IT Technical Lead

Gunnison; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3 weeks Personal Leave

11 paid Holidays

5 days Flexible Time Off

401(k) company match

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

Life and Disability Insurance

Public Transportation Subsidies

Certifications and Training Allowance

Job summary

Gunnison is seeking a Senior Solution Architect for a hybrid role in Atlanta, focusing on leadership of a federal portfolio with web, data, and integration solutions built on Microsoft and cloud technologies.

You will drive design approaches using Git-based workflows, define CI/CD pipelines, and ensure secure delivery across dev/test/stage/prod environments. Strong collaboration with leadership and engineers is essential.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship required.
• 10+ years in solution architecture, software engineering, or systems engineering, with significant experience leading technical design and implementation.
• 5+ years leading technical teams supporting enterprise applications, modernization, or cloud-based delivery in federal or similarly regulated environments.
• Experience leading teams that use Git-based source control and CI/CD tooling to deliver software in structured development environments.
• Experience designing or overseeing application modernization efforts that include refactoring existing systems, adding APIs, and integrating with enterprise or cloud services.
• Experience in secure software delivery, including integrating security and quality checks into automated pipelines and release workflows.
• Experience communicating technical direction, constraints, and tradeoffs to both engineering teams and non-technical stakeholders.
• One current technical certification in cloud, architecture, security, or agile delivery.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for a federal portfolio that includes multiple web, data, and integration solutions built on Microsoft and cloud technologies.
• Lead design and implementation approaches that use Git-based repositories (such as GitHub), branching strategies, and pull‑request workflows as the core way teams collaborate.
• Define and guide CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or comparable platforms to automate build, test, and deployment of application and infrastructure changes.
• Work with engineers to integrate security and quality checks into pipelines, including static analysis, dependency scanning, and basic dynamic testing using industry-standard tools.
• Shape technical approaches for application modernization and integration, including API-based interfaces, data services, and cloud-hosted components (for example in Azure or AWS).
• Provide technical direction on environment strategy (dev/test/stage/prod), configuration management, and automated deployment patterns.
• Collaborate with program leadership to evaluate solution options, estimate technical effort, and communicate trade-offs in terms that business and mission stakeholders can understand.
• Ensure solutions are designed and implemented to meet security, privacy, accessibility, and operational expectations common to federal programs.

Skills

Solution architecture

Technical leadership

Cloud computing

Git-based workflows

CI/CD tooling

Security and compliance

Stakeholder communication

US Citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Cloud or security or DevOps certification

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

GitHub

Azure DevOps

Terraform

ARM/Bicep

AWS/Azure cloud services

Job description

Description

Salary: $155,000-$165,000.

Work location: Hybrid, Atlanta, GA.

Responsibilities

• This position is contingent upon a future opening with Gunnison.
• Provide technical leadership for a federal portfolio that includes multiple web, data, and integration solutions built on Microsoft and cloud technologies.
• Lead design and implementation approaches that use Git-based repositories (such as GitHub), branching strategies, and pull‑request workflows as the core way teams collaborate.
• Define and guide CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or comparable platforms to automate build, test, and deployment of application and infrastructure changes.
• Work with engineers to integrate security and quality checks into pipelines, including static analysis, dependency scanning, and basic dynamic testing using industry-standard tools.
• Shape technical approaches for application modernization and integration, including API-based interfaces, data services, and cloud-hosted components (for example in Azure or AWS).
• Provide technical direction on environment strategy (dev/test/stage/prod), configuration management, and automated deployment patterns.
• Collaborate with program leadership to evaluate solution options, estimate technical effort, and communicate trade-offs in terms that business and mission stakeholders can understand.
• Ensure solutions are designed and implemented to meet security, privacy, accessibility, and operational expectations common to federal programs.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship required.
• 10+ years in solution architecture, software engineering, or systems engineering, with significant experience leading technical design and implementation.
• 5+ years leading technical teams supporting enterprise applications, modernization, or cloud-based delivery in federal or similarly regulated environments.
• Experience leading teams that use Git-based source control and CI/CD tooling to deliver software in structured development environments.
• Experience designing or overseeing application modernization efforts that include refactoring existing systems, adding APIs, and integrating with enterprise or cloud services.
• Experience in secure software delivery, including integrating security and quality checks into automated pipelines and release workflows.
• Experience communicating technical direction, constraints, and tradeoffs to both engineering teams and non-technical stakeholders.
• One current technical certification in cloud, architecture, security, or agile delivery.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or related field.

Desired Qualification

• Experience designing or operating CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps Pipelines.
• Experience integrating static code analysis, dependency scanning, and dynamic testing tools into automated delivery pipelines.
• Experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform, ARM/Bicep, or similar approaches for automated environment provisioning.
• Experience delivering solutions on Azure and/or AWS using APIs, containers, serverless services, or managed data services.
• Experience supporting data-heavy, analytics-driven, or health-related applications in public sector environments.
• At least one current cloud certification at the associate or professional level (for example, Azure Administrator/Developer/Architect or AWS Architect/Developer/Engineer).
• At least one certification related to software engineering, architecture, security, or DevOps/DevSecOps (for example, vendor DevOps/DevSecOps cert, CISSP/CCSP, or similar).
• Master's degree in a related field.

Clearance Requirement

Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.

Benefits

• 3 weeks of Personal Leave your first year
• 11 paid Holidays each year
• 5 days of Flexible Time Off each year for approved training or certifications (self‑study is ineligible)
• 401(k) company match at 50% up to 10% of your salary
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Public Transportation Subsidies
• Certifications and Training Allowance - Up to $5,000/year!

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Must be eligible for employment in the United States. We are unable to sponsor candidates at this time.