Technical Architect

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT); United States; Hybrid; USD 187,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is seeking a Technical Architect to provide technical leadership in IT planning, solution design, and target architecture development. The ideal candidate will have deep IT knowledge and experience advising federal CIOs and senior IT managers.

The role involves leading Enterprise Architecture activities, cost estimation, and application modernization efforts while collaborating with the customer CIO and GDIT teams in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of related experience
• Strong knowledge of information technology, including all layers of the IT stack
• Strong knowledge of commercial products/solutions, especially COTS software application products (e.g., ServiceNow, CRM, ECM, BPM)
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure technologies and solutions including Cloud
• Solution architecture experience
• Successful systems development experience involving COTS integration
• Experience developing lifecycle cost estimates for technical solutions
• Strong communication, presentation and facilitation skills
• Customer service orientation

Responsibilities

• Participating as a member of the Enterprise Architecture Working Group (EAWG) and working with the GDIT enterprise architecture team to develop target architectures and evaluate IT investment requests.
• Working with the customer CIO and GDIT project staff to facilitate IT strategic planning
• Responding to technical questions and research requests from the customer CIO.
• Performing solution scans and designing and estimating the cost of technical solutions that satisfy the requirements of IT investment requests.
• Preparing solution packages documenting recommended technical solutions and estimated costs and benefits.
• Advising/driving an application modernization initiative
• Facilitating staff in conducting “Fit-Gap” evaluations of proposed COTS solutions
• Providing advice and support for systems development and engineering projects
• Coordinating “reachback” with technical subject matter experts (SME) within GDIT to obtain specific knowledge or expertise to address technical issues
• Preparing deliverable reports and briefings

Skills

Architecture Development

IT Solutions

Technical Solutions

COTS integration

Cloud

Solution architecture

Communication

Education

BA/BS

MA/MS

Tools

ServiceNow

CRM

ECM

BPM

Job description

Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
Technical Solutions

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Architecture Development, Information Technology (IT) Solutions, Technical Solutions
Certifications:
None
Experience:
15 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description

GDIT has a position opening for a Technical Architect to provide technical leadership and support in the areas of IT planning, solution specification/design, and target architecture development. The well qualified candidate will have a strong knowledge of information technology and commercial solutions; and significant experience architecting and developing technical solutions. The preferred candidate will have excellent communications skills, a strong customer service orientation, and experience serving as an advisor to federal CIOs and senior IT managers.

Responsibilities

• Participating as a member of the Enterprise Architecture Working Group (EAWG) and working with the GDIT enterprise architecture team to develop target architectures and evaluate IT investment requests.
• Working with the customer CIO and GDIT project staff to facilitate IT strategic planning
• Responding to technical questions and research requests from the customer CIO.
• Performing solution scans and designing and estimating the cost of technical solutions that satisfy the requirements of IT investment requests.
• Preparing solution packages documenting recommended technical solutions and estimated costs and benefits.
• Advising/driving an application modernization initiative
• Facilitating staff in conducting “Fit-Gap” evaluations of proposed COTS solutions
• Providing advice and support for systems development and engineering projects
• Coordinating “reachback” with technical subject matter experts (SME) within GDIT to obtain specific knowledge or expertise to address technical issues
• Preparing deliverable reports and briefings

Qualifications

Mandatory

• BA/BS and 15 years of relevant experience
• Strong knowledge of information technology, including all layers of the IT stack
• Strong knowledge of commercial products/solutions, especially COTS software application products (e.g., ServiceNow, CRM, ECM, BPM, etc.)
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure technologies and solutions including Cloud
• Solution architecture experience
• Successful systems development experience involving COTS integration
• Experience developing lifecycle cost estimates for technical solutions
• Strong communication, presentation and facilitation skills
• Customer service orientation

Desirable

• MA/MS in Computer Science or Engineering
• Experience architecting and/or leading application modernization initiatives
• Experience leading Cloud migration initiatives
• Understanding of federal enterprise architecture concepts
• Federal IT capital planning knowledge and experience
• Business analysis skills

The likely salary range for this position is $187,179 - $189,750. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
Less than 10%

T elecommuting Options:
Hybrid

Work Location:
USA DC Washington

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

About Our Work

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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