Solutions Architect

Description

The Solutions Architect will be located in the McLean, VA corporate office.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Provide early capture support to understand customer requirements, shape acquisition strategy, and influence technical requirements through white papers, solution artifacts, and customer-aligned recommendations.
• Develop the integrated solution, including technical approach, management approach, transition strategy, staffing mix, risks, mitigations, and basis of estimate/bill of materials inputs.
• Collaborate with domain experts, program teams, pricing, capture, and proposal leads to design solutions that are compliant, compelling, executable, and aligned with customer architectural direction and evaluation criteria.
• Develop and maintain solution artifacts used throughout the capture and proposal lifecycle, including solution narratives, diagrams, staffing concepts, labor category inputs, demonstration plans, and cost/capability tradeoff recommendations.
• Coordinate and co-lead Blue Team reviews, solution iteration workshops, and color review activities to ensure the solution story remains consistent across volumes and proposal assignments.
• Lead and coordinate the developing, reviewing, and delivering assigned proposal artifacts while ensuring completeness, quality, compliance, and alignment with capture and proposal schedules.
• Support program growth by working with delivery teams to identify improvements, requirements, and technical discriminators needed to strengthen the proposed solution.
• Support program growth by working with delivery teams to identify improvements, innovations, and technical solutions that enhance existing contracts and inform future capture strategy.

Requirements

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):

• 8 years of experience in IT, cybersecurity, cloud, technical services, or a related technical discipline.
• 4 years of experience as a Solution Architect supporting capture, proposal development, or technical solutioning.
• Possess a certification in a relevant technical, management, cybersecurity, cloud, or IT service management discipline.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of enterprise technology, cybersecurity, cloud platforms, and high-level architecture concepts.
• Demonstrate knowledge of industry best practices in IT, cybersecurity, project management, Agile, DevOps, and IT service delivery.
• Working knowledge of cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to executive, customer, capture, proposal, technical, and pricing stakeholders.
• Apply strong analytical, problem-solving, and tradeoff analysis skills to develop compliant and executable solutions.
• Lead cross-functional technical teams, solution teams, projects, or proposal workstreams in deadline-driven environments.
• Work effectively under pressure, manage competing priorities, and meet tight capture and proposal deadlines.

Ideal KSAs:

• Demonstrated success leading solution architecture for major federal, defense, or national security contract proposals.
• Experience developing solutions that directly contributed to contract awards or measurable capture outcomes.
• Advanced certifications in relevant technical domains such as AWS, Azure, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, networking, or cloud architecture.
• Management or delivery certifications such as PMP, ITIL, Agile, Scrum, or other IT service delivery credentials.
• Experience supporting defense industry, Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, or other federal government customers.
• Knowledge of ITIL, DevOps, Agile, and other delivery frameworks used to design scalable and executable technical solutions.
• Strong understanding of network, systems, cloud, security, and enterprise architecture principles and protocols.
• Experience applying emerging technologies such as data analytics, automation, artificial intelligence, or machine learning to mission or enterprise IT solutions.
• Proven ability to lead senior stakeholders, build consensus across technical and business teams, and translate strategy into proposal-ready solution content.

Certification Requirements:

• Certification in a relevant technical, management, cyber security, cloud, or IT service management discipline.

Clearance Requirement:

• None

Work Location Requirement:

• McLean, VA on-site required; hybrid, or on-site work arrangements may vary based on customer, contract, and program needs.

Education:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT or related technical field with 8 years of IT background and 4 yrs of Solutions Architect experience
• Substitution for degree: the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience

Salary Range Estimate:

(Min $176,000 to Max $220,000.) The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Pueo’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Pueo provides a variety of benefits to employees.

Pueo Overview:

Pueo is a National Security cyber company built to inspect, defend, harden, and continuously authorize the networks our customers depend on. We deliver mission-grade cybersecurity across defense, intelligence, homeland security, federal enterprise, and critical infrastructure. Our work connects mission-risk inspection, defensive cyber operations, continuous authorization, security engineering, and mission delivery through one accountable team.

Pueo EEO Statement:

Pueo is an equal employment opportunity employer and affirmative action employer. All interested individuals will receive consideration and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or protected veteran status. Pueo takes affirmative action in support of its policy to advance diversity and inclusion of individuals who are minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.