Senior Cloud Systems Architect SME

General Dynamics Information Technology; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology is seeking a Systems Architect SME to lead design, security, and modernization of a critical communications ecosystem. You’ll drive a cloud-first architecture on a major modernization program, collaborating with a talented team in an agile environment.

You’ll own the system architecture, translate business needs into a technical vision, and ensure interfaces and data-layer compatibility across infrastructure, data, and applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field.
• 15+ years of related experience.
• US citizenship with TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
• Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, Oracle, Google) certification preferred.
• Experience with publish/subscribe messaging systems (MSMQ, RabbitMQ, Kafka, SQS) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Track and manage all project requirements in Jira.
• Own the overarching system architecture, translating business needs into a coherent, implementable technical vision for the portfolio.
• Serve as the connective thread across infrastructure, data, and applications, ensuring interfaces, monitoring, and audit capabilities integrate with the data layer and infrastructure.
• Build alignment across stakeholders, gathering input from technical teams, mission partners, and leadership to keep the architecture grounded in operational needs.
• Set the technical direction for the future, maintaining a living roadmap and staying ahead of industry trends.
• Champion technically sound, scalable, and secure design, holding development activity to a high bar as systems evolve and modernize.
• Bring structure and consistency, tracking requirements and ensuring governance through reviews and control gates.
• Develop and recommend guiding principles, definitions, and standards for system assets, along with a comprehensive automated test approach.

Skills

Cloud services

Event bus messaging

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology is seeking a Systems Architect SME to lead design, security, and modernization of a critical communications ecosystem. You’ll drive a cloud-first architecture on a major modernization program, collaborating with a talented team in an agile environment.

You’ll own the system architecture, translate business needs into a technical vision, and ensure interfaces and data-layer compatibility across infrastructure, data, and applications.