via Dice
$120K - 160K a year
Design and author technical and management proposal volumes for federal health IT and cybersecurity contracts, collaborating with business development and subject matter experts to produce compliant, high-scoring proposals.
7-11 years in federal health IT, cybersecurity, cloud, or data analytics with proven authorship of winning federal IT proposals, SME-level depth in at least one core area, active relevant certification, bachelor's degree in a related field, U.S. citizenship, and ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.
Title: Solution Architect Health IT & Cybersecurity (Proposal-Writer Hybrid) 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 You are the primary author of our Technical, Management, Transition, and Risk volumes on every major pursuit. You design the solution **and** write 65 80% of the finished, evaluator-ready narrative yourself. 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: • Own solution development from RFI shaping through final proposal submission • Design innovative, compliant architectures in our four core areas: Application Modernization & Software Engineering Cybersecurity & Zero Trust Cloud Engineering & Enterprise IT Operations Data Analytics, Health Informatics & Mission Insights • Personally write the majority of Technical Approach, Technical staffing approach (level of effort, labor categories, experience levels and match them to IDIQ pricing), and technical risk section. Assist with Management Approach, Transition Plans, Management Approach, Transition Plans, in clear, benefits-focused, APMP-style prose • Turn SME bullets and your own diagrams into volumes that routinely score 92+ on Red Team • Partner daily with the VP, Growth on storyboarding, compliance, and win themes • Collaborate with the BD Analyst on discriminators and Pwin scoring • Build reusable solution libraries (architectures, proof points, graphics) Required • 7 11 years in federal health IT, cybersecurity, cloud, or data/analytics • Proven authorship of winning Technical and/or Management volumes on at least **three** federal IT proposals $15M in the last four years • SME-level depth in at least one of the four core areas above; strong working knowledge of the others • Ability to write compelling proposal narrative without heavy editing • At least one active certification: CISSP, CISM, CCSP, AWS/Azure Solutions Architect (Associate or higher), PMP, or equivalent • Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related • U.S. citizenship and clearable to Public Trust 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** • Active Secret or higher clearance • Veteran status (we are a proud SDVOSB and give strong preference to veterans and transitioning service members)
This job posting was last updated on 12/4/2025