Open Positions

MindPetal is seeking a proven Proposal Manager who will be responsible for leading, planning, scheduling, and overseeing the timely development and delivery of high-quality responses to federal business opportunities, from pre-RFP to post-submission activities, in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate is a thought leader who fosters a positive team environment, can work closely with and report to the Executive Leadership, and quickly adjust to dynamic proposal development schedules and requirements.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead the successful development of compliant, competitive, cogent, and compelling proposals through effective collaboration across teams that include internal staff, corporate partners, consultants, and supporting vendors.
• Work with the Capture Manager to determine author assignments and integrate win strategy, themes, and discriminators into proposal.
• Lead and analyze RFI, RFQ, RFPs and other bid documents for Client Submission.
• Develop the proposal schedule, proposal outline, and compliance matrix.
• Prepare and lead kickoff meetings and daily status calls.
• Establish and maintain a SharePoint site for each proposal.
• Provide advice, leadership, and guidance to authors on all proposal content.
• Take ownership of the quality of the proposal for color reviews and final delivery by performing rigorous quality assurance checks on draft and final documents.
• Conduct activities required to successfully perform color reviews, debrief authors, and perform color review recovery.
• Ensure the high-quality content and appearance of final proposal deliverables.
• Coordinate and support the production, reproduction, binding, and packaging in finalizing the proposal submission and response processes, if applicable.
• Ensure timely delivery of proposals that are fully compliant with solicitation instructions.
• Conduct and document lessons learned and implement actions to improve process efficiency.
• Manage the development of oral presentations, discussions, and proposal revisions.
• Support the VP of Corporate Development in creating and delivering training for Business Development and other staff to continuously improve our corporate proposal operations.
• Organize, Maintain, and Own a library of reusable assets to include White Papers, Points of View, graphics, past performance, and resumes, amongst other deliverables.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Minimum of five years proven experience managing proposal teams and leading them efficiently in a dynamic, fast-paced environment on moderate- to high-complexity federal opportunities.
• A proven track record of managing and winning proposals within the federal IT services market in excess of $10M.
• Ability to conduct research and synthesize information from multiple sources (subject matter experts, previous proposals) into a cohesive, easy-to-read, and persuasive final product.
• Ability to multi-task and work on multiple concurrent projects.
• Ability to adapt to various people and working styles under tight deadlines.
• Ability to work beyond regular schedule hours if needed.
• Bachelor’s degree
• Possess excellent leadership, prioritization, and organizational skills.
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Possess strong editing skills; excellent knowledge of grammar and punctuation.
• High proficiency in the MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project), Adobe Acrobat, and Microsoft SharePoint.

MindPetal seeks a Mid-level Appian Developer responsible for software integration, customization, and support of existing and new systems.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Prepare software requirements specifications and prototypes for translation into structured application programs.
• Leads the configuration of solution applications, process models, business rules, user interfaces, and management reports
• Leads the enhancements of existing applications including, but not limited to forms, reports, underlying logic and interface components on development projects as assigned.
• Translate the functional requirement to the Appian business flows with the help of Process Models, Rules, CDTs , Web Service Integration
• Executes unit, system, and integration testing
• Supports the customer through user testing and business readiness activities
• Supports user story development
• Support the development of technical maintenance and support manuals.
• Analyze, debug and revise existing system logic difficulties and documentation as necessary.
• Hands on and or assist database administrators (Oracle, SQL server), quality assurance team, system engineers, network engineers and other staff in ways to ensure data integrity, consistency, security and privacy.
• Assist project manager in estimating durations for tasks, deliverables and activities.
• Adhere to organizational policies, standards and best practices in application development, documentation, and maintenance that support the agile process.
• Provide technical expertise and actively participate in creating systems development, software, hardware, and application development standards, procedures and policies.
• Create functional and technical documentation
• Ability to work both independently as well as within a team
• Strong analytical skills

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Requires 3-4 years of experience working with Appian
• Experience coding in Java is required.
• Experience with working in Agile teams.
• Provide support in developing the site concept, interface design, and architecture of the website.
• Provide support for the implementation of interfaces to applications.
• Knowledge of several of the following areas is desirable: .Net, JavaScript, Angular, React.
• Requires Appian development Certification. Prefer Level 2/3 Credential Appian Certification.

MindPetal seeks an Administrative Assistant for our Tysons, VA office. Please note that this position is on site, remote work is not permitted. This is a full-time position with benefits.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Handle office administration and logistics for a staff of 100+ people (and growing!)
• In coordination with building management, responsible for facility maintenance, access, and security.
• Receive incoming calls and mail, ensuring they are responded to or routed appropriately; greet office visitors.
• Maintain kitchen and office supplies
• Order and Maintain office supplies
• Coordinate contractors for any fixes or repairs needed to the office
• Handle incoming and outgoing packages and mail
• Collaborate with MindPetal Managers to help with various departmental needs
• Provide as-needed support (scheduling, planning, etc.) to directors, managers, and executives

Preferred Skills:

• Ability to organize, prioritize and complete multiple tasks and special projects with minimal supervision
• Strong verbal and written communications skills, with ability to independently solve problems
• Proficiency in MS Office applications, including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint; facility with other common office technology tools
• Bachelor’s degree and one to three years of experience in a business environment preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience

MindPetal seeks a Sr. Network Administrator for a full-time position:

Experience with: configuring routers & firewalls; & work/w: BGP, RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, VRRP, HSRP, NSRP, QOS, TCP/IP, IPSEC, MPLS, VPLS, SNMP, SMTP, & Unix. Mail

Bachelor’s or equivalent degree with 5 years experience or other suitable qualifications preferred.