Senior Technical Solutions Architect

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. in the United States (Virginia) seeks an accomplished Senior Technical Architect to identify solutions, analyze alternatives, and lead architecture designs.

You will research technologies, assess architectures, and guide teams to implement efficient system solutions aligned with business goals. Expect delivering test plans, briefs, and customer-ready recommendations.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 15+ years of related experience.

Responsibilities

• Identifies solutions based on business and technical criteria, analyzes alternatives based on trade space, and implements designs.
• Research current and emerging technologies and process methodologies and proposes changes and tailoring where needed.
• Assesses the system and business process architectures currently in place and works with staff to recommend improvements.
• Ensures technical architecture teams deliver efficient and effective system solutions to support business goals and objectives.
• Develops, enhances, and maintains established service design procedure and process by applying process frameworks and methodologies.
• Prepares and presents test plan, technical presentations, and analyst briefings.
• Identifies customer requirements, analyzes alternatives, and conducts product recommendations related to software, platform, and network configurations.
• Provides updates to stakeholders on project cost, schedule, and quality in comparison to stakeholder objectives.
• May coach and provide guidance to less experienced professionals.
• May serve as a team or task lead.
• Opportunity Development – working new opportunities in Unified Communication (e.g., E911, Recording, DTENs, remote site upgrades, etc.)
• Strategic Planning – Avaya license Structure, move from perpetual to subscription, discounts for material and Services.
• Tactical timeline development - taking OEM brochure and sales engineering speak, and turning that into a FAA plan of action, that our system owner can take to their management for approval.
• Market Studies - new products / features/ services like E911 or Recording to ensure it follows what is in the FAVES contract.
• Lifecycle Sustainment – as products go End of Sale project the cost / services for the replacement.
• Project Pricing (GDIT Gate reviews for proposals and pricing) to include strategic pricing and OEM pricing strategies.
• Answering a Re-compete RFP (Technical Solution, BoM, Pricing, Labor, Services)
• With Avaya moving to 3rd party support for products like AEP (Interactive Northwest) and ACR (Verint) what should FAVES O&M support look like for re-compete

Skills

Analyst briefings

System solutions

Technical architecture

Technical presentations

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. in the United States (Virginia) seeks an accomplished Senior Technical Architect to identify solutions, analyze alternatives, and lead architecture designs.

You will research technologies, assess architectures, and guide teams to implement efficient system solutions aligned with business goals. Expect delivering test plans, briefs, and customer-ready recommendations.