Overview

The Senior Solution Architect will be responsible for supporting business growth, capture, proposal, and delivery teams for Edgewater’s technology solutions. The successful candidate will leverage industry expertise and best practices to lead solutioning sessions in support of customer needs. As a Senior Solution Architect, you will conceptualize, develop, communicate, and propose solutions that will drive our growth and lead directly to top and bottom-line results. You will work with clients and partners in both a strategic and tactical capacity to help solve their critical needs and challenges. You will help to define client requirements for solutions including services, products, technologies, and capabilities. You may be called upon to develop models and architectural guidelines for current and future system development, and provide technical direction related to the implementation of system architectures by Edgewater team members.

Responsibilities

• Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
  • Provides technical solutioning during BD, Capture and Proposals as part of Edgewater’s growth engine.
  • In partnership with others, define systems design and technical solutions, design system architectures, and define system implementation approaches and operational concepts in accordance with customer mission requirements.
  • Partners with Growth and Delivery organizations for technology leadership, innovations, improved capabilities, and strong reach-back support when needed.
  • Provides mission focused innovations and develops technical vision and strategy.
  • Provides mentorship and leadership for Centers of Excellence and other Edgewater technology leadership groups.
  • Accelerates and deepens the technological capabilities of Edgewater in support of contract growth and execution.
  • Stays educated on emerging technologies and determines how to leverage technologies to positively impact current or future customers.
  • Support the design and delivery of technology solutions & strategies at Edgewater’s customers and provide thought leadership to contract teams.
  • Identify technologies to improve the company’s service offerings for our customers.
  • Build business cases, solutions, proposal artifacts, and materials to showcase technology services at Edgewater.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems or related field.
• Previous experience as a solution architect or similar technology leadership role.
• Demonstrated experience developing and solutioning, and leading the development and solutioning, of winning solutions for new and re-compete business pursuits, capture activities and proposal efforts.
• Prior experience as a technology leader implementing technology solutions using industry best practices.
• Broad knowledge of technology frameworks, techniques, and industry trends.
• Experience working with growth and delivery teams in a federal government contracting environment.
• Demonstrated skills in developing solutions, solution architectures, concepts and operations and strategies in support of federal government customers.
• Excellent communication and strategic thinking abilities with a problem-solving aptitude.
• Solid understanding of broad technology trends and the ability to align innovation with business and customer goals.
• Strong communication with ability to convey technical topics in easy-to-understand business terms and work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and external partners.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• Possess the ability to fulfill any and all office activities normally expected in an office setting, to include, but not limited to remaining seated for periods of time to perform computer entry, participating in filing activity, lifting and carrying office supplies.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds
• May require more than 40 hours per week to perform the essential duties of the position
• Fine hand manipulation (keyboarding)

Work Environment:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• May work prolonged or irregular hours.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Exposure to general office conditions while conducting office duties.

Working at Edgewater Federal Solutions:Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services, and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies for 2018 through 2023.

Edgewater Federal Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It has been and continues to be our policy to provide equal employment to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status and/or other status protected by applicable law.