Solution Architect SME

Remotedxb; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

GDIT in the United Arab Emirates seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect to review existing mainframe and mid-range systems, including interfaces, data models, and batch processes, and to define a future state architecture.

You will lead modernization efforts, guide cloud migrations, and enforce federal security and compliance requirements while coordinating with cross-functional teams on design, migration, and testing activities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise architecture, system design, and implementation.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• Experience with mainframe modernization or migration to distributed or cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Review client\'s current mainframe and mid-range system architecture, including interfaces, data models, and batch processing frameworks.
• Propose future state business processes and architectural solutions using industry best practices.
• Lead the implementation of modern technical solutions and support design activities.
• Collaborate with financial agents to develop efficient business workstreams and provide technical drawings.
• Communicate requirements to oversight and development teams for agile story drafting.
• Ensure technical workflow solutions align with federal financial, security, and compliance requirements.
• Develop strategies for migrating legacy mainframe applications to modern server and cloud environments.
• Provide architecture-level recommendations for integration, performance optimization, and data migrations.
• Lead development teams in applying modern design patterns, cloud-native principles, and DevSecOps practices.
• Support testing, validation, and deployment of reengineered applications.

Skills

COBOL

JCL

CICS

DB2

VSAM

Java

Spring Boot

RESTful APIs

Postgres

Tomcat/WebLogic

Linux

Data migration

System integration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/IS

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

DevSecOps pipelines

Job description

Responsibilities

• Review client's current mainframe and mid-range system architecture, including interfaces, data models, and batch processing frameworks
• Propose future state business processes and architectural solutions using industry best practices
• Lead the implementation of modern technical solutions and support design activities
• Collaborate with financial agents to develop efficient business workstreams and provide technical drawings
• Communicate requirements to oversight and development teams for agile story drafting
• Ensure technical workflow solutions align with federal financial, security, and compliance requirements
• Develop strategies for migrating legacy mainframe applications to modern server and cloud environments
• Provide architecture-level recommendations for integration, performance optimization, and data migrations
• Lead development teams in applying modern design patterns, cloud-native principles, and DevSecOps practices
• Support testing, validation, and deployment of reengineered applications

Requirements

• 10 years of experience in enterprise application architecture, systems design, and implementation
• Proficiency in Mainframe technologies including COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, and VSAM
• Experience with modern web/server technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, Postgres, Tomcat/WebLogic, and Linux
• Hands-on experience with modernization or migration of legacy mainframe applications to distributed or cloud-based systems
• Strong understanding of system integration, data migration, and application interoperability
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience supporting federal financial systems
• Expertise with financial application architectures (e.g., general ledger, disbursement, or reconciliation systems)
• Experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, or GCP), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and DevSecOps pipelines
• Familiarity with federal IT frameworks, including FISMA, NIST 800-53, and FedRAMP

About the Company

GDIT is a global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to the U.S. government, defense, and intelligence community.