Solutions Architect Director

Empower AI is AI for government. Empower AI gives federal agency leaders the tools to elevate the potential of their workforce with a direct path for meaningful transformation. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Empower AI leverages three decades of experience solving complex challenges in Health, Defense, and Civilian missions. Our proven Empower AI Platform® provides a practical, sustainable path for clients to achieve transformation that is true to who they are, what they do, how they work, with the resources they have. The result is a government workforce that is exponentially more creative and productive. For more information, visit www.Empower.ai.

Empower AI is proud to be recognized as a 2022 Military Friendly Employer by Viqtory, the publisher of G.I. Jobs. This designation reflects the company’s commitment to hiring and supporting active-duty and veteran employees.

The Company:

This is an exciting time at Empower AI. Formerly known as NCI, Inc., our company has been helping our Federal Government customers solve complex mission challenges in the Federal Civilian, Health and Defense environments for nearly 35 years. While building on our heritage, we have also invested and evolved to deliver against tomorrow’s mission needs, including Applied AI – artificial intelligence pragmatically applied against real-world challenges. With new investor ownership and a refreshed growth strategy, we are excited about the future – and about attracting and retaining top-tier talent.

We are continually evolving and building on our six solution areas:

1. Artificial Intelligence
2. Application Development
3. Engineering & Integration
4. Infrastructure Modernization
5. IT Service Management
6. Mission Support

Learn more about our company at www.Empower.ai.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking collaborative, entrepreneurial, flexible team members who will help broaden our existing footprint and expand into new areas of Government service.

At Empower AI, Solutions Architects lead the creation and management of technical solutions and support leadership in setting the technical vision for our solutions. You will support our Defense and Civilian Business Unit leadership in developing solutions in response to Government solicitations and market research requests, designing and implementing technical pilot projects, drafting white papers, and developing solution designs for new programs. Our team of Solution Architects are critical contributors to meeting Empower AI's mission. You will report directly to our Chief Growth Officer and be a core member of the growth operations organization.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and focus on technology-driven opportunity requirements and generate capture artifacts (including supporting solution and basis of estimate development) for development/proposal responses
• Develop technical diagrams and presentation materials
• Lead/facilitate technical strategy and brainstorming sessions
• Deliver formal presentations in support of gate reviews
• Assist in the design of interface standards, quality assurance standards, performance standards, and cost-benefit analysis of modem state-of-the-art information systems
• Maintain an understanding of offerings across the technical marketplace with specific emphasis on innovative development tools, techniques, and automation solutions/ development tools, techniques, and vendor capabilities /relationships
• Maintain working knowledge of best practices in service delivery, as well as capability enhancements associated with data analytics, DevSecOps, Agile development, and system integration
• Analyze technical system requirements and provide detailed recommendations and guidance to software development teams on topics such as:
• Technical software design and architecture
• System integration design, architecture, and best practices
• Relational database design and usage

Position Requirements:

• Ability to troubleshoot complicated system integration or architecture issues involving multiple COTS and custom systems
• Experience with developing, deploying, and integrating systems hosted in leading cloud architectures (e.g., Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure)
• 7+ years of work experience supporting and/or developing large-scale solutions for Federal customers
• 7+ years of recent experience & knowledge with the design, development, and technical thought leadership of Federal IT/Government Requests for Proposals
• Direct working experience capturing and executing development efforts (and orchestrating multiple development teams) for enterprise scale environments
• Experience working with senior decision-makers
• Strong communication/interpersonal skills
• Proven technical and analytical background
• U.S Citizenship
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering discipline or additional experience in lieu of degree
• Be within a reasonable commuting distance from Reston, VA.

 Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation 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 do the following:

• Communicate verbally and respond to verbal communications in person and over the phone.
• Communicate clearly and succinctly in writing, primarily utilizing a keyboard.
• Engage in intermittent physical activity, including bending, reaching, lifting, filing, and prolonged periods of sitting.
• Travel minimally, via car or plane, which requires ability to manage luggage, laptop, and briefing materials (up to 25 pounds).

It is the policy of Empower AI to provide equal opportunity in recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting individuals in all job categories without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected class or category as may be defined by federal, state, or local laws or regulations. In addition, we affirm that all compensation, benefits, company-sponsored training, educational assistance, social, and recreational programs are administered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. It is our firm intent to support equal employment opportunity and affirmative action in keeping with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.  Empower AI is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.