Senior Federal Solutions Architect - AI/Cloud/Cyber

22nd Century Technologies Inc.; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

22nd Century Technologies, Inc. in McLean, VA, seeks Solution Architects to lead strategic federal opportunities from capture through delivery.

You will diagnose customer challenges, define secure, scalable solutions, and communicate complex options in briefs, proposals, and oral presentations. The role requires strategic thinking with action orientation, collaboration with executives and SMEs, and a track record of shaping end-to-end technical solutions across AI/ML, data, cloud, cyber, and

Qualifications

• 3+ years leading solution architecture or technical strategy for federal pursuits or complex customer transformations.
• Experience with US Federal contractors.
• Able to shape and communicate end-to-end technical solutions in capture, proposal, or advisory contexts.
• Understanding of federal technology environments, procurement cycles, RFPs, solution reviews, and oral presentations.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution strategy for strategic federal opportunities from early qualification through capture, proposal, orals, and transition to delivery.
• Engage directly with customers to understand mission objectives, pain points, and desired outcomes.
• Translate customer needs into integrated mission-oriented solutions that are secure, scalable, and aligned to measurable business outcomes.
• Partner with Account Executives, capture managers, proposal teams, and other technical SMEs to develop differentiated solution narratives.
• Leverage and enhance developed products and best practices.
• Architect multi-domain solutions across AI/ML, data platforms, cloud, cyber, DevSecOps, and enterprise platforms.
• Lead or support technical volumes, solution artifacts, architecture diagrams, white papers, oral presentations, and customer workshops.
• Develop win themes, discriminators, value propositions, roadmaps, and implementation approaches aligned to federal evaluators and stakeholders.
• Orchestrate SMEs across disciplines to ensure coherent, feasible, compliant solutions.
• Assess current-state environments and recommend target-state architectures and transition strategies.
• Represent the company as a credible senior technical voice in customer conversations and events.

Skills

Solution architecture

Federal capture

End-to-end proposals

Oral presentations

Technical influence

Cross-domain integration

Customer engagement

Communication

Security/compliance

Acquisition cycles/RFPs

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

CISSP

TOGAF

ITIL

SAFe

PMP

Job description

22nd Century Technologies, Inc. in McLean, VA, seeks Solution Architects to lead strategic federal opportunities from capture through delivery.

You will diagnose customer challenges, define secure, scalable solutions, and communicate complex options in briefs, proposals, and oral presentations. The role requires strategic thinking with action orientation, collaboration with executives and SMEs, and a track record of shaping end-to-end technical solutions across AI/ML, data, cloud, cyber, and