Responsibilities
Peraton’s Defense Mission and Health Solutions Sector has an immediate need for a Lead Solution Architect supporting our growth organization. The position will be responsible for leading the design of innovative and cost effective enterprise IT, application development, and mission support services solutions leveraging modern technologies and approaches that address the business and technology needs of our clients while helping to grow the business.
*100% Remote opportunity - DC/Metro area preferred
What you'll do:
- Leads the technical solution development, competitive costing, and business case alignment of Peraton solutions and Offerings based on Government agency’s requirements.
- The Solutions Architect oversees the creation and the documentation of the technical solution, plus the development of the costing of the solution for insertion into a proposal response to a Government customer.
- Merges industry point of view with broad technical knowledge to generate value propositions and approaches to solve client business challenges
- Engages in consultative dialog with clients in order to draw out underlying business and technology issues, understand the client drivers, requirements, and to validate the solution options
- Works closely with sales, practice, and delivery leaders in order to determine the overall solution strategy and approach aligned to the client’s business objectives and drivers
- Collaborates effectively with the appropriate Peraton business and delivery leaders to design the solution and agree on key solution parameters prior to costing activities
- Leads teams of solution professionals and subject matter experts in the development of integrated, cost-effective solutions that meet the client’s requirement; maximizes Peraton’s competitive advantage; and comply with best practices and standards
- Establishes strong relationships with Peraton partners and works with partners to drive high quality solutions and compelling value propositions
- Identifies and evaluates solution risks and creates strategies and plans to mitigate those risks
- Represents the solution during governance reviews and in reviews with senior Peraton management
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree with major coursework in business, computer science, engineering, information technology, or a related field
- Minimum of 8 years industry experience (DoD and/or Public Sector customers) or a minimum of 6 years industry experience with Masters OR a minimum of 3 years industry experience with PhD. *Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Experience in supporting successful technical solutions for large, complex opportunities and proposal submissions for Public Sector customers.
- Demonstrated experience working with senior and executive management levels.
- Demonstrated knowledge across a broad range of mission focused and technology services and solutions.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a Secret security clearance; active clearance preferred.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated expert knowledge across a broad range of IT services and solutions, coupled with a strong customer focus in the DoD and/or civil and military health markets
- Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with clients at the senior and executive management levels
- Ability to lead diverse, matrixed teams
- Position is remote, with the ability to travel ~40% of the time to support new business opportunities.
Desired
- Experience with User eXperience approaches and implementation
- Experience with AI platforms and application development
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.
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