Health IT Senior Solutions Architect

at  Leidos

Description
Leidos’s Office of Technology, Digital Modernization Sector team currently has an immediate opening for a Senior Health IT Solutions Architect.
Will need to be at Reston Corporate as needed for certain capture meetings, etc, with the ability to work remote.
This position will directly support the active growth plans of our Health IT Solutions organization with a focus on civilian health Digital Modernization needs. The selected candidate will work with Operations and Business Development personnel to understand customer needs through pre-sales engineering and account management activities and lead the development of compelling solutions to those needs. They will bring these solutions forward through white papers, proof of concepts, presentations, and proposal responses for our priority captures. This position requires leading and engaging teams of people with diverse skills to develop comprehensive solutions ranging from specific system needs to full enterprise coverage. The successful candidate will be able to conceptualize these solutions around key business needs and goals in full awareness of industry trends. This position requires a broad and deep understanding of technology and our customers to match solutions to customer requirements and to differentiate Leidos from our competitors. The successful candidate will be able to hold executive level discussions with our customers to further advance their appreciation of Leidos’ abilities to meet their needs.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead the development of innovative solutions in support of priority capture efforts, balancing these solutions against cost, schedule, function, quality, and other business considerations.
• Create content for white papers, proposals, and briefings demonstrating the thought leadership capabilities of the organization, as well as supporting various marketing and business development efforts through customer interaction.
• Support business development and capture teams to identify, quality, and pursue opportunities.
• Assist capture strategy development through technical leadership, including the creation and marketing of discriminating value propositions.
• Assist in the development of the systems integration capabilities across multiple accounts within the business.
• Support program management and business development reviews and assist in improving performance of existing projects as required.
• Conduct pre-sales engineering activities, to include engaging directly with customers in combination with our Business Development and Operations leadership teams.

Basic Qualifications

• Masters Degree and 15+ years experience. Additional years experience may be used in lieu of a degree.
• Experience (at least 5 years) in three of the following areas, with Expertise in at least one: Networking, System Development, Software or Application Development, AI/ML, Data Science, Data Warehousing, Data Governance, Hardware Engineering, Operations, System Architecture, Cloud Architecture, Electronic Health Records, Information Assurance or Cyber Security, ITIL Framework, Agile Development, Health System Interoperability, and Life Sciences
• Direct experience working with or for a health agency such as: SSA, HHS (i.e. CMS, NIH, FDA, CDC), VA or DHA.
• Understanding of health systems and their integration
• Strong communication skills (writing, speaking, and listening)
• Experience leading the development of solutions for proposals
• Experience in writing for white papers, RFI responses, and proposals
• Experience in running trade studies, product evaluations, or research projects
• Experience in customer engagements
• Development and/or Operational program experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience engaging in business development and capture efforts
• Experience developing digital modernization solutions involving data sciences, machine learning, or artificial intelligence
• Experience developing or managing DevOps solutions that rely on cloud-based infrastructure
• Hands on experience with any of the major hyper scalers (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Experience deploying infrastructure as code
• Experience deploying AI/ML workloads
• Experience with ATO/ATC processes
• Interest in data analytics and data storytelling
• Proactive researcher of technology that wants to always learn more about the latest in the market
• Continuous learner and collaborator

• Lead the development of innovative solutions in support of priority capture efforts, balancing these solutions against cost, schedule, function, quality, and other business considerations.
• Create content for white papers, proposals, and briefings demonstrating the thought leadership capabilities of the organization, as well as supporting various marketing and business development efforts through customer interaction.
• Support business development and capture teams to identify, quality, and pursue opportunities.
• Assist capture strategy development through technical leadership, including the creation and marketing of discriminating value propositions.
• Assist in the development of the systems integration capabilities across multiple accounts within the business.
• Support program management and business development reviews and assist in improving performance of existing projects as required.
• Conduct pre-sales engineering activities, to include engaging directly with customers in combination with our Business Development and Operations leadership teams