Solutions Architect

Role Description

We are seeking a Solutions Architect with commercial real estate experience to join our team at a major Federal agency supporting their real estate IT infrastructure. In this position, you will evaluate and make recommendations to optimize and modernize a collection of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) real estate platforms, enterprise systems, and custom applications. This role serves as a consultant to the technical and functional teams.

• Exhibit great attention to detail and quickly assess pain points and data gaps.
• Build or manage real estate portfolio platforms.
• Have a consultative approach and take initiative.
• Manage multiple tasks in a small amount of time.
• Possess a strong work ethic while valuing collaboration and communication.

This is a fully remote position. US Citizenship is required for this role. The selected applicant must submit to a government background investigation and be favorably adjudicated before their first day.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience as a systems engineer on complex enterprise IT programs, including 3+ years as a solutions architect or solutions engineer.
• Experience with federal real estate programs, GSA/PBS operations, or government-owned and leased property management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills that translate well into requirements baselines that both technical experts and business owners can understand.
• Independent problem-solving skills, strong analytical abilities, creativity, and a "helping others helps us all" personality.
• Excellent time management and ability to juggle multiple tasks under strict deadlines.
• Strong analytical and systems thinking skill set; ability to apply technical solutions to broad, complex problems.

Requirements

• Collaborating with stakeholders, project managers, and technical staff to identify technical requirements and current use cases.
• Creating user stories with acceptance criteria, designing and estimating timelines and costs, and facilitating reports.
• Proven experience serving as a liaison between business stakeholders and IT delivery teams.
• Recommending application enhancements and improvements in tools such as BM Trirega, IBM Maximo, Kahua, Salesforce (or other CRM tools), and Appian.
• Understanding of use cases for Databricks, ArcGIS, and Uptick.
• Experience developing and identifying existing and valuable metrics, conducting analysis, and identifying gaps in data.
• Demonstrated experience supporting federal acquisition activities including fit-gap analysis and vendor evaluation.
• Experience working at the intersection of real estate, facilities management, or property operations and enterprise IT.
• Experience working with and building rapport with program & project team members, stakeholders, and high-level government executives.

Preferred Experience & Skills

• Experience working in Agile or SAFe delivery environments.
• Certifications related to process improvement methodologies such as Lean Six Sigma, or BPM.
• Familiarity with federal IT governance frameworks and structured requirements management approaches applicable to large-scale modernization programs.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Industrial Engineering, Real Estate, or a related field.
• Master's degree preferred.

Benefits

• Health care.
• 401K.
• Parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.
• Financial planning services.
• Student loan repayment assistance.
• Training budget.

Salary

Salary range: $170,000 - $180,000, commensurate with experience.