Senior Cyber Solutions Architect – DoD & Space (Hybrid)

MANTECH; Herndon (VA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

MANTECH seeks a Solutions Engineer – Cyber Practice – Defense & Space to join our Herndon, VA hybrid team.

The Solutions Engineer will serve as the primary technical architect and representative of our growing Cyber Practice across Department of War (DoW) and federal space accounts, shaping the technical vision on supported proposals, programs, and customer engagements, scoping and designing end-to-end cyber solutions even when full requirements are undefined.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a technical field.
• 10+ years in solutions engineering, systems architecture, or pre-sales for government contracting.
• Hands-on experience building working software prototypes, mockups, or scripts to support pre-sales or proposal engineering.
• Proven track record leading technical solutioning for complex RFIs/RFPs in DoW/IC/Federal Space.

Responsibilities

• Own the overarching cyber architecture for major RFIs, RFPs, and capture efforts across DoW and Federal Space accounts.
• Lead technical cyber voice on proposal teams, shaping capture strategy with stakeholders.
• Partner with Cyber Practice SMEs to integrate capabilities into a unified solution vision.
• Draft, review, and finalize technical volumes, whitepapers, WBS, and BOEs.
• Defend technical choices through color team reviews and refine solution narratives.

Skills

Solutions engineering

Systems architecture

Technical pre-sales

Proposal engineering

Technical leadership

Communications

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Proof of concept tooling

WBS/BOEs

Job description

MANTECH seeks a Solutions Engineer – Cyber Practice – Defense & Space to join our Herndon, VA hybrid team.

The Solutions Engineer will serve as the primary technical architect and representative of our growing Cyber Practice across Department of War (DoW) and federal space accounts, shaping the technical vision on supported proposals, programs, and customer engagements, scoping and designing end-to-end cyber solutions even when full requirements are undefined.