Vice President of Solutions Engineering and Technology

At Goldschmitt and Associates LLC (G&A), we’re not just another company—we’re a catalyst for innovation and impact, and we’re inviting passionate, forward-thinking individuals to join us on this journey. Recognized multiple times on the Inc 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies, G&A is a leader in tech transformation and system modernization for some of the nation’s most important federal agencies. Our culture is built on creativity and collaboration. We offer flexible schedules, telework options, and an environment where your ideas truly matter. At G&A, you won’t just clock in—you’ll be solving real-world challenges and working on projects that make a difference in the lives of millions. Joining our team means becoming part of a vibrant, connected community where innovation thrives, your voice is heard, and your impact is felt. Whether you’re a tech enthusiast, a strategic thinker, or a problem-solver, at G&A, you’ll have the opportunity to level up your career while making a real-world impact. If you’re ready to be part of a company that values purpose as much as progress, G&A is the place for you! Summary: Goldschmitt and Associates is seeking a Vice President of Solutions Engineering and Technology to provide senior technical leadership across our federal programs, customer initiatives, and commercial software products. This role leads the development of technology solutions for complex business, operational, and mission challenges. The Vice President works directly with customers, program leaders, product teams, technical architects, engineers, cybersecurity personnel, and business stakeholders to understand requirements, evaluate existing environments, design future-state solutions, and guide initiatives from concept through implementation. The position combines executive-level technical leadership with hands-on solution engineering. The successful candidate must be able to move comfortably between customer conversations, business processes, system workflows, application and integration design, cloud architecture, security considerations, and implementation planning. This is broader than a traditional cloud architecture or DevOps role. The Vice President will evaluate how people, processes, applications, data, infrastructure, security requirements, and external systems work together and develop practical solutions that can be successfully implemented and operated in complex enterprise and federal environments. The position supports both Goldschmitt technology initiatives and billable customer engagements, including modernization efforts, external-facing portals, secure-system integrations, workflow design, cloud solutions, enterprise integrations, technical discovery, and complex cross-system initiatives. This position is part-time and remote, and the anticipated hourly rate is $125.00 per hour. Job Duties and Responsibilities: Solutions Engineering and Technical Leadership Lead solution engineering for complex customer, product, and enterprise technology initiativesTranslate business, mission, and operational challenges into practical technical solutions and implementation approachesProvide senior technical leadership from initial discovery and concept development through design, implementation, deployment, and operational transitionEvaluate existing systems, processes, architectures, workflows, and technical constraints and develop appropriate future-state solutionsDevelop and communicate solution concepts that span applications, cloud infrastructure, data, APIs, cybersecurity, integrations, workflows, and user experienceEvaluate technical alternatives and make recommendations based on security, scalability, maintainability, performance, reliability, cost, usability, and operational requirementsIdentify technical risks, dependencies, constraints, and integration challenges early and develop approaches to address themProvide technical leadership during complex implementations and help resolve issues that cross organizational, system, or technology boundariesEstablish and promote effective solution engineering practices, reusable approaches, and technical standardsMentor and provide technical guidance to engineers, architects, developers, DevOps personnel, and other technical team members Customer Technical Consulting Serve as a senior customer-facing technical leader and trusted consultant for Goldschmitt customers and partnersLead technical discovery sessions, design workshops, solution-development sessions, architecture discussions, and technical reviewsWork with customer stakeholders to understand mission objectives, operational processes, user needs, system limitations, security requirements, and future-state goalsTranslate customer needs into technical requirements, solution designs, workflows, integration strategies, and implementation plansFacilitate discussions among business users, government stakeholders, system owners, cybersecurity teams, architects, developers, infrastructure teams, and other technical participantsDevelop and present architecture diagrams, workflows, solution concepts, technical roadmaps, integration approaches, and implementation recommendationsHelp customers identify opportunities for modernization, automation, improved workflow, system integration, and operational efficiencyCommunicate complex technical concepts and tradeoffs clearly to both technical and nontechnical audiencesSupport customer presentations, demonstrations, proposals, statements of work, technical estimates, and solution development for new and existing programs Workflow, Integration, and Secure-System Solutions Analyze complex operational processes and design future-state business and system workflowsDesign solutions that connect users, applications, processes, data, and systems across organizational and technical boundariesLead solution design for external-facing portals and applications that interact with secure or restricted enterprise environmentsDefine secure approaches for exchanging information between externally accessible applications and protected internal systemsDesign system boundaries, data flows, integration points, authentication approaches, authorization models, APIs, interfaces, and supporting workflowsDevelop solutions for integrating modern applications with legacy, externally managed, or highly controlled systemsIdentify opportunities to replace manual processes with secure automation while accounting for operational and security requirementsCollaborate with system owners and cybersecurity teams to develop practical approaches for moving data and transactions across security boundariesDesign technical approaches that account for both system functionality and the real-world workflow of the people using the solution Federal Program and BOP Support Provide senior technical consulting and solution engineering support to Goldschmitt federal customers, including the Federal Bureau of PrisonsSupport the design and evolution of external portals and applications that interface with systems operating within secure federal environmentsLead discovery and workflow-design activities with customer stakeholders to understand operational processes and translate them into effective technical solutionsDefine integration approaches between external-facing systems and internal applications, services, databases, APIs, and data exchangesSupport modernization, automation, and workflow-improvement initiatives involving existing federal systemsFacilitate technical working sessions involving customer stakeholders, program personnel, system owners, cybersecurity personnel, architects, engineers, and developersDevelop technical documentation and solution artifacts needed to support customer decision-making, security review, development, implementation, and operationsProvide senior technical problem-solving support for complex issues involving multiple applications, environments, organizations, or technical disciplines Cloud and Platform Engineering Provide senior-level leadership for cloud strategy and AWS solution design supporting enterprise and SaaS applicationsDesign secure, scalable, resilient, highly available, and cost-effective cloud solutionsSupport AWS Commercial and AWS GovCloud environmentsGuide cloud architecture decisions involving networking, compute, containers, storage, databases, application services, identity, monitoring, and securityDesign and support containerized application environments and modern cloud deployment architecturesDevelop and maintain AWS Infrastructure as CodeDevelop and improve CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processesSupport production, staging, development, testing, demonstration, and other application environmentsDesign approaches for multi-environment, multi-customer, and tenant-based SaaS deploymentsDesign and implement automated environment and tenant provisioning capabilitiesReview significant infrastructure and application changes for scalability, security, reliability, operational impact, and architectural fitMonitor cloud environments for availability, performance, security, capacity, reliability, and costTroubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, deployment, integration, configuration, and availability issues when senior technical support is required Application and Product Collaboration Collaborate closely with Goldschmitt's Director of Technical Architecture, product leadership, and development teams on application and platform initiativesTranslate customer and product requirements into solution-level designs that can be implemented by application development teamsParticipate in application design decisions involving APIs, integrations, authentication, authorization, data flows, workflow, infrastructure, and external servicesWork with technical architecture and development leadership to ensure solution designs are practical, maintainable, secure, and aligned with established product architectureSupport integration between Goldschmitt applications and customer, partner, commercial, legacy, and federal systemsProvide solution-level guidance while partnering with technical architecture and development leadership responsible for detailed application architecture and backend implementationHelp bridge the gap between customer requirements, product strategy, solution architecture, cloud infrastructure, and software engineering Security, Identity, and Compliance Incorporate cybersecurity and compliance requirements into solution design from the beginning of an initiativeDesign and oversee application authentication, authorization, identity-management, and access-control approachesImplement and manage AWS identity, roles, policies, permissions, and access controls following least-privilege principlesWork with cybersecurity and compliance teams to identify application, cloud, and integration changes necessary to meet applicable federal security requirementsSupport FedRAMP, ATO, NIST 800-53, FISMA, and other applicable federal cybersecurity and compliance initiativesSupport security architecture, system-boundary definition, logging, monitoring, auditability, and security-control implementationEvaluate solution designs for security risks and recommend practical mitigation approachesImplement and maintain cloud and application monitoring, logging, metrics, alerting, and operational dashboardsSupport backup, recovery, resiliency, continuity, and disaster recovery planning Necessary Skills and Knowledge: Significant experience in senior technical leadership, engineering leadership, enterprise technology, architecture, or technical consulting rolesDemonstrated experience leading complex technical initiatives involving multiple systems, applications, technical disciplines, and stakeholder groupsStrong experience translating business and operational requirements into technical strategies, workflows, solution architectures, and implementation approachesExperience leading customer-facing technical discovery, solution design, design workshops, or architecture reviewsStrong experience designing, implementing, or supporting production AWS environmentsExperience supporting cloud-hosted enterprise and/or SaaS applicationsExperience designing secure, scalable, highly available, resilient enterprise solutionsExperience with system integration, APIs, authentication and authorization, data exchange, and distributed application architecturesExperience with containerized application environments and cloud deployment architecturesExperience with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, automated deployment, and modern DevOps practicesExperience implementing cloud security, identity and access management, monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational controlsExperience supporting systems subject to cybersecurity, regulatory, or federal compliance requirementsDemonstrated ability to evaluate complex technical alternatives and make clear recommendations to customers and senior stakeholdersStrong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with executives, customers, business users, architects, engineers, and developers Minimum Qualifications: 15+ years of professional experience across technology, software engineering, systems architecture, cloud engineering, infrastructure, DevOps, enterprise technology, solutions engineering, or technology consultingPossess the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance. Requirements include possessing sole United States citizenship, no criminal offenses (felony or misdemeanor) within the past 7 years, and possessing no negative federal debt above $7,500 or federal debt in defaultPossess professional experience with the following technologies:Solution Engineering and ArchitectureEnterprise solution designApplication and system integrationAPI and integration architectureBusiness and system workflow designSecure-system interfacesCloud and SaaS architecturesHigh-availability and resiliency designAuthentication and authorizationTechnical discovery and requirements analysisAWS TechnologiesECSApplication Load BalancersLambdaAWS CDKIAMSecrets ManagerCloudWatchRDSSimple Notification Service (SNS)CloudFrontPlatforms and InfrastructureAWSDocker containersInfrastructure as CodeCI/CDGitApplication and Integration TechnologiesAPI ManagementREST APIsSwagger/OpenAPIModern web application architecturesEnterprise system integrationDatabasesMySQLNoSQL Preferred Qualifications: Possess prior experience with the following:AWS and CloudAWS GovCloudCloudFormationCognitoAPI GatewaySimple Email Service (SES)Security HubGuardDutyAWS Step FunctionsAWS OrganizationsMulti-account AWS architecturesProgramming and Application TechnologiesNode.jsMicroservicesEvent-driven architecturesRedisDynamoDBJUnit or comparable automated testing toolsObservabilityDistributed tracingAWS X-RayOpenTelemetryFederal Security and ComplianceFedRAMPFederal ATO processesNIST 800-53FISMAExperience designing systems that interface across federal security boundaries NOTE: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities or qualifications associated with the job. It is intended to describe the general nature and work responsibilities of the position. This job description and the duties of this position are subject to change, modification and addition as deemed necessary by the Company. Goldschmitt and Associates offers the following benefits: 401(k) with immediate vestingPaid Federal HolidaysTuition ReimbursementMedical Insurance, including Vision and Dental InsuranceEmployer-Paid Short-Term and Long-Term DisabilityEmployer Paid Life InsuranceSupplemental Life InsuranceFSA/HSA ProgramsCommuter Benefits ProgramAdoption Assistance ProgramEmployee Assistance Program (EAP)Caregiver Support ProgramHealth Advocacy ProgramFinancial Wellbeing Support Goldschmitt and Associates is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. 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