About Careertakes

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Position Overview

Confidential Client is seeking an AI-Enabled Solution Architect to support capture and proposal activities across defense-focused pursuits. This pre-award, entry-level architecture role reports to the Lead Solution Architect and uses enterprise and commercial AI tools to help shape compliant, competitive technical solutions and produce proposal-ready artifacts. This role is Remote within CONUS and supports multiple capture teams. U.S. citizenship and eligibility for security clearance are required.

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What You’ll Do

• Support live DoD/defense captures and proposals by developing concept-level technical solutions that respond to solicitation requirements and evaluation criteria.
• Translate requirements, technical baselines, and capability narratives into proposal-ready artifacts (e.g., solution descriptions, features/benefits tables, compliance matrices, discriminators) using AI-assisted analysis.
• Create and refine solution architectures, workflows, and reusable patterns focused on clarity, compliance, and competitive differentiation.
• Draft and refine content for technical and management volumes to demonstrate how proposed solutions meet mission needs, reduce risk, and deliver measurable value.
• Use internal enterprise AI platforms (e.g., ChatGPT.gov, AwardedAI) and commercial tools (e.g., Claude) to analyze solicitations, generate solution concepts, and iterate quickly during color team reviews.
• Develop and maintain repeatable prompt patterns and AI workflows to increase speed and consistency of solution development.
• Apply prompt engineering best practices and curate AI outputs to ensure technical coherence, compliance, and alignment with capture strategy.
• Rapidly iterate solution narratives and artifacts in support of color team reviews (Pink/Red/Gold) and reviewer feedback.
• Serve as a shared resource across multiple pursuits, balancing priorities and supporting surge proposal timelines.

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Key Qualifications (Required)

• Minimum of 10 years of experience supporting defense/government mission support environments (DoD experience preferred).
• Strong knowledge of defense mission areas and solution constructs (systems integration, logistics/sustainment, training/simulation, C5ISR, or related domains).
• Familiarity with federal proposal structure and evaluation criteria, including technical and management volumes.
• Demonstrated proficiency using commercial AI products (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude) for analysis, drafting, and solution exploration.
• Experience designing effective prompts and repeatable prompt patterns that produce reliable outputs.
• Excellent written communication skills for formal, customer-facing proposal content.
• Strong analytical ability to assimilate RFPs and stakeholder input and synthesize coherent solution narratives.
• High attention to detail to ensure compliance, traceability, and consistency.
• High school diploma or equivalent required; bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and eligible to obtain/maintain a security clearance as needed.
• Ability to support non-standard hours and surge periods to meet proposal deadlines.

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Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, data/AI, business, or defense-related discipline.
• Familiarity with enterprise or government AI platforms (e.g., ChatGPT.gov, AwardedAI).
• Conceptual exposure to generative AI, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and AI-assisted analytics.
• Prior experience with structured capture/proposal processes (e.g., Shipley methods, gated reviews, color teams).
• Experience collaborating with technical SMEs, program managers, and business development teams.

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Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation: $140,000 (good-faith estimate; final offer may vary based on experience, location, and other factors).
• Benefits overview (may vary by location and employment type):
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
  • Educational reimbursement
  • Parental leave
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Disability and life insurance
  • Pet insurance

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Working Conditions

• Location: Remote within CONUS; occasional travel (<20%) may be required for team sessions, workshops, or proposal orals.
• Schedule: Must support proposal timelines, including surge periods and non-standard hours.
• Reporting: Reports to the Lead Solution Architect and operates as a shared resource across capture and proposal teams.

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Why This Role Matters

This role increases the organization’s capacity to support a broader range of defense pursuits by applying AI-enabled solutioning to capture and proposal development. By accelerating high-quality, compliant solution narratives and artifacts, this position helps increase Probability of Win (PWin) across diverse opportunities.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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