Solution Architect

Solution Architect

Join K , Inc. as a Solution Architect in our National Security Solutions team. Your work will protect national security by designing and optimizing defense systems for intelligence and national security communities.

• Innovative Projects: K ’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
• Collaborative Environment:
  Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
• Impactful Work:
  Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

• Collaborate with Business Development, Capture, and Proposal teams to craft compelling, technically sound solutions that align with customer needs and win strategies.
• Act as a subject matter expert in the translation of solution requirements into proposal artifacts.
• Lead the development of technical volumes for proposals, including writing, reviewing, and editing content to ensure compliance with RFP requirements.
• Translate customer objectives into innovative technical solutions that address mission challenges while adhering to budget and schedule constraints.
• Conduct market research, identify discriminators, and articulate value propositions that differentiate our solutions from competitors.
• Develop comprehensive artifacts such as system designs, technical roadmaps, and implementation plans to support proposal efforts.
• Participate in reviews to refine proposal content and ensure alignment with win themes.
• Research emerging technologies and incorporate them into solution designs to enhance competitiveness.
• Lead and write technical proposals, whitepapers and develop other collaterals in support of technical solutions.
• Provide responses to request for information (RFI) and government market surveys or sources sought notice.
• Provide basis of estimates (BOEs) for technical solutions.

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline with 12–15 years prior experience or a master’s degree in a technical discipline with 10–13 years of prior relevant experience.
• The candidate should possess strong team building and leadership capabilities that will engage key internal and external sources to develop clear, concise solutions to difficult problem sets across the DoD and IC.
• Experience leading technical solutioning in partnership with business development and capture management teams;
  Technical solutioning experience will be in the defense and intelligence community markets for technology‑centric business units providing both services and products to US Government customers.
• Proven ability to successfully derive customer solutions based on understanding of customer problems that meet technical objectives within cost and schedule. From this in‑depth understanding, the ideal candidate will be able to interact with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Key Stakeholders (internal to K  and external), Technical Experts, and other key roles to develop a compelling Solution for strategic growth markets and opportunities aligned with the NSS growth strategy.
• Understanding of Cybersecurity, System of Systems, Software, and Agile Engineering current and emerging processes in use across Defense and Intelligence Customer communities such as Digital Engineering, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Dev Sec Ops , and Cloud Architectures.

Clearance Requirements: Active Top Secret Clearance required, with eligibility for TS/SCI.

• Locations:
  Northern Virginia;
  Dayton, OH;
  Colorado Springs, CO;
  El Segundo, CA;
  King of Prussia, PA
• Travel Requirements:
  Minimal 0–20%
• Working Hours:
  
  Standard

Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

40 hours per week.

Colorado: $ – $
California: $ – $

The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.

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