About the Opportunity
Own the disciplined development of compliant, persuasive responses to U.S. federal solicitations. This role offers direct exposure to opportunity qualification, capture strategy, proposal production, partner coordination, and executive decision-making across an international federal contracting pipeline.
What You Will Do
- Review RFPs, RFQs, RFIs, sources-sought notices, amendments, evaluation criteria, and submission instructions
- Build capture plans, proposal compliance checklists, annotated outlines, writing assignments, and submission schedules
- Coordinate technical, management, past performance, pricing, partner, and executive inputs
- Maintain version control, action registers, review comments, and auditable source documentation
- Perform compliance, quality, consistency, and final production reviews before authorized submission
- Support opportunity research in SAM.gov and prepare concise qualification or bid/no-bid recommendations
What We Are Looking For
- A structured thinker who can turn complex solicitation requirements into an executable response plan
- A reliable owner who protects deadlines, raises risks early, and follows each assigned action through to closure
- A collaborative professional who can challenge weak content respectfully and coordinate contributors across time zones
- A high-judgment communicator who combines analytical strength, emotional intelligence, confidentiality, and attention to detail
Essential Requirements
- At least three years of hands-on U.S. federal proposal, capture, or government contracting experience
- Demonstrated ability to interpret solicitation instructions, evaluation factors, statements of work, and required representations
- Advanced Microsoft Word skills, including styles, tables, page control, cross-references, and document production
- Strong working capability in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, and shared document environments
- Professional English writing and editing skills, with the ability to produce clear and compliant business content
- Ability to work remotely with dependable connectivity and meaningful overlap with U.S. business hours
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with the FAR, DFARS, SAM.gov, and structured federal opportunity research
- Experience with SharePoint, Teams, proposal libraries, CRM systems, or opportunity-management platforms
- Familiarity with a structured proposal-development methodology, such as the Shipley process, or comparable training
- Experience supporting small business, SDVOSB, prime, subcontract, or international federal pursuits
How We Evaluate Candidates
Cygnus uses a structured, competency-based selection process. We consider qualifications and relevant experience alongside demonstrated technical capability, analytical judgment, emotional intelligence, ownership, teamwork, learning agility, communication, and performance in a role-relevant assessment.
- Application review against the stated federal proposal requirements
- A short practical exercise involving solicitation analysis, compliance planning, or content improvement
- A structured interview assessing judgment, ownership, prioritization, collaboration, and communication
- Verification of relevant employment, project experience, and professional references before final selection
Employment or Project Information
Engagement details depend on confirmed business requirements, applicable law, work authorization, customer requirements, and final written terms. Some roles supporting government contracts may be contingent upon contract award or customer approval.
Evidence to Include
- A current CV showing specific proposal or capture responsibilities
- A sanitized writing, compliance, or planning sample that contains no customer-confidential or procurement-sensitive information
- Examples of the solicitation types, proposal sections, or review stages personally supported
- Relevant training or certification details, where applicable
Application Information
Submit accurate information and a current CV. Provide only evidence that you are authorized to share. Do not include classified, export-controlled, procurement-sensitive, customer-confidential, medical, banking, identity-document, or other sensitive information that has not been requested.