Lead Solutions Architect – Intelligence Community

Within Peraton’s Space and Intel sector, there is an immediate need for a cleared Lead Solution Architect (LSA) to support growth opportunities within the US Intelligence Community. This is a hybrid work position, with remote work and at Peraton locations in Chantilly and Herndon, Virginia plus the flexibility to travel to locations to support classified and non-classified solution activities.  As an LSA, you will be responsible for leading the design of technical innovative and cost-effective mission relevant solutions for inclusion in submitted government proposals. Solution components could include systems engineering, applications, cyber security, analytics / analysis cloud, and specialized staffing infrastructure solutions that address the operational and technology needs of our customers while helping to grow our business. Emphasis for this position is knowledge of government agencies within the Intelligence Community (IC).

 Key Responsibilities: 

• The LSA is responsible to lead teams of solution professionals and technical subject matter experts in the development of integrated, cost-effective solutions for inclusion in proposal responses that meets the customer’s requirements and maximizes Peraton’s competitive advantage.
• The LSA leads the technical solution development, participates in the competitive costing, and business case alignment of Peraton solutions to the Government client’s proposal requirements.
• The LSA oversees the creation and the documentation of the technical solution, plus participates in the development of the costing of the solution for insertion into a proposal response to a government client. The ability to collaborate effectively with the appropriate Peraton business leaders and their teams to design the solution and agree on key solution costing parameters activities is key.
• The LSA will work closely with business development, delivery accounts and corporate offerings teams to determine the overall solution strategy and approach to align to the customer’s objectives and requirements, including merging industry point of view with broad technical knowledge and mission understanding to generate value propositions and approaches to solve Government customer challenges.
• The LSA establishes strong relationships with Peraton partners to drive high quality solutions and compelling value propositions.
• The LSA confidently articulates all aspects of the solution during governance reviews with senior Peraton management, identifying and evaluating solution risks and create strategies and plans to mitigate those risks.

Required:

• Requires 12+ years with BS/BA or 10+ years with MS/MA. Experience in lieu of degree considered.
• Must be a self-starter with the ability to work effectively independently and in team settings to include close collaboration with technical subject matter experts, program managers, proposal and capture managers, and business development teams to determine and solution to customer requirements in complex and often ambiguous environments.
• Experience in developing successful technical solutions for large, complex opportunities / proposal submissions for US Government customers.
• 5 + years of experience working with US Government IC agencies.
• Active US Government security clearance - Top Secret with SCI eligibility.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated expert knowledge across a broad range of mission focused, and /or technology services and solutions, coupled with a strong customer focus and Intelligence Community understanding.
• Understanding of Operational environments and how to position Peraton to deliver end-to-end mission value to program sponsors.
• Demonstrated understanding of unique needs of Enterprise support vs. Mission support.
• Ability to clearly translate the benefits of our approach to specific levels of seniority within the sponsor teams (strategic vs. tactical).
• Ability to be at Peraton Northern Virginia locations between 9 am and 5pm eastern time, if warranted, to support classified proposal deliverables. 

Desired:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in business, computer science, electrical engineering, systems engineering, information technology, or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships and communicate at the senior and executive management levels.
• 3+ years of experience in developing successful technical solutions for large, complex opportunities / proposal submissions for US Intelligence agencies.
• Analytical aptitude to evaluate and fuse multiple inputs and synthesize a winning technical solution.
• Active US Government Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph Security Clearance.
• Mature network of IC industry contacts to include government, OEMs, and large and small businesses.
• Ability to translate innovation and R&D into differentiated solutions for customers working with company technology leadership.
• Live within ~50 minutes (~35 miles) of the Herndon / Chantilly VA Peraton offices to be able to support on site proposal deliverables.