Vice President - Solutions Architecture

Responsibilities & Qualifications

RESPONSIBILITIES

Solutions Development & Technical Leadership

• Lead the solutions architecture function, owning the quality, consistency, and strategic alignment of all technical solutions developed in support of proposal efforts.
• Translate emerging technologies, delivery methodologies, and customer mission requirements into differentiated solution concepts that strengthen TekSynap’s competitive position.
• Serve as the primary bridge between the CTO organization, contract delivery teams, and the growth/BD function — synthesizing TekSynap’s technical capabilities into clear, compelling, and compliant proposal content.
• Ensure all solutions are technically sound, cost-realistic, and directly aligned with customer mission objectives and acquisition strategies.
• Stay current on relevant technology trends across AI/ML, cloud, cybersecurity, data analytics, and enterprise IT, and their practical application in the federal market.

Proposal & Capture Support

• Partner closely with capture managers, proposal managers, and BD leads to develop winning technical solutions for competitive federal procurements across full-and-open environments.
• Define and lead the solution architecture process across the proposal lifecycle — from early opportunity shaping through color team reviews and final submission.
• Oversee the development of technical volumes, architecture diagrams, solution narratives, staffing approaches, and related proposal artifacts.
• Drive consistency and quality across all technical proposal content, ensuring compliance with RFP requirements and alignment with established win themes.
• Manage competing deadlines and solution priorities across a concurrent pipeline of active pursuits.

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead, manage, and develop a team of solution architects — setting clear performance expectations, providing ongoing coaching and feedback, and building a high-performance, high-resilience team culture.
• Recruit and retain top-tier technical talent with federal market and proposal development experience.
• Create a team environment that balances creative problem-solving and technical innovation with the structure, accountability, and discipline required in a proposal-intensive operation.
• Build and maintain processes, tools, and reusable content libraries that improve team efficiency, consistency, and solution quality over time.
• Sustain team morale and foster resilience through the inherent time pressure and competitive intensity of the proposal environment.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Operate as a key member of the growth leadership team, contributing to pipeline strategy, bid/no-bid decisions, and resource planning across the pursuit portfolio.
• Collaborate closely with the CTO organization to understand TekSynap’s evolving technical capabilities and ensure they are accurately and compellingly represented in proposals.
• Engage program delivery leaders and subject matter experts on active contracts to ground solutions in real-world performance, past performance evidence, and lessons learned.
• Support executive briefings, orals preparations, and customer engagements where technical solution concepts are presented or defended.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 12+ years of progressive experience in solutions architecture, systems engineering, technical proposal development, or a closely related discipline, with at least 5 years in a leadership role with direct team management responsibility.
• Proven experience in the federal government contracting market, with demonstrated success supporting competitive proposals across DoD, Civilian, or Intelligence Community customers.
• Strong technical foundation across one or more of TekSynap’s core capability areas: IT infrastructure and managed services, cybersecurity, cloud computing, AI/data analytics, or professional and engineering services.
• Demonstrated ability to develop technically credible, compliant, and competitive solutions for full-and-open federal procurements in response to RFPs and RFIs.
• Proven track record of managing and developing high-performing technical teams in a deadline-driven, proposal-intensive environment.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills — capable of motivating a team through high-pressure proposal cycles while maintaining quality standards and individual accountability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the demonstrated ability to translate complex technical concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences, including executive stakeholders and federal customers.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Advanced degree preferred.
• Experience with IDIQ/GWAC vehicles (e.g., SEWP, GSA MAS, CIO-SP3/4, Alliant 2/3) and the associated competitive proposal requirements.
• Active security clearance or a demonstrated history of holding a clearance.
• Experience leading or participating in color team reviews (Pink, Red, Gold) and managing technical volume development end-to-end.
• Established relationships and credibility within the federal IT contracting and GovCon solutions community

Overview

The Vice President of Solutions Architecture is a senior executive responsible for leading TekSynap’s solutions architecture function in direct support of the company’s federal business development and proposal operations. This individual oversees a team of solution architects who design technically credible, competitively differentiated solutions for proposals across the Department of Defense, Civilian agencies, and the Intelligence Community.

This role demands a rare combination of technical depth and people leadership — someone capable of translating complex concepts from the CTO organization and program delivery teams into compelling, customer-aligned proposal content, while simultaneously managing a high-performing team through the demands of a competitive capture and proposal environment. The ideal candidate is creative and intellectually curious, with the interpersonal skills and management discipline needed to motivate a team through high-pressure proposal cycles without sacrificing quality or morale.

TekSynap is a fast growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles – the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers.

We offer our full-time employees a competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time and holidays.

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Additional Job Information

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Location: Reston, VA preferred
• Type of environment: Varies
• Noise level: Varies
• Work schedule: Schedule is day shift Monday – Friday. May be requested to work evenings and weekends to meet program and contract needs.
• Amount of Travel: at least 10%

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to grip, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is regularly required to lift up to 10 pounds.

The employee is frequently required to lift up to 25 pounds; and up to 50 pounds. The vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK AUTHORIZATION/SECURITY CLEARANCE

Legal right to work in the United States

OTHER INFORMATION

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.

TekSynap is a drug-free workplace. We reserve the right to conduct drug testing in accordance with federal, state, and local laws. All employees and candidates may be subject to drug screening if deemed necessary to ensure a safe and compliant working environment.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

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