Technical Architect

General Dynamics Information Technology; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has a position opening for a Technical Architect to provide technical leadership and support in IT planning, solution design, and target architecture development.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with IT stacks, cloud, and COTS products, plus strong communication skills and customer-service orientation to advise federal CIOs and IT managers.

Qualifications

• 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).
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure technologies and solutions including Cloud.
• Solution architecture experience
• 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 leading application modernization initiatives
• Understanding of federal enterprise architecture concepts
• Federal IT capital planning knowledge and experience

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

IT strategy knowledge

Communication skills

Customer service orientation

COTS integration

Cloud infrastructure

Lifecycle cost estimation

Presentation facilitation

Federal IT knowledge

Education

BA/BS

MA/MS in CS or Engineering

Tools

ServiceNow

CRM

ECM

BPM

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 include:

• 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