a Solutions Architect with commercial real estate experience to modernize a federated IT real estate stack for a major Federal agency. You will evaluate COTS platforms, enterprise systems, and custom apps, serving as a consultant to both technical and functional teams.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in systems engineering and 3+ years as a solutions architect, with strong communication skills and a collaborative approach.