[Hiring] Chief Solutions Architect @Cormac Corporation

Role Description

The Chief Solution Architect serves as the company’s senior technical authority for solution architecture, innovation, and growth enablement. This role is responsible for leading the design and development of differentiated, compliant, and customer-focused technical solutions across capture, proposal, and delivery activities in support of federal clients and strategic growth objectives, including Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS).

Acting as a hands-on technical leader, the Chief Architect / Solution Lead partners closely with Growth, Capture, and Delivery leadership to translate customer requirements and mission needs into practical, scalable architectures and compelling technical narratives. This position owns the company’s Innovation Lab, including the development of prototypes and proofs-of-concept, and leads solution architects and technical contributors (matrixed and dedicated) to drive technical excellence, competitive advantage, and measurable business growth.

Responsibilities

• Understand the Government Contracting (GovCon) industry and Federal RFP and proposal processes, including Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS).
• Maintain deep knowledge of CORMAC’s capabilities, solutions, and active engagements.
• Continuously build and refine solutioning expertise aligned to CORMAC’s strategic capabilities.
• Lead solution development efforts in support of new business pursuits and organic growth.
• Develop fully compliant, compelling, and differentiated technical solutions during the capture phase.
• Identify and cultivate strategic partnerships to develop differentiated technical responses to government RFPs.
• Establish and maintain a technology vendor partner ecosystem that functions as a force multiplier for growth, leveraging both partner technologies and business development resources to penetrate new accounts.
• Collaborate with the Growth team early in the acquisition lifecycle to influence customer perspectives through points of view and solution concepts, positioning CORMAC capabilities into competitive bids.
• Support Growth leads in optimizing the opportunity pipeline and converging on informed bid/no-bid decisions.
• Lead proposal solution efforts by analyzing RFP Statements of Work (SOWs) and developing creative, cost-effective technical approaches.
• Lead the technical response to RFPs, including solution architectures, diagrams, and written technical narratives.
• Participate in pre-RFP and customer engagement meetings to address technical questions and solution concepts.
• Clearly interpret and articulate customer requirements as described in RFPs or Performance Work Statements (PWS).
• Lead CORMAC’s innovation culture and solution development practices.
• Own the Innovation Pipeline, including the development and demonstration of prototypes and proofs-of-concept.
• Collaborate with Delivery teams to introduce innovations and improvements that drive organic growth.
• Demonstrate prototypes and proofs-of-concept to customers and prospective customers.
• Support product development initiatives under CREPES.AI.
• Lead and coordinate solution architects and technical contributors through CORMAC’s matrixed practice area model in support of growth and innovation.
• Attract, develop, and retain technical talent required to execute CORMAC’s strategy.
• Align solution architectures and innovation investments with short- and long-term growth objectives.
• Monitor marketplace and technology trends to inform technical vision and solution direction.
• Author and deliver technical presentations to customers and partners.
• Analyze alternative technical approaches and recommend the best solutions to meet business and mission needs.
• Provide thought leadership through conference participation, speaking engagements, interviews, and publications to enhance the CORMAC brand.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of IT experience.
• At least 5 years of experience leading solution architecture, managing, and working in Federal Government space, including Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS).
• At least 3 years of experience leading solution architecture and managing within a consulting organization, with demonstrated technical leadership and technology selection expertise.
• Minimum of 2 years of Federal Government proposal writing experience.
• Forward-thinking technology leader with deep knowledge of IT trends and the ability to design solutions addressing both current and future client needs through proven and emerging technologies.
• Experience designing and deploying cloud-based solutions, preferably in government or contractor-managed environments.
• Expertise in software engineering, data management, data engineering, and data analytics.
• At least 3 years of AWS cloud experience.
• Experience with solution delivery capabilities such as cloud platforms, containers, and SaaS.
• Agile certification and/or practical Agile experience.
• DevOps and CI/CD experience.
• Excellent organizational, communication, presentation, and writing skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment while managing multiple complex initiatives simultaneously.

Location

Leesburg, VA

Work Arrangement

100% Remote

Benefits

• Flexible work schedules with remote, hybrid, or fully in-person workplace options.
• Supportive, collaborative, and welcoming environment.
• Diverse workforce that fosters creativity, collaboration, enthusiasm, and innovation.

E-Verify Participation/EEO

As an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, CORMAC provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to an individual's protected status, including race/ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, age, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, including pregnancy, childbirth, or related conditions, disability, military service, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.