Solution Architect II

Description

DNI's Solution Architect II plays a key role in bridging between DNI's technical teams and customers. This role involves the development of technical solutions, interfacing more directly with both technical leads and customers, and contributing significantly to the company's technical direction and strategy.

Requirements

Essential Functions:

• Demonstrate leadership in specialized technology areas.
• Develop and present comprehensive technical strategies.
• Write and contribute to proposals with a strong technical narrative.

Daily duties include but are not limited to:

• Conduct in-depth research on government technical industry trends and recommend technical direction.
• Develop technical content for both technical and non-IT related contracts with minimal supervision.
• Serve as a key technical liaison between contractors and the BD team, understanding the complexities of contracts.
• Leverage DNI's capabilities to win additional work and grow the company's footprint in various organizations (e.g., AF, Army, Navy, DoS, etc.).
• Work closely with the Team Manager to influence the future direction of DNI's technical capabilities.
• Assist in the development of forecasts and trends, identifying potential opportunities for growth.
• Contribute technical writing to RFIs/RFPs.
• Review proposal input.
• Monitor opportunities.
• Interface with technical leads.
• Update technical library.

Periodic duties include but are not limited to:

• Delivering bi-weekly status report
• Participating in monthly Account Meeting, Bi-weekly Gate Review Meetings, weekly BD Meeting, Pipeline Review, weekly Capture Meetings, and periodic solutioning sessions.
• Updating Gate Reviews and milestone/IPR (In Process Reviews)
• Attending technical training, forums, and seminars to maintain technical relevancy in our competencies to respond and provide technical solutions.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Equipment/Systems:

• This position requires frequent use of all Microsoft Office applications, SharePoint, and Adobe.

Competencies:

• This role requires excellent communication, decision-making and technical writing skills. This individual must exhibit strong accountability, focus and team orientation with the ability to multi-task and work with others. Knowledge of Gov-IT Technology trends and proposal / BD processes and best practices is a plus.

Work Environment & Physical Demands:

• This job operates in an office setting or supports working from home as agreed to by the manager. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, printers, and filing cabinets. This is a largely sedentary role that primarily requires sitting at a desk in front of a computer for long periods of time.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work:

• This is a full-time exempt position; typical work hours and days are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Additional hours outside of the normal schedule (including weekends) is required when there is a heavy volume of proposal activity.

Travel:

• Travel between 1-4 times per year depending on contract/opportunity circumstances or corporate events.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree
• 5-10 years of job-related experience

Benefits

• Covers 100% of employee benefit premiums, including Medical (PPO or HDHP Option), Vision, Dental

• Matching 401K
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Pet Insurance
• Professional Development/Education Reimbursement
• Parking and Transit Benefits for NY, NJ, ATL, and DC Metro areas

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.