Technical Advisory Consultant

Category: Government Contracting

Location: Stafford, Virginia

Work Arrangement: Remote

Type: Part-time

Local DC based company is seeking a Technical Advisory Consultant/IT & Cybersecurity SME

Hours/Schedule : 5 – 10 hours a week. No guaranteed hours. The volume and frequency of work may vary significantly from week to week or month to month. There may be periods when no work is assigned.

Job Type : Part time

Location Requirements : Remote within the DC area

Rate : $85/hour

Job Description : Our client is seeking an experienced Technical Advisory Consultant / IT & Cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert (SME) to provide senior-level technical advisory support on an ad hoc, as-needed basis. The consultant will be engaged only when our client requires technical expertise for specific procurement, business development, partnership, proposal, client, or internal technology activities. The ideal consultant combines broad technical knowledge with strong client-facing communication and can translate business, procurement, and contractual requirements into practical technical approaches. The consultant should be comfortable representing technical capabilities in meetings, advising leadership and proposal teams, reviewing technical requirements, and helps develop credible, implementable solutions across cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, applications, GRC, AI, and IT modernization.

Responsibilities :

Primary Responsibilities

Participate in procurement, pre-solicitation, capability briefing, capture, partnership, teaming, vendor, and client meetings when technical representation is required. Serve as a technical SME during discussions involving cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, cloud, application development, DevSecOps, GRC, AI governance, data, identity, Zero Trust, vulnerability management, and technology modernization. Support technical discovery sessions by asking relevant questions, identifying dependencies and risks, and helping define feasible solution approaches. Review Requests for Proposal (RFPs), Requests for Quotation (RFQs), Requests for Information (RFIs), Statements of Work (SOWs), Performance Work Statements (PWSs), and other procurement requirements from a technical perspective. Review and strengthen technical responses, technical approaches, methodologies, implementation plans, transition approaches, architectures, staffing assumptions, tools, and other technical proposal content. Support oral presentations, capability briefings, technical demonstrations, and customer question-and-answer sessions. Advise leadership, capture, proposal, compliance, and technical teams regarding technical feasibility, solution design, delivery risks, dependencies, resource needs, and implementation considerations. Evaluate proposed technologies, products, platforms, integrations, cloud services, security tools, and solution architectures when requested. Provide technical input for partnership and teaming discussions, including evaluating a potential partner’s technical capabilities and identifying complementary delivery opportunities. Assist with technical solutioning for new service offerings, client requirements, and internal technology initiatives. Review technical deliverables for accuracy, completeness, feasibility, and consistency with the proposed solution. Provide concise written technical recommendations, meeting notes, diagrams, solution concepts, or decision support when required. Support other short-duration technical advisory assignments that align with cybersecurity and IT services.

Typical Assignment Examples

Join a 60-minute meeting with a government prime to discuss approach to cloud security, infrastructure modernization, or cybersecurity operations. Review a solicitation and advise the proposal team on the technical solution, tools, architecture, staffing, risks, and implementation approach. Participate in a capability briefing and answer technical questions from a prospective customer or teaming partner. Review a technical proposal section before submission and identify unsupported claims, gaps, implementation risks, or areas requiring stronger technical detail. Help prepare leadership for a procurement, oral presentation, technical interview, or partnership meeting.

Qualifications :

Required Qualifications

Approximately 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in information technology, cybersecurity, enterprise technology, systems engineering, solution architecture, cloud, or a closely related field. Demonstrated ability to advise clients, executives, capture/proposal teams, or delivery teams on technical solutions and implementation approaches. Strong understanding of enterprise IT environments, including identity and access management, networks, endpoints, cloud, applications, databases, APIs, security monitoring, vulnerability management, backup/recovery, and secure operations. Working knowledge of cybersecurity and risk frameworks such as NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-53, RMF, Zero Trust, SOC 2, ISO series and related security practices. Experience reviewing technical requirements and translating them into practical architectures, methodologies, work plans, staffing models, or proposal responses. Strong verbal communication and presentation skills, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences. Strong technical writing and review skills. Ability to quickly understand an opportunity or meeting objective, prepare efficiently, and provide focused technical guidance. Professional judgment and the ability to identify when additional specialist expertise is required. Ability to protect confidential, procurement-sensitive, proprietary, client, and company information.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting U.S. federal, state, or local government technology procurements, proposals, or delivery programs. Experience in government contracting, capture, solutioning, oral presentations, technical proposal development, or customer capability briefings. Hands-on or architecture experience with Microsoft/Azure, AWS, Microsoft 365, identity/IAM, endpoint security, cloud security, SIEM, networking, application security, or DevSecOps. Experience with GRC platforms, cybersecurity assessments, vulnerability management, AI governance/security, or technology modernization. Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, CISA, CGRC, AWS, Azure, enterprise architecture, cloud, networking, or comparable credentials. Prior experience serving as a fractional technical advisor, solutions architect, technical SME, vCISO/vCTO, or senior consultant.

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