Systems Architect

General Dynamics IT; Pasadena (CA); Vor Ort; USD 140.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

General Dynamics IT in Pasadena, CA is seeking a Systems Architect to design, develop, and oversee enterprise‑level architecture solutions across our NASA portfolio. You will lead system integration, cloud and security considerations, and align architectures with NASA standards.

The successful candidate will have 5+ years in systems or enterprise architecture, strong communication skills, and a proven ability to guide multi‑disciplinary teams in fast‑paced federal program environments.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree required with 5+ years in systems/enterprise architecture or technical leadership.
• Experience in NASA JPL environment or comparable federal mission systems.
• Excellent communication skills to explain complex concepts to diverse audiences and lead technical discussions.

Aufgaben

• Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration: communicate requirements, objectives, and decisions to NASA customers and internal teams.
• Strategic Architectural Leadership: steer enterprise architectures aligned with NASA policies, standards, and long-term goals.
• System Design and Integration: develop and maintain end-to-end architectures, with data flows and infrastructure models.
• Technical Quality, Compliance, and Oversight: ensure architectures meet NASA, NIST, and federal IT standards and produce architectural documentation.

Kenntnisse

Complex Systems

Systems Architecture

Technical Leadership

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

Jobbeschreibung

Type of Requisition:

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able To Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

NACI (T1)

Job Family:

IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills: Complex Systems, Systems Architecture, Technical Leadership

Certifications: None

Experience: 5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required: No

Job Description:

GDIT is seeking an experienced Systems Architect to support our NASA Business Area in designing, developing, and overseeing enterprise-level architecture solutions across our expanding NASA portfolio.

GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to mission‑critical federal programs and build a rewarding technical career. The Systems Architect will play a central role in creating integrated, scalable, and secure solutions that support NASA’s JPL enterprise IT services. This includes 24x7 operations environments, advanced AI‑enabled tools, end‑user services, cloud technologies, cybersecurity capabilities, and coordinated engineering and IT Service Management (ITSM) resources.

As a Systems Architect supporting this opportunity, you will deliver technical leadership, architectural guidance, and strategic vision to ensure that system architectures are robust, scalable, interoperable, and aligned with program objectives, program constraints and applicable to NASA standards. You will help shape GDIT’s NASA account by aligning customer priorities, driving innovation, and ensuring technical solutions meet NASA’s mission, enterprise, and security requirements. This position will ensure that system designs follow industry best practices, federal standards, and NASA’s evolving digital transformation objectives.

The successful candidate will be a seasoned Systems Architect with prior experience supporting NASA JPL or similar federal environments. The candidate must demonstrate expertise in systems integration, enterprise architecture, cloud and infrastructure design, technical leadership, and delivering complex solutions in fast‑paced, multi‑stakeholder environments. Exceptional communication skills are essential to convey technical concepts to both engineers and non‑technical stakeholders.

In this Systems Architect role, you will be responsible for designing and guiding GDIT’s solution architectures while ensuring compliance with Federal, NIST, and NASA requirements. You must be able to navigate complex challenges, create clear architectural strategies, provide technical leadership for architecture reviews, design reviews, technical interchange meetings and major engineering decision processes. You must be able to build trusted relationships with internal and customer stakeholders.

Responsibilities Include:

• Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration
  • Engage with NASA customers, mission partners, and internal teams to understand requirements, constraints, and mission objectives.
  • Clearly communicate architectural decisions, tradeoffs, and solution approaches to technical and non‑technical audiences.
  • Build trust by consistently delivering thoughtful, scalable, and high‑quality architectural recommendations.
• Strategic Architectural Leadership
  • Lead the development and implementation of enterprise architectures aligned with NASA policies, standards, and long‑term strategic goals.
  • Apply a consultative approach to analyze complex technical challenges and recommend future‑ready solutions.
  • Drive innovation by evaluating emerging technologies, modernizing legacy environments, and aligning capabilities to NASA’s digital transformation initiatives.
• System Design and Integration
  • Develop, integrate and maintain end‑to‑end enterprise system architectures, including system designs, integration patterns, data flows, and infrastructure models.
  • Oversee and validate system design and implementation across development, operations, and engineering teams.
  • Identify and address system risks, gaps, and dependencies; ensure architectures support resilience, scalability, and performance.
• Technical Quality, Compliance, and Oversight
  • Ensure all architectures comply with NASA, NIST, federal IT, and cybersecurity standards.
  • Develop architectural documentation including diagrams, roadmaps, specifications, and interface definitions.
  • Track performance, technical metrics, and architectural alignment across projects, delivering data‑driven insights and recommendations.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and determine their applicability to future program and system architectures.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of five (5) years of experience in systems architecture, enterprise architecture, or technical leadership roles.
• Extensive experience in the NASA JPL environment, or comparable federal mission systems, including solution design tailored to NASA JPL requirements.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences and lead technical