Senior Solutions Architect – TS/SCI Clearance

General Dynamics Information Technology; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 195,000 - 264,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is seeking an experienced Senior Architect to lead portfolio rationalization and architecture across multiple task orders for a National Intelligence program. You will drive cloud, AI integration, and DevSecOps practices while aligning with enterprise standards.

You will mentor engineers, manage stakeholder communications, and ensure secure, scalable solutions that support critical missions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in software development, DevOps, or platform engineering roles.
• 5+ years as a solutions architect.
• 3+ years leading multiple teams across task orders or similar leadership roles.
• Demonstrated experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines for complex applications.
• Hands-on with CI/CD tools (Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, ArgoCD).
• Experience with source control and branching strategies (Git, trunk-based, GitFlow).
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and services for VMs, containers, serverless.
• Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, AKS, EKS, GKE).
• Serverless architectures (AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, Google Cloud Functions).
• Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Strong knowledge of DevSecOps practices including automated security testing and compliance integration.
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe or similar).
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience evaluating and integrating AI-enabled development tools for automation and productivity.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the single, trusted focal point for application portfolio rationalization across the IDIQ.
• Provide architectural leadership across multiple task orders and product lines.
• Proactively identify opportunities to consolidate and modernization efforts across portfolios.
• Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies to improve performance, security, and mission outcomes.
• Lead the Sponsor’s unified systems roadmap across product lines, systems, and services.
• Ensure solutions comply with Sponsor standards while balancing innovation and cost.
• Shape and execute the strategy for integrating AI-enabled tools into the development lifecycle.

Skills

DevSecOps

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Cloud architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Jenkins

Git

Maven

Gradle

ArgoCD

Docker

Kubernetes

ECS/EKS/AKS/GKE

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is seeking an experienced Senior Architect to lead portfolio rationalization and architecture across multiple task orders for a National Intelligence program. You will drive cloud, AI integration, and DevSecOps practices while aligning with enterprise standards.

You will mentor engineers, manage stakeholder communications, and ensure secure, scalable solutions that support critical missions.