Federal Solutions Architect (Remote Opportunity)

Mind Computing is seeking an experienced Principal Solutions Architect to support federal growth, capture, and solution development initiatives, with a primary focus on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and additional federal agencies including DoD, DHA, CMS, and HHS. The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in designing complex enterprise technology solutions and translating federal requirements into practical, scalable, secure, and differentiated architectures across healthcare IT, cloud, data, interoperability, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, and AI/Generative AI. The candidate must reside within the continental US. Responsibilities: Independently develop, write, and refine proposal-ready technical narratives for RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, task orders, white papers, and other federal pursuits, translating solicitation requirements and SME input into clear, persuasive, evaluator-focused responses. Develop and review technical proposal content, ensuring solutions are compliant, feasible, differentiated, and aligned with customer objectives and evaluation criteria. Partner with Growth, Capture, Proposal, Delivery, Engineering, Pricing, and Executive teams to develop technical solutions and win strategies. Lead and facilitate technical solutioning sessions, proposal reviews, color teams, oral presentations, and customer or partner discussions. Analyze solicitations, PWS/SOO, technical requirements, Q&A, and acquisition documents to identify customer objectives, technical risks, assumptions, and solution opportunities. Design and communicate enterprise architectures spanning application modernization, cloud, data, APIs, healthcare interoperability, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, and operations. Translate customer requirements into technical approaches, implementation strategies, workstreams, technologies, staffing models, and technical differentiators. Apply knowledge of VA technology and healthcare environments, including VistA, Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW), My HealtheVet (MHV), Federal EHR/Oracle Health, and related enterprise systems. Develop architecture diagrams, data flows, integration models, modernization roadmaps, conceptual designs, and other technical artifacts. Evaluate technologies, platforms, and potential partners to determine appropriate build, buy, reuse, integration, and teaming strategies. Provide technical guidance on emerging technologies and identify opportunities to apply AI and Generative AI to federal healthcare solutions. Leverage AI-assisted tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, GitHub Copilot, and similar platforms for technical research, requirements analysis, architecture development, software engineering, and proposal activities while validating outputs for accuracy and security. Support responsible AI practices, including data protection, human oversight, model evaluation, security, governance, and hallucination mitigation. Take on additional tasks and responsibilities as needed to support team objectives…