Lead Solution Architect - FEDSIM

Description

Leidos is seeking a Lead Solution Architect (LSA) to join our FEDSIM delivery team in support of high-priority corporate and strategic growth initiatives within our federal portfolio. This role is part of Capture Operations and Excellence and operates within the FEDSIM Center of Excellence (CoE). The LSA will report to the FEDSIM CoE Vice President and support corporate and sector FEDSIM opportunities.

Primary responsibilities include early customer engagement to gain insights, validate technical solutions offered, and establish the foundational elements of identifying Leidos value proposition and aligned capabilities to customer requirements, needs, issues, concerns and objectives. FEDSIM opportunities range from $300 million to over $1 billion in total contract value.

• Manage Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) supporting task areas.
• Lead technical discussions with customers, ensuring solutions align with government objectives, address challenges, and fulfill Performance Work Statement (PWS) requirements.
• Leverage the FEDSIM procurement cycle (PALT) to execute an Agile delivery model in collaboration with CoE members and assign work to Task Leads.
• Support early client engagement for the purpose of understanding the customer and emerging requirements.
• Use sprint planning, weekly sprints, retrospectives, and refine technical maturity across technical approaches, win themes, features, benefits, and outcomes aligned with our technical approach in the oral presentation.
• Develop and integrate information from previous solicitations, Requests for Information (RFIs), Market Assessment Discussions (MADs), Electronic Reading Rooms (eRRs), draft PWS, Section H, and final Task Order Request (TOR) documents.
• Incorporate insights from FEDSIM sessions, including industry days, market assessments, due diligence, symposiums, events, and trade shows.
• Lead the development of innovative, executable, customer-focused solutions that position Leidos for success on complex, large-scale opportunities.
• Apply Leidos's Solution Development Framework (SDF) to guide cross-functional teams-integrating systems engineering, cybersecurity, cloud, and infrastructure expertise to create solutions that are compliant, differentiated, and aligned with customer missions and evaluation criteria.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (Engineering, Computer Science, IT, Business) and 17+ years of industry experience (15+ years with a Master's, 13+ years with a PhD).
• 5+ years of experience developing successful technical solutions for large-scale U.S. Federal Government proposals.
• Proven ability to lead independently and collaboratively across matrixed teams, including technical SMEs, proposal managers, capture teams, and program leadership.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, capable of conveying complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Experience crafting compelling proposal content and articulating solution strategies in written and oral presentations.
• Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Broad technical expertise with deep knowledge of federal mission needs and solution design.
• Active Secret security clearance (U.S. citizenship required).

• 10+ years of experience in solution architecture and proposal development.
• 5+ years of experience supporting FEDSIM opportunities.
• Familiarity with U.S. Federal Government customer sectors and their mission priorities.
• TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance eligibility.