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Solution Architect

Hybrid

Who We Are

IronArch Technology is a People First, award-winning Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) delivering innovative technology solutions and world-class services to Federal Government clients. Our employees have voted us a “Best Place to Work” 9 times, and we are an Inc. 5000 recipient for being one of the fastest-growing businesses in the United States.

Our Values: Deliver Outcomes with Speed | Own the Work and the Results | Respect People. Speak Directly. | Stay Curious. Enjoy the Journey.

What You'll Do

IronArch Technology is seeking a Solution Architect to serve as a critical bridge between Growth, Delivery, and Solutions & Innovation. You will shape winning technical solutions, develop differentiated approaches, and keep customer mission needs, proposal strategy, and delivery capabilities aligned, so that what IronArch proposes is both compelling and executable after award.

Reporting to the VP of Engineering, you will be a strategic partner to Growth leadership across the full business development lifecycle, from opportunity qualification through transition to delivery. The role combines technical leadership, business development support, innovation strategy, and customer engagement to help IronArch expand existing customer relationships and win new business across federal civilian and defense markets.

Responsibilities

Opportunity Shaping & Growth Support

  • Partner with the Growth team and Capture Managers to qualify opportunities and assess technical fit.
  • Lead opportunity strategy sessions, gate reviews, and pursuit decisions.
  • Engage customers, partners, and internal stakeholders to understand mission needs and technical challenges.
  • Drive recompete, expansion, and new business pursuits, including growth opportunities within existing programs and accounts.

Solution Architecture & Technical Strategy

  • Design innovative, scalable, cost-effective technical solutions that align customer mission objectives and acquisition strategies with IronArch capabilities.
  • Translate customer challenges into differentiated technical solutions and operational outcomes.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies, commercial solutions, and partner capabilities to strengthen offerings.
  • Develop solution roadmaps that integrate cybersecurity, cloud, data, AI/automation, DevSecOps, digital services, and platform modernization where appropriate.

Proposal Development & Technical Volumes

  • Lead technical proposal content, authoring or overseeing technical and management approaches, transition plans, staffing concepts, and innovation strategies.
  • Develop technical discriminators that clearly differentiate IronArch from competitors.
  • Lead proposal color team reviews and technical evaluations.
  • Work with pricing teams on Basis of Estimate (BOE) assumptions and staffing strategies, keeping solutions executable within proposed cost structures.

Oral Presentations & Customer Engagement

  • Lead technical preparation for oral presentations and customer demonstrations.
  • Present solutions to government executives, evaluators, and acquisition teams, translating complex concepts for technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Lead customer workshops, technical exchanges, and solutioning sessions.

Capability Integration & Innovation

  • Coordinate with Engineering, Delivery, Experience, Cybersecurity, Program Management, and Operations leaders to align enterprise capabilities with growth priorities.
  • Own and mature IronArch's solution catalog and repository of solution patterns, technical architectures, past performance references, reusable accelerators, and discriminators.
  • Lead technical collaboration with strategic partners, ensuring integrated solutions, clear workshare alignment, and differentiated team capabilities.
  • Track federal technology trends, customer priorities, and competitor capabilities.

Transition to Delivery

  • Ensure a smooth handoff from capture and proposal teams to delivery, including kickoff and transition planning for newly awarded programs.
  • Validate that proposed solutions can be operationalized effectively.
  • Support technical risk identification and mitigation planning during transition and execution.

Requirements

  • 10–15 years of experience supporting federal government technology programs.
  • 5+ years developing technical solutions for federal pursuits and proposals, including capture and proposal efforts valued at $10M+.
  • Authored or directed winning technical volumes on multiple competitive federal awards.
  • Experience participating in oral presentations and technical challenges on competitive federal pursuits.
  • Experience developing technical approaches in one or more of the following: Digital Transformation, Cloud Modernization, Cybersecurity, DevSecOps, Enterprise IT, Data & Analytics, AI-Enabled Solutions, or Agile Software Development.
  • Strong presentation and executive communication skills, with the ability to engage senior government leadership.
  • Ability to work effectively across Growth, Delivery, Engineering, and Executive Leadership.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline.
  • Experience using AI-assisted tools responsibly to improve engineering productivity, technical analysis, documentation, and solution design.
  • Familiarity with designing, integrating, or architecting AI- or ML-enabled components as part of a federal technical solution, including evaluating AI tools and frameworks for suitability and risk.

Preferred Experience

  • Supporting VA, DHA, HHS, CMS, DoD, AFCEC, or other federal agencies.
  • AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, security, Agile, SAFe, TOGAF, or other architecture certifications.
  • Existing federal customer relationships and market knowledge.

Clearance Requirements

  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust background investigation; an active Secret clearance is preferred.

Location

Hybrid (Arlington, VA). This remote-friendly role includes a general expectation of in-office collaboration about once a week, with additional in-office time as needed.

What Success Looks Like

In your first year, you will have made a meaningful impact when:

  • You have contributed to or led technical solution development on multiple qualified pipeline opportunities, from qualification through proposal submission.
  • Your technical approaches have contributed to competitive wins or strengthened IronArch's position on active pursuits.
  • You have built reusable solution assets, such as approaches, accelerators, templates, and discriminators, that reduce time-to-solution on future pursuits.
  • Programs you supported during capture have transitioned smoothly to delivery, with solutions that translate cleanly into execution.
  • Growth and Delivery leadership see you as a trusted technical partner on key pursuits.

Why IronArch Technology?

  • Competitive compensation and market-leading bonus opportunities.
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits with a significant portion of premiums subsidized by IronArch, plus Health Reimbursement Account contributions for qualifying high-deductible plans.
  • Healthcare concierge service that explains your coverage in plain language, helps you find and schedule quality care, and resolves billing and claims issues.
  • 401(k) with immediate entry and vesting: IronArch matches 100% of the first 3% you contribute and 50% of the next 2%.
  • 20 days of PTO per calendar year, plus 11 paid holidays.
  • Bereavement, jury duty, parental (maternity, paternity, and adoption), and military leave.
  • Sabbatical programs.
  • Company-paid short- and long-term disability and life insurance.
  • Voluntary life, accidental, and indemnity income replacement benefits.
  • Professional development and health club reimbursement.
  • Matching donation program and annual philanthropic activities.
  • Pet insurance.
  • And more!

Apply today to see why our employees have named IronArch a Best Place to Work.

Compensation

Salary range: $195,000 - $220,000

In alignment with applicable state and local pay transparency laws, the range above reflects what we reasonably expect to offer for this role. The final offer is determined by factors including skills, experience, and scope of responsibilities.

Equal Opportunity Employer

IronArch Technology is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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