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# Systems Architect SME- TS/SCI with Polygraph

- **Company:** General Dynamics Information Technology
- **Location:** Chantilly, VA, United States
- **Salary:** $264,350.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, JIRA, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Computer Programming, Middleware, Microsoft Message Queuing, Oracle (Applications), RabbitMQ, Cloud Services, Systems Architecture, Data Layers, Apache Kafka, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Legacy Systems
- **Published:** October 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3467380663&tx=FL636FFI&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

Collaboration,Innovation,Systems Architecture, 15 + years of related experience, Bring your technology expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Systems Architect SME must have:

 * Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
 * Experience: 15+ years of related experience
 * Security clearance level: TS/SCI with Polygraph
 * US citizenship required
 * Critical Core Competencies:
 * Cloud Services - Preferred certification in cloud technologies utilized by the Customer, such as AWS, Azure, Oracle and Google
 * Event Bus Programming - Has experience with publish/subscribe technologies and messaging products such as Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ), RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka, and/or Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS).

## Description

Join a mission-critical technology program where you'll help design, secure, and modernize a vital communications ecosystem that keeps field-to-base operations running around the world. This role puts you at the center of a major cloud modernization effort, working alongside a talented team to sustain and transform legacy systems into a cloud-first architecture, all while operating in a fast-paced agile environment. You'll bring technical leadership to a high-visibility program supporting national security missions, with the opportunity to work hands-on with cutting-edge cloud, development, and infrastructure technologies

Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a Systems Architect SME and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

 * Track and manage all project requirements in the approved electronic repository (Jira).
 * Own the overarching system architecture, translating business needs and evolving requirements into a coherent, implementable technical vision for the portfolio.
 * Serve as the connective thread across infrastructure, data, and applications, ensuring interfaces, monitoring, and audit capabilities integrate cleanly and the data layer stays compatible with infrastructure, operating systems, and middleware.
 * Build alignment across a broad set of stakeholders, gathering input from technical teams, mission partners, and leadership to keep the architecture grounded in real operational needs.
 * Set the technical direction for the future, maintaining a living roadmap and staying ahead of industry trends to recommend the right technologies and techniques at the right time.
 * Champion technically sound, scalable, and secure design, holding development activity to a high bar as systems evolve and modernize.
 * Bring structure and consistency, tracking requirements systematically and ensuring the architecture is well governed through applicable reviews and control gates.
 * Develop and recommend guiding principles, definitions, and standards for system assets, along with a comprehensive automated test approach.