Technical Solutions Architect

TechFlow, Inc. is looking for a Technical Solutions Architect to help design innovative and impactful solutions for our customers across our business units including advanced logistics, digitized base operations, modernization projects, and integrated electrification. At TechFlow, Solutions Architects design systems that digitize and process information in new and exciting ways to drive value for our customers - often in ways that were unanticipated. The world is becoming a digital marketplace and TechFlow leverages its unique industry expertise paired with a digital services focus to create differentiated solutions that deliver the future today. The individual we are looking for will be passionate about applying technology to create real business value. This individual will be comfortable learning from experts' new industries and concepts while applying his/her knowledge of digital services to generate innovations.

Work on exciting projects, future-proof your skills, and grow into your dream job alongside some of the most talented, knowledgeable, and dedicated technologists in the industry!

Key Responsibilities

• Support Business Development with development of proposal submission materials that articulate a solution strategy.
• Develop level of effort estimates to deliver proposed technical solutions.
• Develop, with management and teammates, solutions that help deliver strategic growth initiatives.
• Inject innovative and unique technologies that deliver optimal value proposition.
• Conceptualize, rationalize, and articulate solutions in support of proposals, whitepapers and growth initiatives.
• Develop rationalization for staff composition and level of effort to support proposed technical solutions.
• Engage with customers to gain insights into objectives, challenges, and constraints.
• Help deliver and launch initiatives which have been adopted by the customer to ensure success.
• Facilitate and lead cross functional activities to increase stakeholder participation and satisfaction to include providing enterprise architecture support, program engagement and coordination, working groups, councils, and Integrated Product Teams (IPT).
• Present proposals to TechFlow Business Unit management, TechFlow executive team and senior government officials in a clear and compelling manner.
• Improve team's knowledge, methodologies and inventory of solution and architecture design blueprints.
• Balance business and technology, including ability to articulate high level technical solutions to business problems and to tie solutions to success criteria.
• Analyze available technologies and make recommendations of technologies to use and how best to leverage them.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• Minimum of 7 years' experience in design, analysis, and implementation of information systems architecture. (Must include extensive experience with enterprise architecture and development best practices.)
• Experience writing technical proposal submission materials that articulate a solution strategy.
• Ability to evaluate current state and recommend the adoption of new technologies, while providing detailed specifications and expected outcomes of proposed recommendations,
• Ability to provide guidance on balancing competing aspects such as security, cost, performance, and functionality.
• Must possess up-to-date knowledge on emerging and modern technologies, methodologies, approaches and best practices.
• Must have outstanding problem solving and analytical skills, including ability to create clear observations, analysis and conclusions based on customer interviews and data.
• US Citizenship and the ability to obtain Public Trust Security Clearance.

Preferred Certifications

• Certified in one or more aspects of Technology similar to but not limited to:
  • Certified Solution Architect (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Cyber Security certification
  • TOGAF
  • Agile Development
  • PMP

Benefits

Founded in 1995 at the start of the dot-com revolution, TechFlow helped large commercial clients such as Dreamworks, Toshiba, MGM, and others modernize their business systems. Today, with deep operational roots in the bi-coastal innovation hubs of California and Washington DC, TechFlow continues as a leader in applying innovative engineering, technology, integration solutions, and support services to the Federal Government's most demanding mission and business challenges.

Our culture thrives on out-of-the-box thinking and the unique powerful entrepreneurial expressions of our employee-owners. As a 100% employee-owned company, we have a shared expectation of commitment, accountability, and responsibility driven by a culture that embraces innovation and new ideas. Our goal is not to do what has been done, but to do it better.

TechFlow has four principal lines of business: Platform Services, Digital Services, Base Operations and Energy and Mobility Solutions. Our company has a strong track record of successful contracts in both areas and encourages cross-collaboration.

TechFlow, Inc is 100% employee-owned. Come make a difference in a job that contributes to your future and helps us build an agile workplace!

• Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) - Pride in being an employee-owner and annual employer contribution (per plan guidelines)
• 401k plan with Roth option.
  • Eligibility for an employer match.
  • Immediate vesting
• Paid time off
• Holidays - 11 paid holidays per year
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• Company-paid Life & AD&D insurance plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Resources
• Company-paid training and development program
• Voluntary benefits include:
  • Life & AD&D Insurance for employee, spouse, and children
  • Short-term and long-term disability (per plan guidelines)
  • Legal Shield and Identity Theft protection plans
  • Pet Insurance