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Are you a strategic visionary in the realm of technology, eager to lead the charge in crafting cutting-edge solutions that exceed expectations? SAIC is in search of a Solutions Architect Chief to join our esteemed Enterprise Solution Architect team. In this remote position, you will serve as the driving force behind the development, design, and seamless integration of end-to-end solutions across technical, management, staffing, and cost estimation components. Leveraging your extensive domain expertise and profound understanding of customer needs, you'll be instrumental in shaping innovative, competitively priced proposals that secure victories. As the technical lead, you'll collaborate closely with Business Development, Capture, and Proposal teams, identifying, tailoring, and integrating technical capabilities to address customer requirements and position our company for success. If you're ready to elevate your career and make a tangible impact in the world of technology, we invite you to join us on this exciting journey.
Solutions Architects will:
- Leverage domain expertise, develop comprehensive understanding of customer requirements, and lead the development of a complete and highest-rated technical solution and price competitive proposal.
- Work with the strategists and account teams to identify innovative solution components to vet with the customer
- Support demonstrations, whitepapers, industry days, and other customer engagements to understand and ultimately shape the opportunity.
- Identifytechnical resources needed to support Pre-B&P and B&P activities.
- Executes best practices and leads development of solutions and proposals to unusually complex problems which require a high degree of ingenuity and innovation; and collaborate with technical business units to craft unique solutions to respond to customer challenges
- Lead or support the development of the Technical Solution including our Approach, Graphics, and Roadmap with differentiated strengths, incorporating win strategies, tailoring Team SAIC capabilities to the customer problem set, and scoping the solution to the customer’s cost/risk tolerance
- Support capture with customer meetings by presenting SAIC's capabilities, services and solutions
Qualifications
- Bachelors and 18 years or more of related experience; relevant years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
- Background in network engineering and complex systems-of-systems; background in systems thinking, highly desirable
- Demonstrated expertise developing and integrating mission-focused, complex, innovative solutions
- Tech proficiency in software integration, modern DevSecOps, cloud infrastructure, cloud apps migration, data-centric architectures, or similar fields
- Proficient knowledge of Agile principles and of applying these for proposal development
- Experience winning large, complex government Engineering, IT, or Mission Support programs; programs within C5ISR domains, highly desirable
- Extensive proposal experience leading or supporting technical solution development (>$100M)
- Understanding of technology methodologies, best practices, delivery models or frameworks relevant to individuals’ domain area expertise
- Demonstrated leadership capability to articulate a solution across all stakeholders and leadership
- Expert-level written and verbal communication skills; experience transitioning solution into written/oral proposal
- Ability to work in dynamic and time-sensitive environment, including occasional evenings and weekends during live proposal to meet delivery timelines when necessary
- Understand costs, schedule and level of effort associated with delivering a solution
- TS/SCI desired
- Ability to travel as required up to 25%
Desired Skills:
- Familiarity with the military C5ISR environment
- Understanding of Air Force Command and Control and Battle Management
Target salary range: $200,001 - $225,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
Overview
SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.
We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion, which is core to our values and important to attract and retain exceptional talent. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.4 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.
