Solutions Director

Solutions Director

Category: Architecture

Main location: United States, Virginia, Fairfax

Position ID:J0922-2068

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Description:

CGI Federal is looking for Solutions Director (SD) that is a big picture strategist and in-depth problem solver, leveraging their expertise and CGI Federal's partner network to provide technology recommendations and data strategies to architect solutions solving variety of business objective and IT solution needs. This SD must understand cloud services and technology ecosystems, architectures & trends. This SD will provide technical consulting to CGI Federal Business units and CGI Federal customers as a true trusted advisor. At this senior level, the Front End of the SD will have a strong understanding of cloud offerings (end-to-end), Analytics, low code no code, and as well as understanding how to position CGI Federal solutions and offerings. This role has responsibility for identifying cyber technology trends and industry needs and be able to create the strategy of successfully delivering and deploying the technology to a wide Federal client base.

Your future duties and responsibilities:
• Customers (internal & external) briefings, white boarding and collection of Requirements
• Create and present high-level solution designs/architecture to customers
• Create Customer facing Presentations to vet CGI solutions and to create awareness of CGI core strengths and intellectual Property (IP).
• Establish relationships and partnerships to assist in identifying opportunities, closing opportunities and enabling growth and delivery.
• Assume the role technology advisor that understands customer business processes and maps them to technology solutions to optimize business outcomes
• Incorporate the Cyber strategy, solutions for CGI Federal IP and Non-IP solutions development
• Create optimal repeatable solution architectures and proposals that uniquely solves customer problems enabling Value Based Sales and Value Based Pricing
• Identify risks & mitigations at all stages of the solution development lifecycle
• Build initial business case model and architecture in support of CGI Federal solutions
• Work with established CGI partnerships or and Start-ups to drive innovation to address clients' needs
• Manage a proposal from start to finish including solution development, Basis of Estimates (BOE), risks and mitigations, developing concept of operations (CONOPS), and working with proposal management to ensure that all elements of the solution are presented in a winning fashion.
Additional Specific Responsibilities:
• Developing messaging for proposal responses that represent compelling value propositions to customers and differentiate CGI from competitors. Understanding and communicating key differentiators in an architectural solution for customer and compared to anticipated competitor solutions, and translating how technical architecture components create an overall business solution and value to the customer
• Provide guidance in the definition, provisioning and improvement of measurements on Cloud migration methodologies AZURE & AWS services including the use of appropriate applications and tools for reporting.
• Developing visual, standards-based EA or solution models that support a business leader's understanding and governance of technology solutions, technology principles and technical roadmaps
• Collaborate, maintain and build relationships across numerous cloud and low code/no code based partners, teams and clients.
• Lead proposal efforts to provide guidance and requirements in Information Systems solutions including participating in every stage of development
• Keep current with guidance, best practices, trends and developments within Federal Cloud based offerings
• Determines engineering requirements by evaluating client's missions, business strategies and requirements; researching information security standards; conducting system security and vulnerability analyses and risk assessments; studying architecture/platform; identifying integration issues.
• Coordinate customer mission objectives and requirements with the CGI Emerging Technology Practice to ensure technology roadmaps are aligned with customer needs.
• Consult on enterprise information security requirements; planning, implementing, and testing security systems; preparing security standards, policies, and procedures; mentoring team members.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

You are a technical, entrepreneurial & creative thinker, providing for your clients as an advisor with successful experience in cloud, software, technology solutioning. Have consulted either in core platform/cloud or professional services, analytics, AI/ML, cyber security, or customer organizations. Ideally you should be of a 'solutions development' and business outcome mindset, you take time to truly understand the voice of the customer and market imperatives (pain points) with a keen eye to connect problem identification to technology capabilities and solutions. This is a thought-leadership and growth-oriented function, supporting account execution teams within the federal market. The individual must demonstrate skills in translating solution opportunities into tangible technology deliverables & support the solution development and delivery activities.

Industry Experience:
• Prior technical product development and/or architecture experience, preferably gained in a cloud engineering and platform environment
• Possess extensive knowledge of Data Strategies, Information Assurance Guidance, and Federation Strategy
• Supported cloud and managed service provider partners in creating a cohesive solutions across multiple organizations or Agencies Experience within Legacy Transformational Technology
• Extensive Experience with AWS, Azure, and MSFT designs and modernizations of legacy applications
• Prior technical work with emerging technology to include AI, machine learning, business intelligence, software defined datacenter (SDDC).
• Prior experiences working with multiple ISVs, OEMs or Startup partnerships to develop a mature ecosystem solution building approach
• Hands-on experience with the Business Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Transition Planning, Service Oriented Architecture, and the Business Mission Area Federation Strategy Experience designing Hybrid cloud solutions

Desired
Work Experience:
• 15 years of successful experience in solutioning & consulting either in solutions, enterprise IT, and platform/cloud or professional services. Federal or Fortune 500 Experience Preferred
• Experience in building business case and technical use cases to drive technical outcomes validated with ROI modeling
• Understanding of contemporary and vastly used technology concepts such as low/no code, data analytics, cyber, RPA, cloud, high availability infrastructure, and AI/ML.
• Experience working in and with Agile development teams and Product Development Life Cycle
• Working knowledge in disruptive technology concepts: AI, machine learning, Big Data & Analytics, IoT (Edge) and Strong Cyber orientation - readily identifies and qualifies requirements, cyber solutions, new technology and opportunities
• Proven track record in delivering enterprise large-scale solutions to market
Clearances - Secret or above preferred. PCII Authorized User

As a Federal Contractor, all members of CGI Federal, regardless of role or work location are required to be fully vaccinated, with the exception of those with approved medical or religious accommodations.

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