Enterprise IT Architect: Cloud & Modernization Leader

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 187,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan options

Health Savings Accounts

Dental plan options

Vision plan options

401(k) plan with company match

Flexible work weeks

Paid time off

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a Technical Architect in Washington, DC to provide technical leadership in IT planning, solution design, and target architecture development.

The candidate will work with the enterprise architecture team and customer CIO to shape IT investments and programs. The ideal candidate has 15+ years of related experience, strong IT knowledge, and experience advising CIOs and senior IT managers.

Qualifications

• BA/BS and 15+ years of relevant experience
• Strong knowledge of information technology, including all layers of the IT stack
• Strong knowledge of commercial products/solutions, especially COTS software application products (e.g., ServiceNow, CRM, ECM, BPM, etc.)
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure technologies and solutions including Cloud Solution architecture experience
• Successful systems development experience involving COTS integration
• Experience developing lifecycle cost estimates for technical solutions
• Strong communication, presentation and facilitation skills
• Customer service orientation
• Desirable: MA/MS in Computer Science or Engineering
• Experience architecting and/or leading application modernization initiatives
• Experience leading Cloud migration initiatives
• Understanding of federal enterprise architecture concepts
• Federal IT capital planning knowledge and experience
• Business analysis skills

Responsibilities

• Participating as a member of the Enterprise Architecture Working Group (EAWG) and working with the GDIT enterprise architecture team to develop target architectures and evaluate IT investment requests.
• Working with the customer CIO and GDIT project staff to facilitate IT strategic planning.
• Responding to technical questions and research requests from the customer CIO.
• Performing solution scans and designing and estimating the cost of technical solutions that satisfy the requirements of IT investment requests.
• Preparing solution packages documenting recommended technical solutions and estimated costs and benefits.
• Advising/driving an application modernization initiative.
• Facilitating staff in conducting Fit-Gap evaluations of proposed COTS solutions.
• Providing advice and support for systems development and engineering projects.
• Coordinating reachback with technical subject matter experts (SME) within GDIT to obtain specific knowledge or expertise to address technical issues.
• Preparing deliverable reports and briefings.]
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Skills

Architecture development

IT solutions

Technical solutions

Education

MA/MS in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

ServiceNow

CRM

ECM

BPM

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a Technical Architect in Washington, DC to provide technical leadership in IT planning, solution design, and target architecture development.

The candidate will work with the enterprise architecture team and customer CIO to shape IT investments and programs. The ideal candidate has 15+ years of related experience, strong IT knowledge, and experience advising CIOs and senior IT managers.