Proposal Solutions Architect

Location: Tysons Corner, VA

Description: The Judge Group is currently seeking a Proposal Solutions Architect to support an SBA certified SDVOSB with a solid history of winning contracts. This is a full time, direct hire opportunity based in Tysons. For immediate consideration email your resume to

• Robbie Kissinger

The Senior Solutions Architect bridges business development and technical delivery—ensuring winning solutions that we can execute successfully. You will design technical approaches, lead proposal technical volumes, represent the company in oral presentations, and serve as a trusted advisor to federal clients. This is the technical side of sales, not a hand‑shaker role.

• Design technical solutions aligned with customer requirements
• Develop innovative approaches that differentiate our company
• Create solution architectures and technical narratives
• Estimate level of effort and pricing inputs
• Validate technical feasibility with delivery teams

• Participate in capture planning and strategy sessions
• Conduct technical assessments of opportunities
• Analyze competitor technical approaches
• Develop technical win themes and discriminators
• Support bid/no‑bid decisions with technical input

• Lead technical volume writing and review
• Prepare and deliver oral presentations
• Coach team members on technical presentations
• Respond to technical clarifications and Q&A
• Ensure compliance with technical requirements

• Serve as technical SME in customer meetings
• Provide thought leadership on emerging technologies
• Support past performance development
• Contribute to white papers and capability briefings

• 8+ years in federal IT or related technical delivery
• 3+ years in solution architecture or technical BD
• Track record of winning proposals with technical leadership
• Experience with oral presentations

• Federal IT modernization landscape
• NIST, DISA, and DoD security frameworks
• Modern architecture patterns (microservices, API‑first, cloud‑native)
• Gov Con proposal process and compliance

• Technical writing excellence
• Executive presentation and oral delivery
• Complex problem solving
• Cross‑functional collaboration
• Customer relationship building

Ability to obtain a Secret clearance (preferred)

Active clearance a plus, not required

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (strongly preferred)
• AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification (strongly preferred)
• Other relevant certifications (CISSP, PMP, TOGAF)
• Experience with federal contract vehicles
• Published thought leadership or speaking engagements
• Prior federal consulting experience

• Designed architectures that won – not just supported proposals, but led technical approaches
• Deep federal IT expertise – RMF, FedRAMP, cloud migrations, not just buzzwords
• Orals experience – can command a room and answer hard questions
• First‑principles thinking – challenges “best practices” when they don’t fit
• Technical volume authorship – has written winning technical sections

This job and many more are available through The Judge Group. Please apply with us today!