Technical Architect

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Washington; Hybrid; USD 187,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans with HSA

Dental insurance

Vision plan

401(k) with company match

Flexible work weeks

Paid time off

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a Technical Architect to provide technical leadership across IT planning, solution specification/design, and target architecture development.

The role requires deep knowledge of IT and commercial solutions, with experience advising federal CIOs and IT managers. The position involves contributing to the Enterprise Architecture Working Group, facilitating strategic IT planning, and delivering costed solution packages.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree and 15+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong knowledge of IT stack and commercial IT products.
• Experience with COTS integration and lifecycle cost estimates.
• Strong communication and customer service orientation.

Responsibilities

• Participating in the Enterprise Architecture Working Group and developing target architectures.
• Facilitating IT strategic planning with the customer CIO and project staff.
• Responding to technical questions and research requests from the customer CIO.
• Designing and estimating costs for technical solutions to IT investment requests.
• Preparing solution packages with recommended solutions and benefits.
• Advising and driving an application modernization initiative.
• Conducting Fit-Gap evaluations of proposed COTS solutions.
• Providing guidance for systems development and engineering projects.
• Coordinating reachback with SMEs to address technical issues.
• Preparing deliverable reports and briefings.

Skills

Architecture Development

IT Solutions

Technical Solutions

Education

BA/BS degree

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 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

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%

Telecommuting Options:

Hybrid

Work Location:

USA DC Washington

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.

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans