Solution Architect – Federal Proposals (Health IT & Cybersecurity) Proposal Solution Architect
CyberData Technologies, Inc., an established technology solution provider based in Reston, Virginia, is looking to expand its growing team. We are a primary government consultant and infrastructure support contractor. Our employees are our greatest asset and we are committed to their professional development and growth. We provide competitive salaries, bonuses, generous benefit packages, and paid time off to balance work and personal commitments. Title: Solution Architect – Federal Proposals (Health IT & Cybersecurity) - Proposal Solution Architect | Lead Technical Author Location: Fully Remote (U.S.) – occasional travel to Reston, VA Reports to: VP, Growth and Business Development Clearance: Active Secret strongly preferred; must be able to obtain Public Trust within 60 days The Role CyberData is seeking a proposal-centric Solution Architect to lead solution development and serve as the primary technical author on competitive federal Health IT and Cybersecurity pursuits. This role is responsible for translating RFP requirements into compliant, compelling solutions aligned to CyberData’s capabilities and past performance, and for personally writing the majority of evaluator-ready technical proposal content. This is not a project delivery Solution Architect role. It is a growth and proposal role focused on winning federal work. This is a true hybrid role for someone who is tired of being a small cog inside a large integrator and wants real ownership in a fast-growing SDVOSB. Responsibilities:
- Proposal Solution Development
- Own solution development from early shaping (RFI, sources sought) through final proposal submission
- Design compliant technical approaches across:
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Application modernization and software engineering
- Cybersecurity and zero trust architectures
- Cloud engineering and enterprise IT operations
- Data analytics, health informatics, and mission insights
- Align solutions directly to CyberData’s capabilities, differentiators, and past performance
Primary Proposal Authorship
- Personally write 65–80% of the Technical Approach, Technical Staffing, and Technical Risk volumes
- Develop staffing approaches including:
- Level of effort
- Labor categories and experience levels
- Alignment to IDIQs and pricing models
- Contribute to Management and Transition volumes as needed
- Produce evaluator-focused, APMP-aligned narrative that routinely scores well in Pink and Red Team reviews
Capture & Growth Collaboration
- Partner closely with the VP, Growth and Business Development on:
- Storyboarding and compliance mapping
- Win themes and discriminators
- Technical risk identification and mitigation
- Collaborate with Business Development Analysts on:
- Pwin scoring
- Competitive positioning
- Capture briefs and solution trade studies
Reusable Assets & Continuous Improvement
- Build and maintain reusable solution assets including:
- Reference architectures
- Proof points
- Technical graphics and diagrams
- Support continuous improvement of CyberData’s proposal solutioning approach
Required
- 7–11 years of experience in federal Health IT, Cybersecurity, Cloud, or Data/Analytics environments
- Proven primary authorship of winning Technical and/or Management proposal volumes on at least three federal IT proposals valued at $15M or more within the last four years
- Demonstrated ability to independently produce evaluator-ready proposal narrative with minimal editing
- Subject matter expertise in at least one of the following, with strong working knowledge of the others:
- Application modernization and software engineering
- Cybersecurity and zero trust
- Cloud engineering and enterprise IT operations
- Data analytics and health informatics
- Experience developing staffing approaches tied to labor categories, level of effort, and pricing
- At least one active certification, such as:
- CISSP, CISM, CCSP
- AWS or Azure Solutions Architect (Associate or higher)
- PMP or equivalent
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain Public Trust clearance
Strongly Preferred
- Current or recent experience at a
small or emerging 8(a)/SDVOSB/HUBZone federal contractor
• Prior career at a
large systems integrator
(Leidos, GDIT, Booz Allen, Accenture Federal, Deloitte, etc.) — we love people who know how the big firms win and now want to help an SDVOSB beat them
- Direct experience supporting
SDVOSB or Small Business set-aside pursuits
• Veteran status (we are a proud SDVOSB and give strong preference to veterans and transitioning service members) Why CyberData
- Direct responsibility for shaping and influencing competitive federal pursuits
- Close collaboration with growth and proposal leadership
- Opportunity to apply your solution and writing expertise where it directly impacts win decisions
- Veteran-focused culture as a proud SDVOSB
If you are confident in your ability to design proposal solutions and write the majority of the technical narrative yourself, we encourage you to apply. Principal applicants only. Please no agencies, 3rd party, or staffing firms. CyberData is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job